Feb 23, 2009 Apps
I don’t focus a lot of attention on the storm as its not currently a device I own (unless someone wants to change that for me!), however, I came across these two FREE apps for the storm today and I thought I’d share. This first one is a fun little app that turns your berry in to an etch-a-sketch. StormSketch is as simple as it sounds. It turns your storm in to a whiteboard of sorts. This is going to be AWESOME for you brainstormers who like to doodle while thinking or even for those who need something to keep them busy while waiting for the train. If you want more info check out the Thread over at crackberry.
Secondly, this app makes me jealous. I’d love for Cisco to come out with a version of this for the 8900 and the 9000, but I doubt they will. Global Internet Speed Test (GIST) is something Cisco has unleashed for the iPhone and the storm. You can test your speed over wifi and the network. The cool thing is that the size of the file downloaded varies based on the network connection so the test seems the same no matter what. It’s a dandy piece of code and one that *should* be ported to the Bold and other devices. From Cisco:
The test is performed by downloading a known quantity of data from a single web server. The size of the data is different for the different types of network connections, so that the test will take roughly the same amount of time from the user’s perspective. For a cellular network test, 256KB are downloaded. For wireless, 512 KB are downloaded. A single download is performed, timed in milliseconds, and results are reported in terms of 1000 bits per second (kbps). Test results might be impacted by network routing, traffic, congestion and the responsiveness of our server. Results might also vary by the user’s geographical location.
If you’re on a storm, let us know how it works. Please?
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