One thing which I used to use in Outlook all of the time was tasks. I was very disappointed when I switched to Google Apps and I found that tasks were basically an after thought. This oversight seemed to continue on Android as well.
To fix that problem I use the GTasks App. It syncs with your Google account so you can add your tasks in either place. It also is compatible with multiple task lists.
GTasks App
This scares me, Microsoft could really be jerks and make block out other Operating Systems, it is bad enough that you have to buy a copy of windows with every new computer even if you don’t want it.
This is one of my favorite Android Apps… although I don’t know if I would call it an app. Android is so extremely fragmented these days that every phone manufacture has a different interface. Many of those interfaces slow the phone down and frequently lock up the device.
GO Launcher EX is a nice app which will give you a very nice front-end to use on your phone which is fast and elegant. They are constantly adding new features and rolling out bug fixes which is another reason I like it.
Some of my favorite features are the large number of home screens you can have. You can also pinch to zoom out of the home screen and see all of your other ones. Which when you have a few home screens is much smoother then scrolling through them. You can also hide applications which are in your application tray which is great if you don’t have a rooted phone and you have preinstalled crapware. Another great feature is the ability to create folders in your application tray so you can group your applications together. You can even uninstall and rearrange your apps right from the tray by long pressing on them.
One tip I recommend if you do use this app, clear off all of your phones screens before you run this. I find it helps the phone run even faster and with less overhead.
GO Launcher EX App
This is a pretty neat app which will allow you (if you use Chrome) to send webpages right to your mobile phone. I use this when I am working on working on a server or a PC and I found a webpage which contains instructions I need to work with.
NOTE: You will also need the Chrome Browser Extension installed.
Google Chrome to Phone App
If you run a program which can sometimes output information in cron that information normally gets dumped to your user’s mail file. That means you would need to sign into the server to check the mail file and see the results. A better way is to have the results emailed out to you. You can do this by making a simple entry as shown below:
Adding that one line will then cause all cron output to go to the email address of [email protected].
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