Top 5 Tuesday: Lumia 735 Apps

As I have always been a bit of a technology geek, I was quite excited when the lovely people from Conncects got in touch with me to see if I wanted to trial a Lumia 735, naturally I jumped at the chance! So this week's Top 5 Tuesday are Lumia Apps! 1) Calendar This may sound like an odd one to pick, but one of the first things I noticed about the Lumia was how easy the Calendar was to look at and get an overview of the week, but also see exactly what was happening that day.

 2) People

This is definitely one of my favourite features of the Lumia, the way it collates all of the information across social networks, and combines it with what is already there is fantastic.

3) Sport
I really enjoy watching sport - my football team is Wolverhampton Wanderers and I'm also an NFL fan, supporting the Miami Dolphins! The Sport app has everything I need to know about these teams in one place, I can find out when the next match is, what the current top stories are, how the players are doing... literally I can find out everything!

4) Food & Drink
As a keen cook I was quite excited to find the Food & Drink app - it is a great addition to the phone, it has a huge number of recipes, for all sorts of meals, as well as a large cocktail menu. It has also got a shopping list feature, which can be updated as you are browsing the recipes!

5) HERE Drive+
I am constantly getting lost and rely on my satnav to get me most places, so I was interested to see how to system worked on the Lumia. The first thing which I found was that you downloaded the map to the phone, this is a brilliant idea, because a problem I have had using the satnav on my iPhone was that if I was in an area with no signal I had no idea where I was going! I also really liked that you could download the map for any country in the world, which is fab if you are going on holiday. Another brilliant feature was find my car - it will give you walking directions to the last place you navigated to!

Have you used a Lumia? What do you think of it? Let me know!

Lots of love

Top 5 Tuesday: iPhone Apps!

Seeing as how my iPhone is constantly in my hand, I decided to let you in on my current most used (and in some cases loved) apps! I have to say I am very fickle when it comes to the apps I use, I tend to go through phases of loving an app for about a month, and then I get really bored and delete it! Terrible I know! However my current apps are:
1) Free Prints
THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER! And no I'm not exaggerating! I bet you're the same as me, and take most of your pictures on your phone, and then they never see the light of day, except for maybe a poor resolution version uploaded to Facebook? Well think again, buy some cute frames and print those pictures! I know that it can be a pain trying to use a photo booth, but this app is so simple, you literally go through your images, tick the ones you want, say what size you want them in, and then they turn up a couple of days later, ready for you to put them on the wall/ dresser/ bedside table! I have photographs everywhere in my flat, and I love it!

2) Kim Kardashian Game
When this came out everyone was talking about this game, but I still love it! Basically you get to live the list you always wanted, you can be a movie star, a model, anything. Oh and you are best friends with Kim K. And you have a killer wardrobe. I want to be this version of me! I have to admit that I haven't played on this game as obsessively as I did when it first came out, but its still great fun.

3) MyLittleApp
I have been meaning to do a review of the subscription box My Little Box - it's definitely my favourite beauty/lifestyle subscription at the moment, I have been getting it for the last 6 months, and it's very different to the standard glossybox etc. I promise to review this months! Anyways back to the app... This is the iPhone version of the subscription, and it delivers a little gift every day, it might be a recipe, some funny quotes, a competition to enter, a music playlist... you get the idea!

4) Bebo
Yeh you heard me, I love Bebo! And no it's not a dying social network any more, it's a hysterical messaging app, where you create a little avatar and when you hashtag, a picture comes up as a representation. But they are hysterical, and I have spent many hours sending colleagues completely no-work-appropriate hashtags just so they spit out their drink laughing. Trust me, download it. But say goodbye to a good couple of days while you are looking for the funniest hashtag!

5) My Little Pony
My inner 6 year old girl is coming out to play. I have had a bit of a My Little Pony moment this week, and it turns out that this app is very addictive, basically you go around Ponyville doing lots of quests and games to win coins and build new pony homes. I think I need help.

Lots of love