software of the week, possibly year.

The LazyDroid app is possibly the best productivity/connectivity/management software one can find on the Android market today.

The basic function of the app is to 'emulate' a few critical apps of communication (i.e. sms, contacts list and file manager) onto your web browser. Effectively allowing you to reply or send SMSes from the comfort of your computer. It also introduces another way to browse files that are in the phone, although you can already do this with a usb-connection to the PC; this is a painless wireless way to do it.

To start off, all I had to do was to install the app to my HTC Desire via the Android Market on the web as so:

After which, all that was needed was to input the given HTTP address - after signing on to my home WIFI network - and the user will be taken to the following page:

The interface is clean and somewhat basic (bearing in mind, this is a Beta Release) but the main functionality of sending SMSes is intact as such:

The SMS functions both ways, you can send out an SMS and receive an SMS notification in the desktop app itself.

You can also navigate the file system in your phone via an 'explorer-like' interface:

All the usual copy, paste and delete functions are in, but bearing in mind your file transfer speeds will be subject to your WIFI network, and will be slower than if you were to things through a usb-connection.

Other than the two functionalities I have already mentioned above, the app also allows you to view the GPS/Gryscopic functions of the phone itself:

Pretty nifty but not very useful for most of us.

As mentioned, you are also able to manage your contacts' list, all the basic adding, editing and deleting functions are available. However, the function is limited to just very basic editing of the few numbers that you will already have for each contact. If you only have the mobile number of one contact and would like to add his/her home number, you'll have to do it back on the phone itself. The app still has some ways to go, the lacking of some functions is to be expected.

The 'Camera' functions like a wireless web camera, but no video file is created in the process at this point. I believe the developers could look into this functionality in the future.

That rounds up this simple review of the app, it works as advertised although some functions are still missing. Bearing in mind this is a Beta Release software, there is still a long road ahead for it to become a complete product, but at the moment, things are looking pretty good for the app.