Description:
If you are still wearing clip-on ties then it is time to move on with your life. Knowing how to properly tie a necktie is a skill that you will use throughout your life and even teach to your kids. It is also a sign of class and business prowess. If you can tie a variety of different knots, other people will notice and you will stand out among the other hundreds of thousands of businessmen out there.
The Tie Master Lite Nokia app shows you how to tie the Four-in-hand knot and promises that you can master it. There are even some tutorial videos to help you out with it. You should upgrade to the pro version to get a handle on ten different knots that can be tied and how they relate to different occasions and events.
Features:
- This is the lite version which means it doesn’t have a ton of features, but it has enough to get you hooked
- You can learn how to do the four-in-hand knot to stay looking casual while possessing an air of professionalism
- To get more knots you will have to go to the app store and upgrade to the Pro version
- The Pro Version has over ten different knots to choose from so that you can know what knot to tie for any occasion. You can look professional when you need to, and casual when it’s appropriate
- There is also a small video you can watch to help you with tying the best knots out there
- The app works best when it is saved onto the phone’s memory
Conclusion:
As far as education apps go this is a great one to have on hand if you are a male in the business world. It can never hurt to get an edge in the business world, and this app can help you do just that. You will have a variety of different knots you will learn how to tie and you can show off to coworkers that you take your dress seriously, and that you would make a good candidate for any position. A cool idea for an app because tie knotting is one of those things males take pride in. The only bad part about the app is that it only contains one knot for you to learn how to tie. Most people already know at least one method of tying a tie, so it would have been smart to put at least two methods on there just in case people already know that one. Would help it appeal to a larger market and get the app out to more people.
Voted 4 out of 5 stars by Nokia education app users and is currently free to download.
Description:
There are a lot of different occasions where it would be really nice to have a thesaurus, dictionary, or translator handy. What if you are reading a book and you don’t understand one of the words? Or what if you need synonyms of a word to help with writing an essay. Lastly, wouldn’t it be nice to have a translator for your school and business needs? The Dictionary and Translation Pro Nokia app was created to fulfill those needs. In this app you have access to all three of those sources (Thesaurus, Dictionary, and Translator) and can use them as much as you want as long as you have an internet connection.
There are hundreds of thousands of words in the dictionary and more words are constantly being updated to the database. You can also find translations in a number of different languages.
Features:
- This is an extremely simple app to use and all you really have to do is touch once to access a thesaurus, dictionary, and translation service all in one
- This app has information for a variety of different languages including Arabic, French, Spanish, German, Hindu, Italian, and many others
- There are over a million words that are located in the dictionary portion of the app and it is always being updated with more words as language professionals see fit
- You will have access to all of these tools and features as long as you can access the internet
- The easiest way to use the app is to use the “Enter Word” function and type in the English word that you would like to get a definition for. The app will then get online and give you thesaurus, dictionary, and translation services to choose from
- You can use the simple left and right buttons to toggle between the Thesaurus, Dictionary, and Translator
- You can have all of these tools right inside of your pocket
Conclusion:
This app is great because you are really getting three apps in one and it is all for free. It’s nice that you can type in any word and get access to all three tools that are provided. The user interface makes it super easy to toggle between the different services and make the most out of the application. The only downside to this app is that you have to have a connection to the internet in order to use it. The databases are contained entirely online so you won’t be able to get information if you don’t have connection to a 3G or WiFi network.
Voted 4 0ut of 5 stars by Nokia education app users and can currently be downloaded for free.
Description:
This is definitely one of the better Nokia apps out on the market today. The WikiHow Nokia app lets you have access to all kinds of information. You can read over 60,000 different articles that are located in the app database and you even have the option to tag certain articles so that you can read them later. This is a great tool to learning fun facts and pertinent information about the world that we live in.
Wikipedia is a great source for educational learning. They have also done a good job of linking their information with apps such as this in order to spread knowledge throughout the world. Take advantage of this wonderful information app and start educating yourself on survival items as well as random cultural and historical facts.
Features:
- This is a very comprehensive Wikipedia app that allows you to gather information from thousands of different articles
- There are over 60,000 different articles that you can read from once you download the app
- Once you have opened up an article you have the option to store it to your phone so that you can go back and look at it later in case you don’t have time to read all of it in one sitting
- One of the fun features that the app has is the Survival Kit that is offered
- The Survival Kit shows you how to solve vehicle problems that you may encounter as well as any wilderness survival questions that you might have
- The app is loaded with relevant as well as random information that will keep you happy for hours on end
Conclusion:
How can you not love Wikipedia? There is just so much fun information included on there that you will never be bored with all of the stuff you can end up learning. The Survival Kit is one of the better features on the phone because most people would love to have a reference on that kind of stuff but just don’t know where to get it. It is also fun to read up on before you go out on a camping trip, just to make sure you know how to handle certain situations if they should arise. Overall, a great informational app and the great part is that it is totally free to download onto your Nokia.
Voted 3 out of 5 stars by Nokia education app users and is currently free to download.
Description:
The Oxford Dictionary has long been known as one of the most authoritative and complete dictionaries on the market today. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary Android app takes that into consideration and offers one of the most intuitive and detailed dictionary apps that you will find on the Android. The app contains more than 240,000 words and shows how they can be used in sentences, shows their synonyms, correct pronunciations, their meanings, and so much more. You will love how convenient it is to be able to pull out your little pocket dictionary and prove all of your friends wrong when they use a big word that they don’t understand.
You can even get an install pack that you can put on your SD card that will give you audio pronunciations of each word. This is nice because many times we come across large words but have no idea how to say them. Now you can feel smart and look it by giving proper pronunciations. This is an all-inclusive dictionary app for the Android and will be a great help to any English major or student that just wishes to increase their vocabulary.
Features:
- A great app that comes from one of the most well known and highly regarded Dictionary producing companies out there
- The app has a complete list of over 240,000 word and all of their meanings
- The app also will give you some synonyms of the words, their correct pronunciations, and also how to correctly use them in an everyday sentence
- The app also includes 900 new words that were just added, to give you an even better list of words that are spoken in our society today
- You can get features that actually speak the words to you so you know how to pronounce it
- You can also install the dictionary on your SD card to help save space on the internal memory of your cell phone
- You can use the hyperlinks that are included with each of the words to see articles that are related to the words you are looking at
- You can also browse through the Search History to see 20 translations of the word over time
- Also comes in a German version
Conclusion:
A very good dictionary app but a little bit pricey. You will want to make sure that you are going to use it enough to make it worth the fifteen bucks it costs to download.
Voted 3.4 out of 5 stars by Android education app users and currently costs $14.95 to download.
Description:
If you love reading then look no further then the Aldiko Book Reader Android app. You can use this application to find thousands of free titles and read them whenever and wherever you would like. You can browse through hundreds of titles and download the ones that stick out to you. You have a lot of options right at you fingertips as well and can customize the user interface as much as you want. Pick the best font, background color, margins, and display mode to optimize your reading experience.
The touchscreen interface will allow you to search for titles and get reviews and descriptions of all kinds of books. Within the app you will also be able to search the dictionary for words you don’t know and even share excerpts with your friends and family.
Features:
- This is a great alternative to spending hundreds of dollars on a Kindle
- You can download books right onto your cell phone and read them while in bed, at school, on a trip, or pretty much wherever you would like to
- The book database has thousands of different books that you can choose from, and many of these book are actually available to download for free
- You will save a lot of money using this app rather than going out and buying paperback and hardback versions of the book
- The Aldiko app supports ePub and this is the main source for the thousands of titles of books that can be downloaded onto your phone
- There are a variety of different features including bars to measure progress in the book, display themes to suit whatever time of the day or night that you read, swiping features to go to the next page, a lookup function so you can see what words mean in the dictionary, a word search, bookmarking features to save your place, sharing features to send excerpts to friends, and also just an overall menu to adjust screen brightness as well as many other things
Conclusion:
For only two bucks you get many of the same features that has made the Kindle so popular. You might as well fork out the two dollars, read the thousands of free titles that are available and then move onto something bigger and better when you need to. No sense in wasting a bunch of money when you’ve got a great reading app ready and waiting for you to use it.
Voted 4.6 out of 5 stars by Android Education app users and currently costs $1.99 to download.
Description:
The Wikitude Android app is a great way for you to stay involved with the educational side of trips around the world. To get the complete view of the world around you it is nice to know a little about the culture, history, and attitude of the people. The Wikitude app uses a multitude of different layers to let you look through the camera of your phone and be connected to local and global information about that venue.
You will love using this app as you go around to new places and want to learn interesting facts about landmarks and landscapes. This is a very intuitive app and is being updated all of the time to provide you with the best information that is available. Try out the app today to get your own personal tour guide everywhere you go.
Features:
- The Wikitude app is a very comprehensive and all-inclusive travel guide to help you get the most out of any location that you choose to go to throughout the world
- The way that this works is you pull out your Android phone and view the world through your camera, and instantly Wikipedia content comes up on the phone telling you about all of the areas and places that are nearby
- The Wikipedia content is very informative and really can be the best tour guide that you have during your entire vacation as you strive to learn more about the new area that you area in
- You will see all kinds of annotations about the landscape, the names of all of the surrounding mountains, descriptions of notable landmarks and their histories, and also some fun interesting facts and stories about the places that you are in
- It uses a system of layers and augmented reality in order to provide all of this content while you are looking at the phone’s display
Conclusion:
While it is impossible for the app to work perfectly based on the amount of Earth there is to cover, the Wikitude app does a pretty good job of covering the basics and gives you some general information about the world’s most popular landmarks. This is a great tool to have with you on any vacation if you would like to learn a little about the history, culture, and notable features that the area has to offer. This app is especially fun to take to places that are already very rich in history such as Europe.
Voted 3.3 out of 5 stars by Android education app users and is currently free to download.
Description:
Download the Space Images app today and see how incredible our universe is! You will be blown away with how impressive and mind boggling these photos are! This app includes photos of stars and planets that were taken by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA. They are all real images and you can scroll through them as much as you like. You can also get images of planets in our own galaxy such as Mars, Saturn and Jupiter as they are updated by other NASA surveillance spacecraft.
Features:
- You can view a variety of different images of galaxies that are millions of light years away
- The pictures are in high resolution and are brilliant and beautiful to look at
- You can go through the images and rate which ones are the best and also which ones are globally on top of the favorites list
- You also have some search functions that are available so that you can find specific images
- You can also browse by category which includes galaxies, types of pictures, and much more
- There is the option to view the top rated pictures out there as well as the newest pictures that have been added to the Space Images app
- If you find a really impressive photo then you can email it to your friends and family or just save the photo on your phone to use as a background for your display
- There are links on many of the pictures that you can click on in order to get descriptions of each of the pictures and you can also toggle resolutions as well
Conclusion:
If you love learning about the stars then this app would be a good fit for you. It is loaded with tons of cool space photos, and more are uploaded to the app all of the time. It is fun to see these crazy space anomalies and then learn more about how they are formed. The only lacking part in this app is the variety and depth of information that is given. It would be nice to have a more dummy-friendly synopsis of each of the photos so that normal people can understand better how they are formed and what makes them look the way they do. Overall, one of the better education apps out there about the mysteries of space.
Voted 3 1/2 stars by iPhone education app users and can currently be downloaded for free.
