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.
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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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.
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.
Cass - Nov 22, 2011 6:46:08 pm PST #18566 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.
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.
My response was based on what I have on the first page of my phone.
Some things like travel sites and traffic and crazy attempts to watch CW eps on my phone are useful but not daily things for me.
Vortex - Nov 22, 2011 7:02:16 pm PST #18567 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I know that we've talked about this before, but what's the PDF reader that everyone loves? Also, what's a good app for word processing? Open office?