I wish there was a tracking tool on the iPhone to see how much time you used on each app. The closest is the Battery monitor in Settings. Here are my top battery eaters (no particular order): Built-in: Mail, Music,… Read More ›
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Your apps (Bob and vboelema)
Since I’ve retired, I spend much more time on my desktop Mac than on my iPhone or iPad. And some of my Mac apps are reflections of the apps I use on my iPhone, and vice versa. To specifics: Todo… Read More ›
Your apps (Neil)
Much of what I do uses Apple’s own apps, and I can’t think of many, if any, cases where I have replaced a default app with something else. I’ve limited this to iOS, in line with Shaun’s post. Mail: it… Read More ›
Stuck in the middle, in a place I don’t want to be
This is far from one of life’s big problems, at least not in comparison to other things I am dealing with. It is, however, something that is bothering me and possibly something that others will have to deal with in… Read More ›
What apps should we be using?
I’d be interested in people’s daily/weekly/monthly used apps, but it’s a bit narcissistic for me to want to post my own, and I’m not sure if the results are all that interesting. Kirk Well, I think something like this could… Read More ›
Will the next generation know what a file is?
Originally, computers were open. They had to be. And you had to know your way around in order to use them. By open I mean that you had access to everything and you had to know what used what. UNIX,… Read More ›
I was an iPhone man once, like you. Then Shitphone changed everything.
The overall experience was still acceptable, but had come to be characterized by delay. There were the long delays when you open Google Maps or refresh your Gmail inbox. There were the short delays while scrolling through Twitter or when the… Read More ›
Were PDA’s more flexible than phones?
This week I linked to an article by Tom Munch which he wrote 17 years ago. In it he described how he used his Palm IIIc to do many things and Vince popped up with a question- I enjoyed the walk… Read More ›
Who needs watch apps?
I don’t use one third party app on my Apple Watch, not one. The reason is simple in that I have not found one that is remotely useful to me and the situation works for me. The fitness tracking, notifications… Read More ›
What did mobile people do 17 year’s ago?
I’m a musician & PDA user. I make my living in music & depend on PDA’s for all aspects of my business. I’ve used handheld devices for over 10 years now, starting with a lowly Casio BOSS. I used the… Read More ›