Three Mindless Android Apps: Shake Them All, Talking Cats And Dogs, And Cylon Bobbleheads

20.2.12 The Reporter 0 Comments

Let's face it: We all LOVE those worthless Apps. We like those apps that eat up precious RAM but really don't do anything for our gadgets anyway. So since we're in love with them fun but useless things, let me bring to you three worth having on your Android:

Shake Them All


Do you like keeping e-pets? Things like Neopets or FooPets? Then you may want a scaled-down version of a virtual pet on your Android's desktops.

Shake Them All is basically an interactive wallpaper on your Android. You don't need to wait for the screen to time out for it to activate. Right after you download and install Shake Them All, you will be taken to an option to activate it. After that, you will see a plain wallpaper with these cute little Droidies dancing, or rather floating and flailing around your desktop.

You may then be able to customize the background from the Wallpaper options menu. A new Wallpaper library or option will be available on the Wallpaper settings, "Shake Them All!" And if it's active, the "Configure..." menu will show as the top option when you go to the Wallpaper options menu. From there, you will be able to set the number of Androids flailing and floating around on the screen, the background for the floating and flailing Droids, the "skin" of the floating Droidies, and a few more options.

While it doesn't serve much other use except to amuse you, or, in the case of the "Battery Indicator" skin, indicate how much juice your Droid has left, I would have to say that the app IS pretty relaxing and DOES make for a few mindless moments flicking the Droids around and making them bump off of each other or even fling each other "on their own."

Silly to say, but I did giggle some while playing with the Droids on this app.


Talking Tom Cat, Talking Tom Cat 2 and Talking Ben The Dog 


This is a level up of the previous "useless apps" suggestion: these apps talk, interact with and even "answer" the user.

Well, not really. The app just records the user's voice and echoes it back to them. Though, while you're "on the phone" with any of these creatures, they do look like they're actually respond to you.

If you're on a brain freeze, a few lulz from either Tom or Ben might give your brain the breathing space it needs.


Syfy Cylon Bobblehead


If you're into Battlestar Galactica and you hate them Cylons with a passion, then here's your chance to pummel a couple of Cylons for hours (or minutes, or even mere seconds, depending on your patience and attention span) on end.

The characters mimic the Bobblehead dolls which have springs on their necks; those things usually on car dashboards, bobbing their heads as you drive from Point A to Point B.

This is a very mindless, brainless diversion, and unless you get your kicks out of flicking a Cylon head over and over again, you're probably better off with just Shake Them All.

And of course, there IS Simsimi. :p