Previously on Lemmy: Emulators
Past Discussions:
For the last couple of weeks, it was all fun and games. This week, we are going for a more generalized topic on how you use your Android devices for work.
I’m boring in regards to work apps, so I very much favor using Microsoft apps over Google apps for work, as overall I feel Google apps work better on iPhones than on Android (to my great frustration). Office and Teams work exactly how I expect them to, while their desktop version are a bit bloated, on Android they work super well, and there really is no replacement that’s as good as Microsoft Lens for scanning printed documents into PDFs.
But, I understand my use for Android for productivity is fairly limited, so, I’m interested to see if we can put our head together and find some interesting ways to use your Android devices to help us all be more productive.
Spark
The one Email App that made me from not seeing trough my emails at all, to managing all of them easily. I can only recommend it. Is also available for almost all other platforms, except Linux :(
HiPer Calc
Really good calculator, that can also do a lot of scientific stuff (Matrices, plot Graphs, solve for values, etc. Everything I needed in maths at university). I study and teach maths and it is really great for both.
Calender
I have all my events and schedules in the standard Samsung Calender App. Sadly they are spread on various accounts and some only saved locally.
If I could save them all in one place would be great, since if I look up my Calender in for example my computer, I cant be sure if everything is in there.
I have a huge calendar widget with a monthly and listed view on a side of my home screen, which is very useful.
Quillpad
My current go to Markdown Editor for Android. I would like to switch to Obsidian to have everything in one place, but not the case yet.
Firefox
Use the install or whatever called feature to have websites as app like Icons on your homescreen. Very useful. 👍
Feem
Transfer Files between devices quickly. I would be glad for open source Alternatives, but I am mostly settled on Feem now.
PDF’s
I have a few Apps for opening and viewing PDF Files, which is really useful. That way I can open different Documents in each and switch between them very quickly.
I also use the Zoom and Moodle App, since I am a Student and they are ok.
Your Samsung calendar app seems to defeat the purpose of an online calendar. I use the Google calendar and everything is syncing across all devices.
To be honest, not.
- my employer gives apple mobiles out
- anything usefull can’t be done on those small screens
- screens that are large enough to show anything useful aren’t portable
- when I’m out of the office/not working from home, I’m not available for work, so I don’t need to use android for productivity
Privately, I have an email client for emergencies (used aqua, but with the subscription junk now introduced, looking for a good FOSS alternative) and a calendar which I need to check more. That’s about it peoductivity wise.
K9 Mail or FairEmail.
I’m still on Aqua but only because I stopped updating it when the shenanigans started (v1.18). Email is not exactly a fast moving field anyway.
Thanks, I found K9 on F-droid. I used that years ago, no clue why I switched…
Now to find a foss alternative for Business Calendar that works on Android 13. Calendar specific notification sounds are great, but not when they are played hours after the scheduled item.
