#NowPlaying on @8tracks: "Now, That's Soul Music 2" at http://8tracks.com/djsmooth/now-that-s-soul-music-2 - Sent from the 8tracks Android app

Just a Test...

Recently I've been going crazy putting Mixes together for this New Music Social Network Site and today or rather this morning I realized that I can post the links to my Blog from my Droid Bionic.

#NowPlaying on @8tracks: "All That Jazz & Sum" at http://8tracks.com/djsmooth/all-that-jazz-sum - Sent from the 8tracks Android app

A Few Must Have Apps To Help Any Student...

Having an AnDroid Phone is a Big Plus for Students today, there's just so many Apps to Assist you in several areas:

A: Google Account: Basically you want to add your Gmail account to your phone if you haven't yet, and here's why - there are many useful apps that was specifically designed to work with your Android Phone:

Gmail <- Conversation style email client, a 100 times better than most paid email clients

Contacts <- Add a phone number/contact info on your phone it saves it to your web based Gmail Contacts account

Calander <- Web based fully synced with your phone (add or delete an event, (ie. class schedule, meet-up with the crew...) on the on your phone and it instantly syncs with your web based calendar.

Docs <- Web based and Mobile "Word Processor" type Reports, Letters, Term Papers, basically anything you would do in MS Word you can do with this app

Maps <-Never get lost or wonder how to get somewhere, this app has: Transit (MTA), Car (w/free voice navagation), Biking and Walking directions, with a few clicks you can send your location to friends that you're meeting but just can't seem to find.

B: EVERNOTE: Classes, School Work, Papers, Studying all have one major component that can make or break you so to speak. Nowadays very few students actually go to a library to get resources for studying, with the World Wide Web you can basically get all your information needed to compile that Report or Term paper straight from the web. And so having an App that will always be there to take notes on while researching and gathering information from the web (sources and all) there is not a better application than Evernote.

When I first started this little "Now U Know" series, I was already to elaborate even further about the benefits of using "Evernote" for research purposes during your studying, but then I received an email from Evernote that kinda did all that for me. So, if you click this link "Evernote For Students - The Ultimate Research Tool" you will find some valuable nuggets of information of how to use Evernote to Get It Done.

Market Link For Evernote.

C: DICTIONARY: Now most Word Processors have spellcheck and you may think, what do I need a dictionary for, well for the times when you're actually Thinking and Writing something, or for that time when your spelling of a word is so out of order that even spellcheck is clueless as to what you're trying to write, (come on, don't act like this has never happened to you...)

Take Dictionary.com's trusted reference content wherever you go. The free Dictionary.com app delivers reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. The app also features audio pronunciation, voice-to-text search and Dictionary.com’s popular Word of the Day and Hot Word blog.

* Dictionary and Thesaurus
* 375,000 words and definitions
* 300,000 synonyms and antonyms
* Phonetic and audio pronunciation
* Spelling suggestions
* Example sentences
* Word origin and history
* Daily content, including Word of the Day and our new Hot Word blog
* Voice-to-text search (for the most accurate results, please enunciate clearly and speak slowly)
* Favorite words list
* Custom backgrounds
* Text and email definitions from the app
* Word of the Day home screen widget

Market Link for Dictionary.com

D: CALCULATORS: Everyone needs a good calculator on their mobile device, and students need it more than ever.

First up, yup you guessed it, "The Scientific Calculator" I can't believe that there is still a standalone market for this: Staples, Amazon, they're still selling Scientific Calculators, when all you need today is a descent AnDroid phone.

RealCalc Scientific Calculator

A fully featured scientific calculator which looks and operates like the real thing.

* Result history
* Unit conversions
* Percentages
* 10 memories
* Binary, octal, and hexadecimal
* Trig functions in degrees, radians or grads
* Scientific, engineering and fixed-point display modes
* Physical constants table
* Digit grouping
* RPN mode
* Full built-in help

Market Link for RealCalc Scientific Calculator

Next is the "Office Calculator", remember the old desk calculators withe the tape keeping a record of all your calculations, wouldn't it be great to have one of those with you at all times, you never know when you gotta calculate something and want to see each entry. This is it, this little baby here has a virtual tape so you can see each entry in case you have to correct a mistake.

Virtual tape calculator, fixed / floating point arithmetic, percent calculation.

Office calculator with a virtual tape,
fixed point or floating point calculator,
various rounding modes and percent calculation.
This is a calculator optimized for office tasks.

* Calculator with virtual tape
You can switch between calculator view and and tape view to have a full screen view of the tape.
The tape of the calculator can have up to 500 lines.

* Calculator with fixed point arithmetic or floating point.
Fixed point arithmetic has 20 digits and 0 - 4 decimal places.
The floating point arithmetic has 64 bits (IEEE double precision).
By default, the calculator works with fixed point arithmetic and 2 decimal places as needed for most calculations with amounts.

The following link is for the Pro version (no ads - I hate ads in my apps) it will cost about $1.87, but there is a free version if you don't mind the ads.

Market Link For The Pro Office Calculator

Market Link For The Free Office Calculator

E: Documents To Go: Okay so you're working on a file in one of the Microsoft Office Suites applications and you just gotta go and leave the computer, you don't have a Tablet, so basically your work will set on the computer until you get back to it. How about pulling out your AnDroid Device and View and Edit your Files on the Go. That is where Documents to go come in at, it even supports "Google Docs" Now you can touch-up or finish that Paper or Report at Starbucks or while waiting for your lunch order...

View Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint Files - All in 1 App!

FREE! View native Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files & attachments with Documents To Go Main App. Supported file formats include .doc,. docx,. xls,. xlsx,. ppt,. pptx.

#1 SELLING OFFICE APP!

Over 1 million downloads and 225,000 paying customers!
Looking to edit your documents as well? Docs To Go Full Version Key is on SALE NOW for $14.99(normally $29.99, a 50% discount!) When purchased the Full Version Key unlocks the ability to:

•Edit , View & Create Microsoft Word, Excel, & PowerPoint files & high fidelity viewing of your PDFs

•NEW! Supports password protected Word & Excel 97-2007 files
•NEW! Google Docs! Download, view & edit your files from Google Docs directly in Docs To Go.
•NEW! Desktop App for bi-directional sync with your device’s USB cable. Seamlessly move files from device to computer using our new, & FREE desktop app

Market Link For The Main App, Documents To Go

How to keep Texting Terrorist at bay with Android...

In this Social and Networking age most are very quick to give their Digital ID's out without to much real thought of a possible aftermath, Often times this is done mainly because it is so much easier then looking around for a piece of paper and a pen. Texting is so much quicker than calling most of the time, because hey you just never really know if the other person can talk at the moment.

However, from your first text to someone, you've just given that person an All Access Pass to you, compete with the 24/7 Open Door Policy fully in effect. But wait, what happens when you want to revoke that All Access Pass! So, lets say for whatever reason you need to close that Open Door Policy and the other party is not ready to accept that closing door. Well now you're going to start experiencing the effects of the,

Texting Terrorist

The Texting Terrorist is relentless, sometime you wonder, how the hell does someone text so fast :-), one after the other, non-stop; even after you made it clear that you want them to Stop Texting you, they believe they can still text you because, well lets face it You Gave Them The Number. They will continue to text you, some time it will be just stupid stuff or maybe even deformation of character, you know trying to put you on Blast, or just plain ole begging, trying to get you to re-open the door, to give them the All Access Pass they somehow took for granted one to many times and abused it, and you just couldn't take it anymore, and shut em down.

Just relax, don't go changing your number (that will cost you) Be easy! All is not lost with regards to your Peace of Mind, you can fight the Texting Terrorist by getting to the root of thier Terrorist Acts (those annoying text) This method is basically for the "Android Community" so if you have an Android Phone you don't have to put up with the Texting Terrorist any longer.

There is an App that will stop any unwanted Text from harassing you:

First get this App (Handcent SMS) from the Market - Its Free (if you're reading this on your phone just click the link and the Market will open, just Install.)

This is as the name implies a Texting App, it is one of the first Apps I install whenever I get or upgrade my AnDroid, this one has so many features that you're sure to make this your default Texting App. Once the app is installed and before opening it, you want to open your old or stock texting app, go into its "Settings" and Un-check everything; Auto retrieve... everything. Out Of Sight Out Of Mind!

Now you can open up your new Default Texting App (Handcent SMS), once opened you should be able to see all your previous texts, look for the person you no longer want to hear from via Text message, "Long Press" and choose "Blacklist" read the notification pop up and choose OK. You're done, that person's present and future Text will be invisible to you, they will all go straight to the "Blacklist" Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind!

Voice-Mail Madness

Now, if they get real Stupid and want to call you REPEATEDLY, open up their Contact info, press Menu > Options > put a check mark next to > Incoming Calls > Send incoming calls straight to voice-mail, with this feature all calls from that person will go directly to voice-mail and you wont even be notified.

In my next installment of "Now U Know" I will have a few tips for Students and what AnDroid Apps will make it much easier to Gather, and Neatly arrange all your Research information.

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