For the gadgets and technology section of TFL, we’ll be featuring
Pinoy made apps that are currently available for download in various mobile
platforms. If you own an iPhone, an Android, a Blackberry or a Windows phone do
check out some of these apps.
Apple iOS
The Filipino News
– created by the people of Pinoyhaus.com, the Filipino News app brings you the
latest information on current events and top stories currently happening in the
Philippines. It includes news from sources like GMA, ABS-CBN, Inquirer, The
Philippine Star, Asian Journal, Business Mirror, Business World and PEP.ph.
The app costs $0.99 on the Apple App store.
Who Am I??? – This
app was created by Marek Foss and is the digital version of the popular segment
in Eat Bulaga – Pinoy Henyo. The app was designed to be used by 2 to 4 people
and makes use of the device’s screen to project a word or group of words that
other players can guess by asking questions answerable by yes, no or maybe.
This app is currently free for download on the Apple App
store.
My Travel Philippines
– is a comprehensive mobile travel guide to the Philippines. It was created by
2RMobile and features images and descriptions of various attractions and hotels
in the country. It also has mobile hotel booking functionality and can serve as
a map by using your device’s GPS transceiver. And just like the Who Am I??? App
this is totally free.
Google Android
Sweldong Pinoy –
sweldong pinoy was created by Jomar Tigcal. It is a salary calculator for
Filipinos to help them in computing their gross and net income. It also
calculates the amount of withholding tax, SSS/GSIS, Philhealth and PAG-IBIG
contributions.
Computations of the deductions are based on computation
tables for each agency so you can be sure that it’s quite accurate. And again,
it’s totally free.
Pinoy Food Recipe
(created by Renz Cacas) – This is simply a digital recipe book. The app provides recipes as well as images of
Filipino recipes and serves as a beginner’s guide to Pinoy cooking.
SM Malls Maps and
Directories – created by All Filipino Apps, this application serve as a
guide to a Filipino culture shopping staple – SM. It’s also a free app on
Google Play.
RIM Blackberry
PH Weather – is a
Playbook app that features current weather conditions in the Philippines. It
displays current as well as seven-day forecasts in different locations in the
country, with satellite images mostly covering locations in the Philippines,
Taiwan and other neighboring south east Asian countries.
The app showcases animated images and supports zooming,
panning and pinch-to-zoom. It’s free for download on the BlackBerry App World
and was developed by Matang Rolly.
Dama – created by
John Bibal III, Dama is another Playbook app inspired by the Pinoy version of
checkers of the same name. The app features and 8x8 board that simulates the
actual board game plus two playable modes, the typical dama game and perdigana.
Again, it’s free on BlackBerry’s App world.
Philippines Mass
Schedules – created by Raymond Balingit, this app as the name implies,
collects all mass schedules available in highly urbanized cities and nearby
locations from the website of Philippine mass schedules (www.mass-schedules.com) and downloads
it to the local database of your device.
Again it’s free for download on BB’s App World.
Microsoft Windows Phone
ABS-CBN – Windows
phone users are not so lucky in the apps department compared to the other
mobile platforms in the market. Being the newcomer in the group, the Windows
Phone Market place only has a couple of thousand apps compared to that of iOS
and Android.
In terms of Pinoy apps available for download, there is only
a handful apps you can choose from. One of them is ABS-CBN’s app that
aggregates all relevant content in the field of business, sports, lifestyle and
entertainment. The app s relatively new, barely a month old, so expect a few
bugs and crashes when you download it.
And there you have it. Just do note that the apps mentioned
in this post is not extensive and that there are still a number of Pinoy apps
(especially in the Android Market and Apple App Store) that you can choose
from. So if you’re feeling the Independence Day spirit, feel free to download
these apps for your phone and tablets.
