Android hidden gems #1 - PhoneMarks

If you know me, you know that Android is my mobile operating system of choice.  In my ongoing quest to convert the zombie hordes of Apple fanboys, I will be posting regular reviews of amazing-but-largely-unknown Android applications that iPhone users can't have because Steve Jobs wears his turtlenecks too tight.  Today we're highighting PhoneMarks, an Android app with a matching Chrome browser extension.

Here's what it does:  You install an app on the phone and an extension in your desktop browser.  Then you set up a folder in your Chrome bookmarks and go through a short setup process on the phone.  From that point forward, your bookmarks on your phone can be managed via the desktop browser.  Just drop a new bookmark in the folder and click "sync", and your phone's bookmarks are automagically updated.

Why do this?  Well, in spite of how far mobile browsing has come, browsing on a proper desktop is still better, and likely will be for the forseeable future.  Managing bookmarks on a mobile device is a clunky process due to screen size limitations, and this methodology lets you keep your phone's bookmarks all nice and tidy from the comfort of your full-sized keyboard.  Oh, and the feature set that allows this to happen is mysteriously absent from the iOS platform.

PhoneMarks:
Android Market download:

Chrome Extension download:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/mnmkdhaffkikpiaondgpjldfmgmjciom