I was reading this comparison post between the iPhone 4s and the Droid Bionic and it got me thinking – besides the phones themselves and their specifics, why do you have a smartphone? What do you do with it? I’d love to see why other people have theirs and maybe get some new ideas for how to use my smartphone.
Hi folks! There isn’t an app for making you go to class and paying attention, but there are some other tools that can help you do better in the classroom. I know this is a tech blog, but sometimes you have to go “old school” and mix that with some modern technology to get the most out of a class. Here are my top 5 tips for stopping the material from going over your head and instead make it go into your brain 
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Almost every phone these days has a digital camera built in. But what if you want more? You want better zoom, more precise shooting, or just manually adjusting the shutter speed or aperture? You can’t do that on every phone. So here’s a quick how to for picking a digital camera to use in the place of or in combination with you camera phone.
Ask yourself five questions -
1) What do I plan to take pictures of?
2) Where do I plan to use my camera?
3) How much control over the composition do I want?
I know this post will be incredibly late in Android years, but after patiently awaiting the update to Android 2.2…AKA…FROYO, I must say that the update was worth the many hours spent contacting Samsung (I have a Vibrant) and laughing at conspiracy theory after another regarding Samsung’s or T-Mobile’s plan to screw everyone in buying a newer model.
I’ve been a fan of Expedia as my source of travel information for quite a while, but recently I’ve become pretty impressed with updates to their iPhone application. The best feature of the newest version I believe is the TripAssist feature. The basic premise is that you can check all details of your itinerary and it will let you know where and when you’re to be somewhere within 24 hours of your trip. It tells you gates, times, has sliding screens that let you see each leg of your trip, what seats you can get, and best of all you don’t have to book through Expedia to use it! It is very easy to add trip information no matter where you booked.
I love the Android platform for smartphones. Not only can I satisfy my need to be connected via Google 24-7, I can use great apps to make my life a little easier. Not in any particular order are my top Android Apps for the geeky user. Let me know in the comments what apps you like to use. I’d love to find out about new apps from fellow Android users!
First, get the awesome barcode scanner to scan the accompanying barcodes: Barcode Scanner
