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Consuela - Nov 22, 2011 3:34:00 pm PST #18556 of 25501

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

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.

-t - Nov 22, 2011 3:40:10 pm PST #18557 of 25501

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

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.

Cass - Nov 22, 2011 3:55:16 pm PST #18558 of 25501

Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

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.

Gris - Nov 22, 2011 4:12:53 pm PST #18559 of 25501

Hey. New board.

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.

le nubian - Nov 22, 2011 4:17:17 pm PST #18560 of 25501

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

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.

Liese S. - Nov 22, 2011 4:36:32 pm PST #18561 of 25501

"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

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

-t - Nov 22, 2011 4:41:50 pm PST #18562 of 25501

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Electric sheep is an android app? That's wonderful.

Steph L. - Nov 22, 2011 4:43:29 pm PST #18563 of 25501

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Electric sheep is an android app? That's wonderful.

SRSLY.

Liese S. - Nov 22, 2011 4:53:22 pm PST #18564 of 25501

"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Typo'd. It's Electric Sleep, but yes, punned off what you think.

§ ita § - Nov 22, 2011 5:05:29 pm PST #18565 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Gris, as far as I can work out with Locale, I have to name the WiFi network, which is part of the hangup. The other part is that the positioning goes to crap with hotspot on (like, I'd be okay with turning off the hotspot when I got to work, but it never notices I'm at work if the hotspot was just on).

I made that list by scanning the apps on my phone. I think I use something in all of those categories except for movies and music at least once a week, about 1/3 of them daily.

Ooh, except finance. I think I'm waiting for Mint to come to the tablet first, honestly.

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