Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Henson Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Must Have Apps Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:15:34 +0100 Organization: Home Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Fm5XImoriWVIjwbC9u2UQgnEwZTznaLkO+YuoQnPG6ACEXQI3w Cancel-Lock: sha1:yMaB6s/mrbJTJx4aJXllkO0vQfg= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:33659 On 26/08/2016 9:31 am, Jeff Gaines wrote: > > I have a Lenovo Phab Plus, the model was made for the Chinese market but I > got it (new) for £200 from eBay from an enterprising seller who seems to > have shipped a load in to the UK. > > I have installed Facebook Messenger on it to keep in touch with daughter. > Anything good or bad known about this app? In theory it works over the > Internet so no charges. > > I have also installed Pushbullet which links my laptop and 'phone together > so that I can send & receive texts from the laptop which is quite neat. > Again I think it is free but if anybody knows different I'd like to know. > > I have used computers since the Commodore Vic 20 and the BBC Micro but > since this 'phone is the first that is actually big enough for me to use > comfortably I'd be interested by any recommendations for "must have" apps > to make it even more useful/usable. > > My deal with BT gives me free WiFi pretty well anywhere in the UK so I > have Internet access most of the time without using mobile data. > > Thanks. > I use Whatsapp for mobile communications to the family - we have a group set up that echoes round. The new Google Duo sounds good and does video calling over WiFi - but it may be difficult to stop it using 4G when there is no WiFi signal. There are so many useful phone apps it's quite hard to pick out the best. However, I wouldn't like to be without:- WPS Office or similar - you may already have it as standard. Dropbox As you have BT WiFi:- The BT WiFi app BT mobile app (if you have their Mobile SIM too ) If you intend to use Wifi a lot:- Wifi Analyser (by Kevin Yuan). SWIFI (free) to optimise connections. Barcode Scanner (by ZXing) I have several others which I use extensively, but they are all related to specific interests of mine, or specific firms or products. The only one for which I paid significant cash is the CoPilot satnav app. I prefer this and my phone to any of the dedicated Satnavs I have tried, and is more efficient since I always have my phone with me anyway - even in other people's cars. The European map set and voice navigation has a lifetime licence costing about £20, from memory. None of these may be of interest, of course - but they all work well. -- Bob Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England What if there were no hypothetical questions?