{"id":129,"date":"2012-04-24T21:16:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T21:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/?p=129"},"modified":"2012-05-11T11:38:26","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T11:38:26","slug":"analysis-of-existing-similar-tools-android-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/2012\/04\/24\/analysis-of-existing-similar-tools-android-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis of Existing Similar Tools: \u201cContacts\u201d \u2013 Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Description:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe best way to enjoy your contacts! Now with FREE SMS \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nContapps is a free contacts &amp; dialer app that brings FREE SMS, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Foursquare &amp; more to your contacts. With Contapps, it\u2019s fun to connect with your contacts!<\/p>\n<p>Seamlessly send FREE &amp; regular SMS messages from one place &#8211; without switching apps!<br \/>\nIf your contacts use Contapps, FREE SMS will be selected automatically. If not, simply send regular SMS or INVITE them to Contapps to enjoy FREE SMS.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-215\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/files\/2012\/04\/Figure-040506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/files\/2012\/04\/Figure-040506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"228\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/files\/2012\/04\/Figure-040506.jpg 931w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/files\/2012\/04\/Figure-040506-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Features:<\/strong><br \/>\nCONNECT WITH YOUR CONTACTS HOWEVER YOU WANT FROM ONE PLACE:<br \/>\n \u2605 Send FREE &amp; regular SMS<br \/>\n \u2605 View contacts messages history in their profiles<br \/>\n \u2605 Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin &amp; Foursquare integrated in your contacts<br \/>\n \u2605 Navigate to your contacts addresses from their profiles<br \/>\n \u2605 Press &amp; hold a contact pic to call from your main contacts screen<\/p>\n<p>MAKE YOUR CONTACTS RICHER:<br \/>\n \u2605 Awesome contacts UI<br \/>\n \u2605 Dialer &amp; call log (swipe left in main contacts screen to call log)<br \/>\n \u2605 Contacts sync with Facebook<br \/>\n \u2605 \u201cPinch to Zoom\u201d to change pics size in your main contacts screen<br \/>\n \u2605 Merge duplicate contacts (supports most devices)<br \/>\n \u2605 Contacts widget<br \/>\n \u2605 Birthdays reminders<\/p>\n<p>EASILY FIND YOUR CONTACTS:<br \/>\n \u2605 Fast T9 dialer &amp; Gesture search<br \/>\n \u2605 Grid \/ List contacts view<br \/>\n \u2605 Groups &amp; favorites contacts display<br \/>\n \u2605 Sort contacts by A-Z, Frequency &amp; Recent<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-219\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/files\/2012\/04\/Figure-091011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/files\/2012\/04\/Figure-091011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"228\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/files\/2012\/04\/Figure-091011.jpg 932w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/files\/2012\/04\/Figure-091011-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>(descriptions taken from android market)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description: The best way to enjoy your contacts! Now with FREE SMS \ud83d\ude42 Contapps is a free contacts &amp; dialer app that brings FREE SMS, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Foursquare &amp; more to your contacts. With Contapps, it\u2019s fun to connect with your contacts! Seamlessly send FREE &amp; regular SMS messages from one place &#8211; without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6997],"tags":[27686],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-similar-tools","tag-contacts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orientexpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}