Amazon App of the Day: Sign

This is the free application of the day at Amazon. The following is the description:

Sign is a speed-dialer for the touch-screen age. Call or text any contact by simply drawing a gesture on the screen. Just assign a gesture to any phone number, then activate Sign and draw the gesture to call or text that contact.


What is does:


As stated in the above description, the purpose of this application is to allow you to assign gestures to your contacts in order to call them by inputting that gesture. I'm not sure how much faster this could be then opening up the favorites tab in my contacts application since you have the open the Signs application before using it as well. I haven't been able to find a limit on the number of gestures you can input so that may be one benefit if you have a lot of people you call frequently. Personally, the vast majority of my calls are to the same 10 or so people. Also, I can understand that it may be difficult to remember which gesture you assign to a person if you enter too many of them. 


After inputting the gesture, a box pops up with the name of the person you are calling and the option to cancel calling them.  


This application does work, but isn't really helpful for me. I'd give it 4 stars because it runs zippy enough and might fulfill a purpose for other people.


Device Used: HTC HD2
Android OS: 2.2.? 
ROM: Frakinstine 1.3 Froyo

My Phone

There are many devices on which Android runs.  My first Android device was the buggy Archos 5 IT. It ran Android 1.6, had a 4.7 inch screen, and  a resistive, if beautiful screen.  It was a great device for running videos, but being stuck at 1.6 and not have access to the real market without using the easily accessible workaround.  When replacing my phone, I decided to go for another cheap one.

The Behold 2 was cheap for a reason. It was also stuck at 1.6 and had a 3.2 inch screen and a barely 600 mhz processor. It's been abandoned by all developers now despite being less than 2 years old.  Still, my sister is enjoying it. :-)

I currently have access to 2 devices. My phone is an HD2 with the Frankinstine 2.2 ROM. It's fast, beautiful, and an awesome phone.   The other device is somewhat less impressive.  My brother has a Gentouch78 with either 2.1 or 2.2. It cannot access the Market and has the manufacturer market installed. It's much harder to work with then the Archos 5 was, but it's not my device so I don't worry too much about it. It's main purpose now is that of an e-reader.