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What would you smartphone users (and by that I mean people that use it as more than a phone with a built in address bok, which is totes cromulent) define as the most important category and maybe subcategory of apps?
Productivity
- To Do Lists
- Grocery Lists
- Office suites (does this belong here)
- Calendars/agendas
- Control apps
- Alarm clocks
- Finance
- Notes
- Password vaults
Browsers
Communication
- IM Clients
- VOIP solutions
Games
Email
Input
Media
Navigation
Maps
I'm trying to workk out for both premier platforms which apps are #1 in their categories.
For me, communications, and then random stuff like weather and the app that tracks local transit agencies, like buses and trains. Also the Kindle app. And the camera. And IMDB, Yelp, and OpenTable.
I haven't use my phone for work-related productivity at all, really.
I use Productivity, Browsers, and Navigation apps all the time. My phone is currently a brick and it is hamstringing me to not have my grocery lists, alarms, etc. at my fingertips.
Texting, email, music, weather, reading (Kindle and iBooks), social media (browsing but not interacting), Netflix, news, a little internet and sometimes I use it as a phone. When I have no other choice.
ita !, does your phone automatically connect to WiFi when it is near one that it can connect to? I think it's possible to test "is connected to a WiFi network" on Tasker, but I don't think it could do "has a WiFi network it could connect to" exactly.
So, my use of the smartphone differs depending on my context:
Basic: Productivity (but I would put voice dial in productivity in there too)
But I need browsers, email (also productivity).
When I am out of town, I needed Navigation and Maps (and other travel related apps - e.g. tripit)
I would also include in Productivity apps stuff like Dropbox and Evernote which I do need. And apps to handle RSS feeds and twitter. And I have a password manager and an app to log into my desktop computers.
Android phone, stuff I use all day: browser, email, texting
Stuff I use at least once a day: evernote, astrid, music, scrabble, noom (health), electric sheep (sleep), timer
Stuff I use periodically: maps, navigation, camera, weather
Electric sheep is an android app? That's wonderful.
Typo'd. It's Electric Sleep, but yes, punned off what you think.
