AAQR: Jamie's 20 Minute Meals ($8.11)

NOTE: This app was given away free for one day on Amazon Appstore

Jame's 20 Minute Meals is a series of lessons on cooking basics from Jamie Oliver, celebrity chef, that also teaches cooking basics and prep basics. It has video, pictures, and descriptions, as well as recipes that scales from 2 to 4 people, and even creates a shopping list for you. It is a well polished app, though the price seems to be a bit high.

App itself is almost 3MB. When you run it, it needs to download ANOTHER 80MB worth of data (photos and such), and even then, the videos are pulled / streamed separately.

The photos are nicely done, as are the instructions, which seem to be out of the cookbook. Videos are nicely done as well, clear instructions. Should produce some decent results.

I just don't know about having a phone or tablet in the kitchen with all that oil and smoke and all that. :D

http://www.appbrain.com/app/jamies-20-minute-meals/com.zolmo.twentymm

AAQR: Hundred Pushups ($1.22)

This app is the official app of the HundredPushups.com It is basically a training program to help train you to be more fit. Instead of those TV programs that goes by various fancy names, this one costs much much less, and even logs your progress.

The app is pretty simple: it tells you what "program" you should be doing on a certain day. If you admit you did it, voila! You go on to the next program. Hopefully, in 6 weeks, you'll be much fitter with stronger biceps!

Push ups are pretty simple, so there's no fancy animations, or pretty graphics to inspire you. On the other hand, this doesn't cost a lot of money either.

If you are interested in fitness, this app is worth trying.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/hundred-pushups/nz.co.softwarex.hundredpushups

AAQR: Pocket Yoga ($2.99)

Pocket Yoga
screenshot courtesy of Appbrain

Pocket Yoga is like a personal yoga instructor in your pocket... at least that's what the app maker says.

Basically, you get Flash-type animations demonstrating the various poses, and gives you several different practices, with choices of duration and difficulty. The app claims over 100 different illustrations, and is completely self-contained (no network access needed). On the other hand, it's also 20+ MB download and install.

While the idea of Yoga instruction in a pocket is fine, Yoga really needs to be on a TV (DVD) or even a live instructor. This is better than nothing though.

This is a paid app, but were given away on Amazon for a day. It's okay, but not great.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/pocket-yoga/com.rainfrog.yoga  $2.99

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AAQR: Pocket Salsa (Free / $1.99)

Pocket Salsa / Salsa Video is an app that teaches you Salsa dancing. Think of it as App front-end to the website Addicted2Salsa, a website all about Salsa dancing. The Website Has over 100 short video lessons on Salsa Dancing, and the paid app lets you access them all, plus video-cast episodes.

While you *can* just watch the lessons on the website, you don't always have the computer with you, and this lets you take the lessons with you, even download for offline play.

Salsa Video / Free
http://www.appbrain.com/app/salsa-videos/com.addicted2salsa.pocketsalsafree

Pocket Salsa / $1.99
http://www.appbrain.com/app/pocket-salsa/com.addicted2salsa.pocketsalsa