Notification Bubbles – neat Live Wallpaper app displays Notifications in floating bubbles on Homescreen
by Paul Wilks
Feb 20, 2012 1:40 PM –
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Notification Bubbles is a novel live wallpaper app that presents your various notifications in a series of floaty bubbles on your homescreen. Whether it be emails, text messages, missed calls or even Facebook and Twitter notifications you can see them all in buoyant and bouncy bubbliness.
Price: Free, $0.99 for full version
Tested on: HTC Desire HD
Content Rating: Everyone
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Various notifications (missed calls, text messages, emails, Facebook, and Twitter notifications) float on your homescreen’s background!
- Easy to set up!
- Smoothly animated!
- Lots of different notifications!
Cons
Features:
Notification Bubbles is a cute live wallpaper for Android. Essentially, the app presents lots of bubbles which float upwards. Once set up (which is a simple process) the bubbles represent different notifications; Facebook notifications, Twitter notifications and Emails, plus missed calls and text messages.
The wallpaper is heavily customizable too. You can change the shape, color and number of bubbles. There are also a couple of different themes to choose from. You can select different backgrounds too.
I found that the app works very well and does exactly what you would expect. The animation of the bubbles is pretty good, smooth and relatively realistic. It’s good to see useful customisation options and a number of supported services; the Facebook and Twitter integration will probably attract those of us who use social networks a lot. However, a ‘bubble’ wallpaper might not really suit everyone. If you have a particular theme on your device, Notification Bubbles is something you are going to have to build around rather than it fitting in with your homescreen modifications.
In short, it’s a great app- does exactly what it says on the tin, but I think it might only appeal to a limited audience.
Watch on Mobile
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Notification Bubbles – Winter theme with notifications
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Notification Bubbles – Winter theme
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Notification Bubbles – Halloween theme with notifications
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Notification Bubbles – Blank halloween theme
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Notification Bubbles – Initial page, with settings and set wallpaper below
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Notification Bubbles – Assorted notifcation types
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Notification Bubbles – Select bubble color
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Notification Bubbles – Select theme
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Notification Bubbles – Set number of empty bubbles
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Notification Bubbles – Settings
Usefulness:
It shows your notification in a fun and quirky way. For many this is perhaps a better reminder to return a missed call or an email.
Ease of Use:
The various accounts are quite easy to set up, although the app needs various access permissions to Facebook and Twitter. Once set up it’s very easy. When you want to act on a notification, simply pop the bubble and you’ll be taken to the app that serves it. So, click on a missed call notification and you’ll be taken to your contacts dialer, etc. Very intuitive and responsive too.
Frequently Used:
Depending on how many notifications you get, you’ll more than likely use the app very regularly.
Interface:
The interface is quite simple but functional. The bubbles look pretty cool and popping them takes you to the relevant app very quickly.