Hello again my lovely readers-
I hope you all are looking forward to another installment of
‘What’s on my Cell Phone!” For today’s
post, I’m going to begin going through the actual applications on my phone,
starting with the first folders that I have.
Folder: Organization
Email: This is
just your basic app for checking your email.
Nothing fancy or special, it’s the same application that came with the
phone. I did not download anything
additional for email when I got it.
However, with this app, you are able to have more than one email account
on it, and have a ‘combined inbox,’ which I can definitely see as being
appealing to some people if needed.
Dashlane: A newer
addition to my life, this app holds my passwords. There is also a version of this that can be
used on your actual computer to automatically fill in login information for you
on websites. This app is protected by a
‘master password,’ that must be entered each time you wish to access any
information on it (that feature can be turned off, but why would you?). There are a wide variety of apps similar to
this one if you are looking for something to store passwords other than pencil
and paper.
Evernote: Evernote
is a great system if you are looking to organize your lists and notes and have
access to them at the push of a button.
After having too many post-it notes lying around and I began missing
reminders, I tried out several apps before landing on this one. I highly recommend Evernote because not only
is it accessible in computer and phone app form, I found it to be the easiest
to navigate and stay on top of.
Calendar: If you
are a fan of color-coding, then utilizing the Google Calendar is for you. After getting a Gmail account for my work
with the University Program Board, I began utilizing Google Calendar. I got even more excited with I realized I
could color code. I had colors for
different classes, meetings with professors, events I had to work or attend,
work, time with friends… you name it, there was a color for it. And I am still like that to this day. Now that I can sync it to my phone, I am even
more particular about my calendar. I am
constantly checking it to make sure I don’t miss anything, constantly adding
even the tiniest details to it, and I love having the calendar widget on my
phone homepage so I can see my upcoming week’s events. Another great feature of Google
Calendar? You can even send yourself
automatic reminders of the events your adding to your calendar in the form of
an email or a pop-up, and you can set the time you would like it to come.
Folder: Games
Candy Crush: Yes. I’ll admit it, I’m a Candy Crush addict. I’m not as bad as some people, but I am
pretty into playing the game. If you
don’t know what Candy Crush is, it’s a free (yes, free!) game where you mix and
match groups of candies in order to complete certain tasks and earn certain
scores. It sounds simple in theory, but
it can actually be fairly challenging, and is quite the brainteaser. If you like puzzles, chances are, you’d enjoy
this game.
Words Free: Similar
to scrabble, Words Free, or Words with Friends (free), is a game that you play
with your friends using the internet.
Essentially, if I were to begin the game, I would play a word using my
letter tiles and my phone sends my ‘move’ to my friend. Then she/he would make their move and that
gets sent to me. And so on and so
forth. It’s quite fun, though I am quite
horrible at it. This game, along with
Draw Free, I only have because one friend and I play together.
Draw Free: Draw
Something, or Draw Free, is a game in which you receive three computer generate
words, based on an easy, medium, hard difficulty levels, and you choose one to
draw. Once your drawing is complete,
your drawing is sent to a friend to guess what it is. Then the friend sends a drawing of his or her
own making to you. And the cycle
continues. I prefer this game over Words
Free, perhaps because it requires a bit more creativity and spontaneity. Both games are fun to play with people
however, and both do offer a system where they will match you other people that
are looking to play a game if you do not have someone to play with.
Catch Phrase: A
great game to play when you’re with a group of people and someone says “I’m
bored,” Catch Phrase is a team game that offers tons of fun and hilarity. However, whenever I play, my group never seems
to play by the rules, so I’m not the best person to explain the proper rules of
the game. But I can say this: the game
essentially requires “player A” to describe whatever is showing up on the
phone’s screen, while others guess what it is.
Then the phone is passed to someone else. Now when I play, we just go in a circle and
don’t keep score. But the app does have
a scorekeeper and has something for teams, but I never play like that. However you choose to play, it’s tons of fun,
and is bound to show you how well you know the way some people think!
I hope you all enjoyed reading this installment of “What’s
on my Cell Phone." Hopefully, these
apps sparked some interest for you and gave you some ideas of things you’d like
to try with your own phones or some things to try in your own lives.
As always, feel free to leave comments/suggestions in the
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Thanks for reading,
Allison
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