Locale
by Antonio Wells
Nov 13, 2008 1:34 PM –
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Locale dynamically manages your phone settings based on conditions, such as Location and Time. Never worry about your ringer going off in the wrong place or at the wrong time again. You can set it and forget it!
Price: $4.99
AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Convenient and smart way to manage phone settings
- Create automated controls for your phone settings based on battery, contact, location, orientation, and time.
Cons
- Difficult controls over GPS and tends to be inaccurate
- Pricey for a set and forget app, however benefits may out weigh the price
Features & Ease of Use:
Locale Android App offers a convenient and smart way to manage phone settings. You can do things like automatically change screen brightness, ringtone volume, backgrounds, etc. These settings are defined as Situations, you determine the Condition (choose from Battery, Contact, Location, Orientation, Time) for which Settings (Bluetooth, Brightness, Ringtone, Screen Timeout, Volume, Wallpaper, or Wi-Fi) you would like. Add, remove or change as many situations as you like.
Gripe alert: adding a location could be a bit easier plus it tends to be inaccurate especially stressful since the app uses Google Maps. This app used to be free but now priced at $10 bucks, so we recommend trying for 24 hours to evaluate its features.
Video: Locale
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Locale Situations
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Locale on Google Maps
Usefulness:
Great use case; change your phone’s background, lower or mute your ringtone volume, and turn on Wi-Fi when you are at work as the app knows when you arrive to work and during which time periods you are typically at work as you can configure these settings.
Tell what you use Locale for in the comments below!
Frequently Used:
Actually Locale of one of those apps that you set and forget about, the real noticed benefit is when you move to a new Android phone and realize all your cool automated actions are gone. Its uses are really based on your need and situations you set.
Interface:
The user interface is clean and the recent version is much more intuitive than its debut. However poking around the various menus yield the best way to learn how to use the app.