Share Your Favourite App for Apple/Android

A friend stopped by this morning to print some papers, and in the process commented that she was surprised how few apps were on my iPad.

"You're using 10% of its potential!" she exclaimed.

I mostly use it to access the Internet for browsing; listen to podcasts; and to access Texture, an app with hundreds of magazines available.

So what am I missing, everyone? What apps can't you live without?

HAPPY WHEELS!!!!!!!

2ND!!!!!!

a reply to: Atsbhct

The only third party app I use regularly is Flipboard , some phones come preloaded with it these days but if you don't have it I would recommend it.

Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes. Good time waster

Sound Hound - Like to find out the names of songs that I hear.

QR code reader - Great for reading barcodes.

Magnetometer - Great for find nails and detecting ghosts

Skype - Great for video conferencing for interviews.

a reply to: gortex

What do you use Flipboard for?

Google maps for my sat nav.. its excellent tells you where the traffic is and it's really accurate. Even when I know the way I use it purely for this function..

VLC Media player. Does pretty much everything.

I like Yelp since I travel a lot and it helps find decent places to eat, Whatsap so I can make overseas calls without getting killed on charges and Concur for my expense reports.

a reply to: SlowNail

I have that on my laptop, but we now have a box that hooks directly to the TV, so no more streaming on my devices.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

I like yelp just for the entertainment. There aren't a huge amount a restaurants where I am, and it's easy to figure out who the disgruntled customers are.

a reply to: Atsbhct
Camera FV-5

The professional camera application for Android, that puts DSLR-like manual controls in your fingertips.

a reply to: Atsbhct

This explains it better than I can , it's a useful and easy to use news aggregator.

Google sky map. Point your phone at the sky and it says what stars, constellations and planets your looking at. Change the filters to see only what you want. Android only though.

I really dont use any apps except Google Maps on my Android phone . Other than browsing the web , I use what ever photo app that came preloaded and WatchOn app on my Samsung tablet to control my TV .

Oh , I too like Yelp to read disgruntled customer complaints .

That is about it . I am not really interested in my electronic devices "potential".

originally posted by: Atsbhct
A friend stopped by this morning to print some papers, and in the process commented that she was surprised how few apps were on my iPad.

"You're using 10% of its potential!" she exclaimed.

I mostly use it to access the Internet for browsing; listen to podcasts; and to access Texture, an app with hundreds of magazines available.

So what am I missing, everyone? What apps can't you live without?

Torn city if youre into text based games, there is another thread in the video games fourm about it. www.torn.com... for those who want to sign up, ill send you some starting out money if ya do. Pretty useless but good entertainment!

a reply to: Tundra

I might take you up on that when I have a spare hour tomorrow.

originally posted by: Atsbhct
a reply to: Tundra

I might take you up on that when I have a spare hour tomorrow.

Awesome, thanks buddy! Look forward to seeing you.

Android Apps:

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

GasBuddy: finds best gas stations nearby both for top tier gas and prices.

Flashlight

CamScanner: when you need to send a quick scan of something, take a picture and it turns it into a scanned doc. Pretty good actually

Signal: Encrypted text messaging. It encrypts the messages on your phone and sends encrypted texts when the other user also has the app

ESPN: sends updates/news/final scores (however you set it up, I just do scores) of your favorite teams

Strelok: Ballistics calculator for the gun range

IPSC Shot Timer (beta): another good training tool for the shooting range.

a reply to: Atsbhct

Spotify, you can skip on the ipad.