Tuesday, January 21, 2014

23 mobile things #4 keeping up

Off to the Google Play store for Flipboard!  Which is free.

Installed.  Gives you a big picture which I suppose is meant to inspire one.  I can see everything from here.

Now I have a bunch of pictures of content to start from.  I pick news and film because Books and Crafts don't appear to be options.

Small window opens explaining everything to me.  And now it wants me to sign  up for an account.  hmmmmmmmm

Nope!  Not interested.  It does include facebook and twitter for some reason, though wouldn't it be easier to use facebook and twitter apps?  (Assuming I ever remember my twitter account stuff.)

I may uninstall this.  NOT IMPRESSED.  I thought I would get my rss feeds like "Heavy Medal" and stuff.

humph

OK!  Let's try Zite.  It claims to know what I like.  We shall see. Google play says it will help you discover interesting things and then start reading you mind to find the things you want.  Or words to that effect.

Zite is a tad pushy but at least it has more categories.

Love, Happiness, and Sleep seem like weird categories to me.   Still no crafts.

Or Comics.  REALLY PEOPLE!!!

Oh now it claims to know about knitting.  But I crochet.  Zite claims it will get to know me.

I am supposed to be able to pick a heart for things that I like but I am not seeing it.

I think you have to mess around with this for a while to get it to more things you like.  I tried what I thought was the search but that just sent me back to a plain old internet search.

23 mobile things #3

This entry is about utilities and apps that let you do neat stuff.

Unless your device doesn't have a camera, so that cuts down on the things you can do.

RedLaser and GoogleGoggles are right out.  Sound useful.

Went to the Google Play store to get the Google App.  Never knew there was one.  Neither does Google Play apparently.  Lots of other Google related produces like googlegoggles.  Checked my apps and discovered I already had the app.  Go figure.

Typed in a search as requested.  It asked me what browser I wanted to use and just went to the browser.  I think I am doing something wrong.

Other Browsers:  My nook came with Chrome.  I like that browser well enough.  I also have the Puffin Browser.  (Why Puffin, I don't know.)  I think it was on a discount and it is supposed to be a good browser.

Puffin shares some traits with Windows 8.   Swiping from one side or the other gets you the different windows (left) or useful tools (right).  Otherwise it is a browser.  Not sure if it uses less memory or anything.

Okay that's weird.  The thing lists Puffin as an Apple browser when obviously it isn't.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

23 mobile thing #2

Tips and tricks

I am using my Nook and that wasn't listed.  I looked up "nook hd tips and tricks"

Best site: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/consumer-electronics/Nook-Tablet/Tips-Tricks-Help.html

Probably useful if I had just taken the Nook out of the box: http://www.techhive.com/article/2020994/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-nook-hd-tablet.html

Completely over my head: http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/NOOK-HD-HD-Support/Top-10-Nook-HD-and-HD-Issues-Workarounds/td-p/1423397

Still I have been having some battery issues and the first site helped with that.  A bit.  I might have to take the nook in but I hope not.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

23 Mobile Things Thing #1

What I hope to get out of this exercise.

I hope to learn about new apps or ways to use apps I already have.

One note: I will be using my Nook HD, which is an android device, mostly.  Occasionally as ap won't work on it because it is a Nook.  The sign up wouldn't let me specify that.  We shall see what happens.