Dockem (Chrome): Universal Smartphone and Tablet Wall Mount

I stumbled across this wonderful little smartphone accessory about a month back. It's a wallmount for your smartphone (or tablet) and it's helped me not lose my phone around the house but also doubles as a way to keep cables out of the way and since I use my smartphone as my alarm clock, my "alarm clock" is mounted within reach.

Product Features

• Compatible with virtually every smartphone & tablet; iPhones, Android phones, iPads, and most other smartphones and tablets (even with protective cases left on). See more about compatibility below
• Complete system included that requires no extra cases or attachments to your device
• Can be removed damage-free and hassle-free (leaves no holes, damage or residue on your walls or cabinets)
• Installs easily (less than 2 minutes) with included 3M Command Adhesives (rated to hold 5lbs each)
• Convenient built-in cord holder to keep track of your charging cable

Installing the mount was pain free and from unpackaging it to mounting it to my wall took about 5 minutes. The best part about the Dockem is that it works with devices that have cases on still. A lot of the docks/mounts that I found that I liked didn't work with cases. This one does, and it has a slit that you can slide your charging cable in so you don't lose that too!

We'll have to see to make sure that taking the mount off is really as easy as they say it is, but it stays on as well as they say that it will. It's been holding my HTC One every night for a month now without breaking a sweat.

If you want to pick up your own Dockem mount you can head over to Amazon and pick up your very own Dockem : $13.99 & FREE Shipping on orders over $25.

Feedly - Android App Of The Week [Week-12]

So I've been on a little bit of a hiatus the past couple of weeks and I haven't exactly kept up with the Android App Of The Week. Continuing where I left off, today's app is Feedly. July came around and Google Reader vanished (a moment of silence)! The internet was left to find out how they will replace their beloved rss feed. Companies have been jumping into the scene to create their own. Digg has created their own reader (missing an Android app currently, but the web and iOS versions look promising), AOL has created theirs, and many others have jumped into the RSS scene to fill the void that Google has left us all. (Again, Why Google!?!)

I've tried a lot of Android apps in search of the perfect or close to Google Reader replacement that there is. Unfortunately I'm not head over heals in love with any of the options out there currently. I'm waiting patiently to see how Digg's reader turns out, but there's something about each app I've tried that I just didn't like. The layouts of the apps just haven't been as simplistic or navigation friendly. But, I have to have my rss feeds with or without a perfect app. What I'm using currently is Feedly. It is the best out currently (in my humble opinion).

 

The app looks very clean and there haven't been too many issues for me, but my main qualm is with the layout. The magazine style view doesn't show enough articles and that's the same with just a simple list. On top of that, too much of the title is shown and the font sizes seem "off" to me. The other issue I have is that it only seems to have paginated scrolling. Instead of being able to freely scroll through a web page, you have to scroll pages at a time. So you'll see a list of 5 articles and you'll scroll and it will show you 5 more. I don't care for that style scrolling.

Feedly does the job and right now it seems to do it the best of any RSS Feed Android app I have found so far. If you have any other suggestions for Android RSS Feed apps, feel free to share. Go ahead and give Feedly a go though and see if it satisfies your news feed needs.

Feedly. Google Reader News RSS