Queering Your Palm or Droid
Many of us have come to rely on the smart phone in our pocket for far more than phone calls and text messages. Software options expand the smart phone to make it a functional work tool and an entertaining toy. While you might have already added Twitter ability to your phone, figured out how to update your Flickr and learned to check your Facebook on the go, you can bring more personality to your Palm or Android phone with applications specific to the gay community.
A quick search of the Android marketplace on my Droid Eris revealed 10 applications specifically geared toward the gay community; however, others may be a useful addition to your social life. There is a text based chat application called Gay Chat available; however, it is rather poorly rated. A more popular and more useful application is Michael Quach’s Bars & Clubs. Use this application, available free in the Android marketplace to find the closest gay bar. It will also guide you to adult book stores, happy hour, and wine bars. If you’re looking to dress up your phone with pretty pictures, image applications including Martin Mazza AdultStar and The Horniest Guys offer a low cost option. Ringtones are widely available for your Droid smart phone, regardless of your preferences. Great Lakes Development Little Black Book is a free application that allows you to manage a busy social life. Organize your dating contacts, send everyone else to voicemail when you’re on a date, and enjoy password protection for an affordable 99 cents.
The best addition to your Palm smart phone is David Demchuk’s highly rated Little Black Book organizer. Designed to be inclusive of gender and sexuality, this application allows you to keep your social life in order and avoid unwanted awkwardness. Gay city guides are available for some cities on the Palm OS, making navigating gay bars and finding the right neighborhoods for socializing easier than you might think. Add a rainbow or gay theme to your Palm Pre to give it a bit of color and style or coordinate it with your phone case.
We’ll be fair and say that the gay application options are somewhat few and far between for your Android or Palm OS phones, at least in comparison to the iPhone. Those of us without an AT&T contract probably deem it quite worthwhile to skip access to GayCommunity or Grindr in exchange for better service and our preferred smart phones.
that’s sad only one mention for palm’s webOS. but there are unlimited religious apps few business apps and social apps are minimal. maybe palm is failing because because it’s not designed to be useful except to relig fanatics and noone else.
The unlimited religious apps few business apps and social apps are minimal. maybe palm is failing- me also appreciate.