Android smartphones have been ruling the game since quite a few times now. The fact that shows the popularity of android OS is though the OS was built as an mobile OS its popularity has lured many PC makers to start up their products with dual OS one being Android for sure. If you like change, you like new and You like to keep things the way you like then android fits your bill. Android is filled with options and customizations that any other OS doesn’t ever dare to hand over to you. Yes I am talking about the IOS (or Windows) that barely allows you to change anything on your phone than the wall paper. Customizations and preferences are the things that make you the the proud owner of an Android phone and you can turn it into an workhorse. Today, I am bringing you certain tips and tricks to make the most of your android smartphone’s potential.
PART 1- CUSTOMIZE YOUR APPEARANCE.
1. DOWNLOAD THE APPS THAT FIT YOUR TASTE OR PROFESSION :
Android has a whole plethora of apps you need and believe me you will find multiple apps for every single query you make. Download the most useful apps of your tool box and then you are good to go. Must have, android apps include a browser (chrome or Firefox, there are more to play with), photo editing tools(pixlr express, instagram), social apps like Facebook, twitter (You already have Google Plus preinstalled) etc.
If you are a blogger you might download apps like Blogger, WordPress, dictionary.com, dropbox, etc.
Note taking apps include Evernote, Google Keep, microsotf’s onenote to name a few.
To do list apps like Any.DO, cal, n’4get reminder and many more.
2. SORT AND ORGANIZE THE APPS AS PER YOUR NEED.
What IOS users get jealous of android, the launchers that make your phone a new one every morning, Personally I get tired of eating that same rice and dal everyday and I wish to switch to different dishes every other day. The best launchers include premium ones like Next launcher and freemium ones with GO Launcher, and ADW launcher the best.
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| organize home screen |
3. CATEGORIZE YOUR APPS IN FOLDERS.
This is recommended because you tend to loose the zeal to work when you are told to work on a pile of hay. Keeping your apps as folders will prevenet you from loosing your cause. having ten or twenty apps is okay but if you are addicted to apps and have a pretty hundred of them installed then folders is the only logical option.
4. PLACE YOUR FOLDERS RIGHT AT THE HOME SCREEN.
I would recommend you to keep your most used app folders on your home screen itself so that you don’t have to wander when you have something important to feed your smartphone with.
5. CATEGORIZE YOUR FOLDERS AS THE APPS IN THEM ARE STORED AND RENAME THEM. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE.
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| Social Folder |
A) Make a SOCIAL folder-all your social apps like twitter, facebook, google plus, digg can go here.
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| Work Folder |
B) Make a folder and name it “WORK”- it should contain all your work related apps like Blogger(or WordPress), writer, a browser (I prefer light opera mini or dolphin), dropbox and gmail (hoping you are the only one that touches your phone).
C) Put a folder named anything you want and all your browser shortcuts, bookmarks can be kept here to access them at light’s speed.
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| Editing tools Folder |
D) If you are blogger or designer , or photographer a folder called “editing tools” will be good to go and all your favorite edititng apps like magisto, fotorus, or your office app like kingsoft office or polaris office will do. I always prefer lighter versions or apps that hog less memory and battery to the extent they don’t compromise my productivty, and else paid apps are better. there is no point in keeping an app that drains your battery only to show off that you’ve got the latest version.
Hope you now got lesser clutter on your dear smartphone stay tunred to the next schedules of this post teaching you how you can extact the full potential of your phone.
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