Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Amazon's Free App of the Day - xScope Browser for Web and File

written by: Nick Kosmides


A veritable swiss army knife of a web browser, x-labs LLC brings xScope Browser for Android to the Amazon Appstore.

I'm not quite sure why this browser has so many unrelated functions contained within, but it does.  Giving users of xScope the ability to kill apps as well as transfer files without hitting the Home button once.  And although users having phones running Android 2.2 or higher have repeatedly been reminded of the unnecessary use of task killers, devs still feel the need to capitalize on the idiot populous.  Please people, device memory is meant to be used while your phone is on, and in the off chance an app is abusing the memory, then you can kill it.  Mind you, your phone already has a task killer, and if it doesn't then with xScope Browser it will.

Exploring your phones files with xScope is easy too.  Just tap the down arrow icon on the browser's bottom row control bar.  Tap the folder icon and you're done.  Now you're viewing the contents of the phone with the ability to edit or share just about anything.  One additional really nice feature this app has is an Exit button.

My early speed tests running xScope alongside the stock Android 2.2 browser has falling in favor of the stock browser.  Graphic heavy sites load faster in the stock browser and scroll smoother.  So I cannot with any bit of honesty side with the reviewers saying that xScope is a faster browser.  My connection at home is solid running slightly over 10Mbps on wireless.

If you're into the all-in-one box deals, the xScope browser is right for you.  Launch, kill, share.

xScope Browser - $0.99 FREE