Useful smartphone apps! (single, Florida, place, love)

[ocnjgirl]

Originally Posted by lenora

I have over 100 apps, but I have ADHD, so it's all good.

I do too! That’s why I need the “Liberate” app to block time-wasting websites I use to “escape” when I feel overwhelmed. I have addictive tendencies and not good at moderating without assistance. Have you found any of the apps particularly useful for ADHD? I live and die by the “Reminders” app, but it’s very buggy. I downloaded a couple others but wasn’t crazy about them, and I need it to work with Siri so I can ask it to remind me of things when I’m driving (if I wait I’ll forget what I wanted to set the reminder for, lol).

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by lieqiang

Off topic rant = anyone find it strange that we now have really fancy earbud headphones that have multiple mics for direction noise canceling, custom sound profiles, waterproof, long charge, bluetooth, phone calls, tap controls, etc. for $100 but a good pair of hearing aids can easily be several thousand dollars?

Imagine the margins they must be working with on hearing aids compared to ear buds, and I'm surprised an earbud headphone company hasn't tried to dive into the hearing aid market with a combo product. Charge people a few hundred bucks, everybody wins.

I recently read that next year some thing is going to drastically change regarding hearing aids. You may be getting your wish. This article wasn’t behind a paywall…

https://www.verywellhealth.com/fda-i...g-aids-5209271

[BabyJuly]

7 Little Words app. I don't play video or any kind of games. I never did. This app is the only one that I found 5 years ago that holds my attention. Its addictive, sharpens my brain, and is easy?? for me to do. Comes in handy when you want to take a break from a book or are in a waiting room.
Each puzzle gives you 7 clues and the number of letters needed to identify each of the seven words. Then you construct the words by selecting from a chart where all the 7 words are scramble in pieces like AD DIC VE TI. You can reshuffle the word parts. Hints are available but soon you won't need them. But you never quite master this, no matter how good you get you can always be stumped and be forced to get a Hint on a word. Its better than a crossword puzzle or word search . Most puzzles can be solved in 5 minutes. You get a daily puzzle and there are old puzzles you can solve for free. I loved it so much I bought extra puzzle packs.

[Mikala43]

That IS a game

[galaxyhi]

Originally Posted by Coney

Google Translate

I second, third and fourth this app.

It came preinstalled on this phone.

If you do any travel where language might be a problem, you can type in the phase you want to say, select the language you need it translated to, and it will read out that phrase in the other language.

It also has a "speaker" button, and that will give you the verbal phrase, so you can play it for whom you're trying to speak to, or learn how to speak that phrase yourself (if they understand your accent, lol!)

It can also help when you come across a foreign language word and you want to know what it's translation is.

Best app for travel, and you don't have to change your keyboard, or worry about accent marks, if you type it in English, it will ask you "did you mean", and show the appropriate accent marks, click on that, then speaker button, it will speak it clearly.

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[Deuce88]

I try not to use anything from Google, as they sell your info.

[galaxyhi]

Originally Posted by Deuce88

I try not to use anything from Google, as they sell your info.

And who else doesn't?
Facebook, etc ALL sell your info.

Every wondered why you search for raised bed gardens, and then anywhere else you go on the 'net (computer or smartphone) that suggested websites pop up?

It's called"data mining".

Unless you want to be totally off the internet, someone is mining your data.

You can opt out.

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[Deuce88]

If you use an iPhone you can opt out!

[galaxyhi]

Originally Posted by Deuce88

If you use an iPhone you can opt out!

You can on Android, or you can go "stealth".

These electronic days, everyone is looking over shoulders, like big brother.

But you can mitigate that.

I would NEVER do banking on either computer or smartphone without going stealth.
And I still rarely do that.

You can also download apps like avast to keep nefarious people out.
Others are prevalent too.

Go to app store, and look for one.
Apple or Android.

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[V8 Vega]

Originally Posted by Deuce88

I try not to use anything from Google, as they sell your info.

So what, who cares!