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What do you use your devices for?

argedion

argedion

The TechnoFrog
Just was curious to know what your device (Phone, Tablet, Laptop) and whats your primary need for it?

Make:
Phone - Motorola Droid Razr M
Tablet- Nexus 7 (2112)
Laptop - HP Pavilion dv6

Usage:
Phone - Mostly talk, text, facebook, the android forums app, and some youtube.
Tablet - Mostly facebook, the android forums app and youtube, music, hangouts
Laptop - Mostly for all the above and some emails I rather type at the key board then on the key pad.
 
Make:
Phone - Motorola Moto X
Laptop - Lenovo G550

Usage:
Phone - A phone, no landline for me! Texting, FB, Twitter, Instagram, forums, Feedly for news, Engadget, quick searches, GPS/maps, calendar, weather forecast.

Laptop - Same as above plus more Gmail, YouTube, Pandora, Condor cam...stuff that just looks better on a laptop, photo editing (dSLR pics), paying bills (yuck), checkbook register. Pretty much everything!
 
1) a phone, a tablet and a semi laptop: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8000).
2) a laptop: Asus Zenbook U500VZ

1. For calls, memos, calender, sharing files - mostly SNote files - sketching, using it as a semi laptop with a bt keyboard and a mouse. At work and at home.

2. Doing things that my Note cant do. For example full functional PowerPoint presentations. Photoediting... If im writing long docs, excel... Skype...
 
Make
Phone - Verizon Note 2.
Laptop - Compaq presario cq-420.

Usage
Phone - Talk, text, banking, email, calendar, shopping, notes, documents, creating photoshop type pics with s notes, arming/disarming home alarm, turning lights on/off, operating thermostat, Google +, YouTube, movies, sometimes log into work via citrix.

Laptop - Not much. I use it on the rare occasions when certain websites don't behave well on my phone.

I also have a work laptop that I use strictly for work.
 
Make

Phone: Nexus 4
Phone #2: SGS2 (SHG-i777)
Phone #3: SGS1 Captivate
Tablet: Asus TF101
Tablet #2: B&N Nook Color
Laptop: Acer Timeline 4810-TZ
Desktop: HP Pavilion p6610f (AMD Quad core CPU, 8GB RAM, 750GB storage, WIN 7)
Server: Dell PowerEdge R200
Coffee Maker: Keurig

Usage:

Phone: Phone calls, email, text and assorted messaging. Internet tethering to laptop when travelling, GPS navigation, Camera & video.

Phone #2: Same as above when travelling to locations that might not be phone-friendly, ie. beaches, industrial facilities, vegas.

Phone #3: To see how far I can take an old phone into the future. Currently running JB 4.3 pretty well on it.

Tablet: Browsing, email, a few games, record keeping (work related logins, IP addresses and software version records.)

Tablet#2: Primary reader, a little light browsing.

Laptop: Everything you'd use a PC for on my lap.

Desktop: Everything you'd use a laptop for, on my desk. Office apps, email, browsing, remote server administration, graphic design and web development.

Server: CentOS 6 Linux web and email server for domain mail.eminar.com running Apache and Postfix, pretty much for testing and playing around. :p

Coffee Maker: Life's blood. Still trying to figure out how to hook up an IV tube.
 
Phone: HTC One
Usage: Diary, calls, texts, browsing, music, occasional GPS navigation, occasional light games, some ebook reading, notebook, occasional opportunity camera, low-traffic personal email

Phone #2: HTC Desire
Usage: Occupies space in a drawer. Backup device.

Tablet: don't have one
Usage: for me still falls between phone and laptop, so far haven't I found a need for the extra device

Laptop: Macbook Pro
Usage: Work. Email, document preparation and review, data analysis, research, presentation, software development, video conferencing. Also backup for phone, platform for ADB and fastboot. Linux via VMs.

Desktop: Dell something, running Win 7.
Usage: Family machine. I mainly use it for photography, others use it much more than me.
 
Phone - Xperia Z1
Work Phone - SGS 3 Mini
Tablet - Nexus 7 2012
Laptop - Dell Studio 1749 (or something)

Phone - Calling, texts, browsing, youtube, tapatalk, whatsapp, email, light gaming & watching videos if it's quiet at work. I'm also using the camera a lot more than I thought I would.

Work Phone - Work Calls, Work Emails

Tablet - Kinda redundant since I picked p the Z1, but Gaming, media stuff and it's what I read eBooks with. My son also uses it a fair bit for light gaming and watching YT videos (although that will stop soon as I've picked him up a Hudl for Xmas).

Laptop - Browsing, AF stuff, Netflix & Skype.
 
phone- galaxy nexus-
wifi device only- used for ebooks, plex, texting, voip, news
tablet- asus transformer prime
pretty much the same, though it isn't used much.
tablet- nook simple touch
this is my go to device. if i ever am stranded on a deserted island, this is the thing i want with me. and my dog.

laptop- asus something or other.
general web browsing; work reports; phone calls.
 
Phone1 - Huawei Ascend Y300 Calls, texts, gps, casual photography, Music & podcasts
Phone2 HTC Wildfire S - family-only number - calls, texts, dashcam, casual photography, FM Radio, music etc, App testing.
nexus7 - reading magazines, streaming music, photo editing, surfing, emails, gps.
Generic Allwinner tab -(rooted) - network/wifi analysis, streaming music, surfing, emails, app testing etc.
HP Probook laptop - (Win7/Linux dual boot) Android development, wired/Wireless network analysis (Wireshark/Inssider), Office Apps, photo editing, casual gaming.
Bluestacks emulator: running Android apps on PC, App testing.
 
Interesting idea...

Phone - Emergency calls and serious portable music (using it like a superior iPod) and as a remote for Chromecasting Netflix and You Tube to my TV
Laptop - All internet play, political forums, and as a high rez audio source. Skype video calls
iMac - Front end for my serious audio system

Wife's Le Pan Tablet - Internet, Netflix, and kindle use
 
Make:
Phone - Motorola Droid 3
Laptop - HP Envy

Usage:
Phone - E-mail, Evernote, Google Calendar - I coordinate my calendar with my boyfriend's calendar on his phone so we can see at a glance what the other one is doing, volunteer job tasks, price comparisons.

Laptop - Document creation, Spreadsheet data entry, Volunteer job Evites and Web Maintenance, e-mail, games, photo sharing, coupon tracking.
 
Phone: HTC One
Usage: calls, texts, email, camera, podcasts, occasional GPS navigation, alarm, grocery list, recording song ideas, weather, light gaming, Filpboard, price comparison/lookup reviews, find shop/restaurant.

Phone #2: SGS (Captivate)
Usage: Backup phone.

Tablet: Nexus 7 (2012)
Usage: web browsing, SpringPad, light gaming, books, comics, Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard, occasional movies/tv.

Desktop: custom build
Usage: Primary gaming platform, web browsing, email, movies/tv, music.
 
Phone - Nexus 4
Talk, text, notes for phone numbers, etc. Access my reference library when I need it.
Astronomy, Birds, Trees, Flowers, Clouds, Mushrooms.
Use the phone on wifi to look up info fast since the laptop is off.

Tablet, Acer A-500 about the same usage, but will post to forums. Also check baseball scores and highlights (do the same on the phone) We also stream or hook the tablet to the TV. Now take the tablet on trips rather than the laptop.

Desktop - Ubuntu hard drive - mostly business, banking and shopping. Also download files for a couple of offline XP computers. XP hard drive - no internet connection allowed. Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, plus plugins for photoshop.)Other Photography programs. Fix photos I might want to digitize embroidery from. Still do odd design jobs.

Other offline XP desktop - crafts. I have quilting, embroidery, sewing, and papercraft software.

Laptop - sort of a go-between.
 
Im using a LG Mach from sprint. Im barely making calls. Mostly text, emails, social networking, and alot of music writing so i use the memo app. Alot of typing so i love the physical keyboard
 
I am too deaf to talk on the phone outside with noise.
I text with a few friends.
I have three dictionary apps that I use often.
I have an earthquake app and when I feel an earthquake I'll check to find the epicenter and the strength.
I have a weather app that gives me a widget with the temperature.
I usually check emails on my computer at home.
 
Phone: HTC Evo V 4G (HTC Evo 3D)
Uses: Occasional calls and texting, internet, email (sometimes), media player, some gaming (PSX emulator), GPS (rarely) and WiFi hotspot at home

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite A505-S6960
Uses: Internet, email, media player, gaming (emulators for older consoles, older arcade systems and older titles) and office when needed
 
Good thread

1) SGS4 - phone calls, checking emails, online banking, reading up on news, books and magazines, listening to music, watching movies, playing video games, my calendar, taking pictures/video, scanning documents to PDF, internet research, keeping track of daily food calories and exercising, facebook, texting, TV remote, Directv DVR scheduling, GPS Nav., weather, storage of personal documents, creating/editing documents, note taking and sport scores.

2) Atrix 4G/Laptop Dock - (When on wifi) internet research, watching movies, listening to music, checking emails, creating/editing documents, full keyboard, transferring documents to/from thumb drive. (Can do everything my SGS4 can, except make phone calls and send text.)

Edited: forgot to add: alarm clock and vehicle maintenance reminder.
 
Good idea frog man :)

Make:
Phone: Verizon Galaxy Nexus
Tablet: Nexus 7 (2012)
Laptop: I hate laptops, I have a custom built desktop PC

Usage:
Phone: Mainly texting, occasional calls, checking email a lot, browsing social media sites
Tablet: Mainly school usage, like online books, playing games on the bigger screen, checking this forum
Desktop: Mainly gaming, school work, forum and social network browsing
 
Make:
Phones - Samsung Galaxy Win, Lenovo P700i
Tablet - KIRF Galaxy Note(actually it's a phone, but there's no SIM in it)
Laptops - Lenovo S110, Apple Macbook

Usage:
Phones - phone calls, SMS, IM, VOIP, email, games, music, camera, dictionary. browsing, podcasts.
Tablet - watching movies and browsing in bed.
Laptops - teaching, office type work making PPTs etc, browsing, email, browsing, movies, TV, VOIP, IM, VOIP, games, music, podcasts.
 
Phone: note 2
Ereader: kindle keyboard
Tablet: kindle fire
Laptop: asus eee pc

Uses:
Phone: phone, browsing, social media, reading, games, music

Ereader: reading novels
Tablet: don't use anymore since getting the note 2
Laptop: don't use anymore, may replace with chromebook
 
Samsung Galaxy S3 - My primary mobile device for messaging, social networking, surfing, phone calls, etc.

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101 - Pretty much my poker timer and Netflix player (when playing movies on my TV). It's too old and slow for every day use. I take it along with me instead of my laptop when travelling.

Nokia N97 - Secondary music player. The reason is that it has an FM transmitter. I can play my music over any device with an FM radio. Great for playing music over my portable stereo or in older cars that do not have BlueTooth connectivity.

HTC Desire Z - Paperweight. The battery died.

Sony Vaio - Primary laptop.

HP Pavillion - Older laptop. Basically my backup storage.

Some no-name PC - Print server and scanner.
 
Desktop computer (custom rig): Work, gaming, video/audio/photo editing, everything else, ROM development
Personal laptop (Asus n56v): Gaming, web browsing, misc., work
Work laptop (Lenovo L530): Work, web browsing
Nexus 10: Games, work, documents, expense tracking, videos, random stuff
Galaxy Victory: Phone calls, mileage tracking, calendar, pictures
Ouya: Netflix, Grand Theft Auto, Ultraviolet Streaming box, Play Store content on the TV
Playstation 3: Heavy Rain, Dust 514, Netflix
 
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