Amazon App Store – Free App Of The Day – Wave Launcher
Wave Launcher is a unique, gesture-enabled, quick action-bar for Android. It resembles a well-known and loved feature on WebOS phones like the Palm-Pre, and works throughout your entire operating system.
Regardless of any application currently running, you can swipe you finger from the virtual gesture-area at the bottom of the screen towards the middle to show the wave–A fully configurable quick-launch action bar.
The Amazon App Store offers one paid for app for free per day. This is today’s one – don’t miss out, head to the Amazon App Store today and get downloading.
• Touch the very bottom of the screen and slowly swipe your finger up towards the middle of the screen.
• When you get towards the middle, the wave appears.
• Without raising your finger, swipe left or right to select the desired application.
• To launch the app, simply raise your finger from the screen.
• If you change your mind and don’t want to launch anything, simply swipe the wave back to the bottom.
Notable Features
• Use the wave for any app or shortcut you can add to your home screen
• Dynamically update recently-used apps.
• Use it anytime with a simple gesture, regardless of which application is currently running
• Supports custom icons from ADW themes (more coming soon)
• The wave responds to your finger movement, changing its shape, icon size, and transparency
• Can be enabled by swiping from the bottom, left, or right side of the screen
• Small memory footprint, and won’t interfere with running applications
• Fully customizable gesture-area with a single long-press and swipe
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)