applications

December 11, 2011

App-solutely Necessary: 10 Apps You’ll Want to Check Out

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[Lustr image from iTunes.com]

“Apps,” or application software, are designed to aid users in specific tasks. The majority of the time, when referencing apps, we are referring to the programs made specifically for our mobile phones. As our phones become sophisticated, naturally so do the applications. If you want to stay on top of fashion trends, synthesize coverage and news feeds, or maintain your virtual closet, we’ve got the app for you! The following list rounds up our 10 most lauded apps. They’re simply too cool to pass up!

1. ThisNext.com, an independent social shopping platform, partnered with luxury retailer Neiman Marcus to launch ShoeDish, an innovative Facebook application that allows users to catalog their favorite shoes and share interests and purchases with others. ShoeDish is the first product-based application dedicated solely to shoes.

2. Emergency Medical Center Locator (EMCL) is an application designed to save your life, literally. The EMCL app directs you to the closest medical center in time of dire emergency, while also targeting the best-qualified care for your specific emergency. The app offers recommendations for six specialty areas: trauma, stroke, eye pediatric, cardiac, and burn. This internationally accessible application may not be fashion oriented, but it is crucial when time is of the essence.

3. Style.com: The Style.com FREE iPhone app provides it all: in depth coverage of runway shows, fashion feedback, designer collections, and hot international party scenes. The iPad app includes all of this and more. Get your fashion on the go.

4. Chicfeed: If you’re anything like us at FPD, you’re constantly browsing a number of sites for fashion related info, images and inspiration. So why not bring together all of your favorite feeds in one place? Chicfeed is absolutely genius for fashion eye candy as it compiles images from our favorite blogs and puts them all on one site.
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November 8, 2011

Windows Phone Kickoff Celebration

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The Windows Phone has one goal: to put people first. I joined a group on Monday, November 7th in NYC’s Herald Square to discover what this phone is all about. The Microsoft Mobile Operating System enables easier sharing, boasts cool applications, and of course, a better overall web experience.

Windows crafted a gigantic mock phone for live entertainment as part of its debut, while the phone itself features a front screen with Live “Tiles” so as to pin your applications to the start screen. Easily see what’s happening with your apps, your social networks, any upcoming appointments, weather updates, or simply who called you while you weren’t near the phone in one glance. Pin anything on the Start Live Tiles to keep them handy.

I also tested out some of the new features that the Windows Phone 7 “Mango” offers; the “Groups” feature helps you focus on the contacts that matter most. You can organize friends and colleagues into groups and then you can easily text, chat, or email an entire group at once. The “Picture Hub” is great for emailing, tweeting or texting a photo all from one place. Finally, the “Office Hub” has mobile versions of Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint for quick on-the-go work access! Seamless social networking, fast browsing and built-in productivity are just some of the reasons to love the phone. Discover more features here.

The Samsung Focus Flash retails at At&T for $49.99, the HTC Radar 4G retails at T-Mobile for $99.99 and the Samsung Focus retails at AT&T for $199.99 (contract restrictions apply).

-Alana Quagliariello

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