Smart Phone Apps... Must have Tools.

System

UNM has stated ;

Prey (Lost and found tool)

I like my bar code scanner as it works on all the stuff at work...

Free apps / tools that one must have..

Vingo - Voice control
Photocopy
Backup Master
Where is my Droid

Kelsey

I can't live without Sygic mobile maps - it downloads all the maps to your phone, so no internet access needed. It uses the GPS effectively and pre-empts a little for lag. Maps are updated regularly and it has text-to-speech voice navigation. eBay mobile, particularly for iPad, is awesome. Evernote - can't live without it. Syncs notes across my computer to the phone and back. Allows my wife to write shopping lists for me while I'm out. Tagging of notes - I keep all my recipes organised in there. AirVideo - for streaming of video content around the home 1Password - all my passwords all the time Tapatalk PayPal AFL, during the season of course TED - love listening to those talks during gym sessions.

Brett_H

Sygic for me too. Mobile Rss for iPad is adequate Perfect Downloader is great.

UNM

AM, which barcode scanner do you use? I have shop savvy and google goggles. For backup, I go titanium backup. Everyone here should have Coffee Roaster. True a laptop/arduino is better, but if you only have your phone, a pan and a barbecue, it is nice to have ready as a backup. For ebay, pocket auctions is my preferred choice over the ebay app, although I do use that occasionally as not all ebay functions are in pocket auctions, I just like the interface. Opera mobile as it is the only mobile browser I' ve found that displays the crema chat box correctly. Adfree to kill the annoying ads in free apps Wifi analyser to check my wifi connection and whether anyone else is in a nearby channel. Es file explorer so I can wirelessly copy to/from my pc Sipdroid for voip a compass and spirit level of course 3g data monitor Soundhound

UNM

One app I forgot to list earlier is Melbourne train trapper. Obviously only for those in, or visiting, Melbourne. Good points are that it not only finds stations near you using gps, but can calculate routes to your destination, including multiple trains.

Kelsey

Similarly, TripView has been essential for me in Sydney this week. Now all I need is an app to ensure my BH is ready on time so I can actually *make* the public transport options I've selected.

UNM

I tried sygic and was disappointed with it. It does work, but costs money and is a poor substitute for a dedicated gps. routing is not as good as tomtom around suburban melbourne - probably a different weighting to road junctions. Directions are also not as clear on roundabouts - tomtom would say go right on roundabout, third exit. Sygic just says take third exit. Mind you some gps units don't know about all the roundabouts. I shall stick with the free navigon that came worth my phone as a hand held backup to the car gps. Also recently started using myibidder sniper software. So far looks promising. Andropaint is a good app for posting.photos to fora. You can set a default save resolution. Import photo, save as jpg and post. Easy. Edit: actually not that easy. this, forum doesn't recognize jpeg as a valid image type, so you have to rename the file as .jpg

beanflying

Kelsey wrote:

Evernote - can't live without it. Syncs notes across my computer to the phone and back. Allows my wife to write shopping lists for me while I'm out. Tagging of notes - I keep all my recipes organised in there.

Found this one a few days ago and must say I am impressed and only just starting to touch the sides of what I can do with it. Coffee Roasting use for me will be great. My roaster and roasting computer is downstairs in the Garage and away from the office and lounge where I spend more time. I had been mucking around with emailing myself or dropping stuff on pendrives (was never around when needed) but have now synced Roast PC to Lappie to new Phone so I can update stock on hand or check before ordering or add a note to a roast log file from wherever I want. Apart from that the days of the scrap paper shopping list is over too 8)

Ol_Grumpy

Business Pleasure and Pain: GoToMeeting - great for training, sales presentations and well... Meetings ODesk- my favorite for coordinating my offshore workers and contracts PureAudio - I use this for dictation and voice recordings on the run Pages & Numbers - just started using these and they look promising but I'm torn with Google docs? Not sure which way to go... Alarm Clock- cause I love my sleep a little too much Splashid - it has a desktop version and contains and syncs all my passwords, etc, etc Converter- pounds to kilos and all that stuff eBay- Amazon, Kindle - gotta havs Sygic- love it love it love it BP locator - fuel on the run Evernote - got it but never used it- must look into that GoodReader- Just so useful. I have around $40-$50k of training materials such as Dan Kennedy, Mal Emery, Pete Godfrey, Jeff Walker, Jeff Vacek and so on in the way Of videos, tutorials, programs, etc. Also .pdf files, books.... I've even discovered a way to play flash files using vlc player and good reader. Priority Matrix - my preferred prioritizing (to do list) maker IThoughtsHD - this is a mind mapping tool but I use it for seminars and note taking, etc. I absolutely love it and it is one of my 'can't live without' aps OzTV - I've never bought another tv guide PocketWeather- I love the BOM radar images- to mow the lawn or not? VLC player- like I said with Good Reader can allow some flash files to play on iPad MyMeasuresPro- great tool for quotes for clients Scalar- is a calculator that prints all your calcs like the old adding machine- but with written description - handy for quotes, etc Print & share - great print utility with PDF Printer... YAYOG- a bodyweight exercise app that is stunningly good. I use this to maintain fitness for my martial arts training when I can't get to class Jamie Oliver Recipes- cause I'm a bit of a closet cook... Ps did I mention I'm a bit of a gadget freak?