Useful Smartphone Apps

There is definitely something similar for Iphones as I've seen musicians tuning up with them at gigs. :)

For UKers that travel by train a lot the official National Rail app is pretty useful for planning routes and finding out about the inevitable delays.
 
in addition to many previously mentioned, some other must-have apps are:
  • Readability: makes web pages readable with your choice font size and no ads, pics and text only
  • Nag: super easy timer that nags you until you reset or stop. mine goes off every 30 minutes so i'll swig some water!
  • Focus Time: automatic timer using the Pomodoro Technique (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique) for long term tasks
  • CheckPlease (Catamount Software): for tipping and bill splitting. tried a bunch and this one's the best.
  • DataMan: real time data usage tracking
  • Awesome Photo Calendar (Kim Jong Seok): syncs photos by date and location, like a photo diary
 
Twitter has an official twitter app that I installed recently. Seems to work better than the ones I've used before. (This is on Android.)
 
Today I found an app called DuoLingo, which is for learning languages. It's structured kind of like a game, starting with easier "levels" and working upwards in difficulty. (There's also a website, plus a social and crowd sourcing element.) Seems to get decent reviews.

I could probably benefit by learning Spanish, but I'm going to try it out with German first. My German is super rusty, and I think a refresher could be fun.

Oh yeah, and it's free on all platforms.
 
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Today I found an app called DuoLingo, which is for learning languages. It's structured kind of like a game, starting with easier "levels" and working upwards in difficulty. (There's also a website, plus a social and crowd sourcing element.) Seems to get decent reviews.

I could probably benefit by learning Spanish, but I'm going to try it out with German first. My German is super rusty, and I think a refresher could be fun.

Oh yeah, and it's free on all platforms.
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That's how I'm practising French, but online. Devon uses the app.
 
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Today I found an app called DuoLingo, which is for learning languages. It's structured kind of like a game, starting with easier "levels" and working upwards in difficulty. (There's also a website, plus a social and crowd sourcing element.) Seems to get decent reviews.

I could probably benefit by learning Spanish, but I'm going to try it out with German first. My German is super rusty, and I think a refresher could be fun.

Oh yeah, and it's free on all platforms.
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My friends are using this to teach themselves and their son different languages. They started with an app for learning sign language right after their son was born and had a lot of success with it and now are moving on to DuoLingo.
 
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DejaOffice - Totaly synchronises your phone with MsOutlook and Outlook CRM.

Fidall - Unlimited loyalty/discount cards. Scan the barcode onto your phone (from card/paper/net) most shop scanners can read it back from the phone.

Genius Scan - Turns anything you can take a picture of into a pdf doc.

Talking Tom - Gives hyper active grandchildren an ear to bend other than your own.
 
Earlier this week, an app called Plant Nanny was free on iTunes. I downloaded it. Supposed to help you drink enough water by turning it into a game.

I always have up on the basic water reminder apps after about three drinks, so I guess I'll see how long I last with this. It was free though so :shrug:
 
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