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GET SMART

There's literally thousands of mobile phone apps available for your iPhone, Nokia, Android or whatever device you own, so how do you know if it's worth your hard earned cash or precious data? This is the show that puts the most useful, helpful or just plain fun smartphone apps to the test. Hosted by Glenn Williams, Alistair Cockburn & Tom Cross

In this episode we review ‘Waze’ -- for Android, Nokia & iPhone, it’s a social mapping engine, ‘Doodle Jump’ -- for Nokia Symbian, is an addictive game and ‘Ustream Viewer’ -- is a search, discovery & viewer for the live video streaming site Ustream on the iPhone/iPod Touch.

In this episode we review ‘App Brain’ -- for Android, it’s an app recommendation engine, ‘Shazam’ -- for Symbian, is a music recommendation service and ‘Translator’ -- is a helpful language translation app on the iPhone/iPod Touch.

In this episode we review ‘Barcode Scanner’ -- for Android, reads all kinds of barcodes including ‘QR’ codes, ‘Opera Mini’ -- for Symbian, is a web browser purpose built for mobile devices and ‘Flicks’ -- gives movie times, reviews and trailers on the iPhone/iPod Touch.

In this episode we review ‘Sprite Backup’ -- for Android, secures all data, every application, contact, message and configurations, ‘Sprite Terminator’ -- for Android & Symbian, has the ability to remotely lock, or wipe your data (get your free license for a limited time) and ‘Trip Advisor’ -- accommodation and travel reviews and booking app for the iPhone/iPod Touch.

In this episode we review ‘Tricorder’ -- for Android, using your phone’s real sensors to detect magnetic fields, gravity and more, ‘Ovi Maps’ -- a full-featured GPS map solution on Nokia phones and ‘Jumi’ -- a remote desktop app for the iPhone/iPod Touch.

In this episode we review ‘Sweet Dreams’ -- the overall winners in the Android Developer Challenge 2, ‘Nokia Sports Tracker’ -- a full-featured GPS sports computer and ‘Cheap Flite’ -- a flight finder for iPhone/iPod Touch

Introducing a new feature to The Radio Wammo Show. We call it Get Smart -- mobile phone app reviews or “App Reviews to win friends and impress people”. In this episode we review ‘Wave Secure’ -- a backup and security tool for Android, ‘Gravity’ -- a social media client for Nokia and ‘TV Listing’ -- a New Zealand TV programming schedule for iPhone/iPod Touch.