The best thing about having a tablet is being able to surf the web and access information from anywhere. Therefore a tablet is incomplete without a smart browser, but what if your browser can work part-time as a file manager and video downloader as well?
Although Dolphin has proven to be a favorite browser for Android tablets, the xScope app is also worth a go. It’s available for download on Android Market for free, but there is USD 3 paid version that has additional features.
xScope is a single app with a web browser, file manager, task killer and a YouTube downloader all clumped together.
xScope supports tabbed browsing on a neat interface with separate touch buttons for home, favorites, refresh, back, tabs, search, and history.
Tap the Android icon next to the web address to unlock more handy options like taking and sharing screenshots, adding favorites, sharing or compacting URLs, finding and copying text to the clipboard, and many more. If you are using Android 2.1 or more, you can even enjoy the multi-touch support, pinch zoom, switching between desktop and mobile versions and many more advanced features.
xScope also allows you to download any file and manage those files right from the browser. Tap and hold any file to open the options to view and download them. The downloaded files can be accessed from the browser menu and its integrated file manager allows you to view, share, delete, rename and zip files.
In a similar way, YouTube videos can be played, downloaded and shared. Tap and hold any YouTube video to unlock options to play, view and download.
If in the middle of browsing, you feel your Android tablet has become slow because there are a lot of applications running in the background you can take care of it from within xScope as it transforms into a task manager to list what apps are running, giving you the option to shut down any ones you’re not using.
Sharing a URL is also easy. Tap and hold the URL and it will open the options to share the URL via Gmail, Facebook and message.
xScope is definitely a worth try as it is much more than just a browser.
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