10 mobile life entertainment
ENTERTAINMENT EVERYWHERE
We take a look at the top apps to keep you entertained, whether it’s a quiet night in or a big night out
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ENTERTAINMENT.IE > PLATFORM: IOS, ANDROID
This guide provides a com- prehensive list of everything in Irish entertainment. Any- thing from movies, clubbing, culture, theatre and comedy is covered, so you’ll always find something to do. The app covers all of Ireland
and includes a location-based ‘Here and Now’ service to let you know what’s happening around you. Not only that, but the app provides full reviews of mov- ies and events in case you haven’t made your mind up about what you want to do with your day.
> ANGRY BIRDS > PLATFORM: IOS, ANDROID, SYMBIAN
You’ve no excuse not to have one of the biggest mobile games on your smartphone. The pigs have taken the An- gry Birds’ eggs and they want revenge. Hurl the birds – each with their own abilities – into the fortified castles of the pigs to take them down. There are 120 levels with
different challenges to take out each construction. Angry Birds Seasons is also available, bringing extra holiday levels to the game, including Christ- mas, Valentine’s Day and St Patrick’s Day.
> SHAZAM > PLATFORM: IOS, ANDROID, BLACK- BERRY, SYMBIAN, WIN- DOWS PHONE 7
Ever hear a song and wanted to know who it was from? With Shazam, all you have to do is hold up your phone to- wards the song and it will tell you everything you need to know. It will identify it, help you
buy it, show you videos, get you the lyrics and even share it with your friends. Handy! You can also check out your friends’ tagged music so you can add it to your own tagged list.
> COMING SOON: RTE PLAYER
> PLATFORM: IOS, ANDROID
RTE Player will be heading to iOS and Android devices, bringing its catch-up TV ser- vice to smartphones. Along with letting you
watch RTE programmes, the app will contain social media integration, letting you share your favourite shows. The RTE Player app will arrive later this year.
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> MOVIE CHALLENGE > PLATFORM: IOS
Are you a movie buff? Then this app is just for you. Movie Challenge is a movie trivia app, offering tricky True or False questions for categories including Actors, Horror and Comedy. Each category has mini games including Quotes, Trivia, What Year and Hang- man. You can challenge your
friends with its Pass n Play multiplayer and compete to get the best scores on the global leaderboard against the rest of the Movie Challenge community.
> DOODLE JUMP > PLATFORM: IOS, ANDROID, BLACKBERRY,SYMBIAN
This incredibly addictive game lets you control Doodle the Doodler on a journey up a sheet of graph paper, picking up jet packs, avoiding black holes and blasting through bad guys. It offers eight worlds, in-
cluding Jungle, Underwater and Halloween, with 3 secret modes. You can submit your score on Facebook and Twitter and climb up the global lead- erboard for bragging rights.
> GRAB RADIO > PLATFORM: IOS, ANDROID, SYMBIAN
Grab Radio lets you listen to radio stations all over the world, including Irish sta- tions. Along with listening to your favourite stations, you can also ‘grab’ a tune that’s playing through iTunes or the Ovi Store, letting you preview and purchase the track, or the album it’s from. If you don’t want to buy it
right away, you can tag a tune that’s playing, which gives you the name of the song, artist and album, and lets you store it.
> INSTAGRAM > PLATFORM: IOS
Instagram transforms your smartphone photos in beauti- ful images, thanks to its nu- merous photo filters. You can upload your photos or share them on Twitter, Flickr, Tum- blr and Facebook along with adding location information to them. You can also find friends us-
ing the app and comment on their photos, as well as view- ing the most popular photos to give you inspiration.
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