Apps on my smartphone (part 1)

From time to time I want to tell you about the different applications that I use, but somehow I don't get my hands on it. And finally we got there. In these articles, I will briefly describe various programs and talk about the reasons for using them, as well as convenience, tricks and all that. I decided to define a set of applications as follows: first, we will talk about the most frequently used programs, and then about less and less popular ones. I will not invent anything and add software that I don’t use at all to my list, so everything is fair here, let's go.

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Fenix ​​(twitter client). Perhaps the most frequently used program on my smartphone is the twitter client. There are two things I love about Fenix ​​- the ability to customize the theme by making it dark, and choosing a convenient font and layout for posts. It seems to me that the convenience of reading information for this kind of programs is the main thing, and it is for this criterion that I chose Fenix. The second reason is the relative simplicity of the application. Alternative twitter clients are increasingly distinguished by an excessive (for my taste) heap of additional features, but Fenix ​​does not. Of the shortcomings, I will note only one, but a serious one – when you close the program and reopen it, you are thrown up the ribbon, and not in the place where you closed the application. In some other clients, Talon for sure, you can choose between 'always throw up ribbons' and 'stay in current position on reopening', this is not here. Otherwise, the program for me personally is almost perfect.

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Instagram. Yes, I confess, I very often run during the day Instagram, although more in order to view the feed, and not post pictures (I do this mainly on trips – spam photos). It is difficult to say something good or bad about Instagrаm for the simple reason that it still has no analogues and alternatives. As a result, you either use this application in order to have access to the service of the same name, or do not use the service itself. In my opinion, rare global updates Instagram are rather a plus. Everyone is used to the application, and to its glitches and bugs, too. Everything suits everyone and everyone uses it calmly. I can only add that the fresh Layout from the developers Instagram is, to put it mildly, not very good. For example, you cannot rotate the selected picture in any of the fragments, so it is better not to use it to make pictures with several images inside, but download an alternative, since there are many of them.

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Google Chrome. Well, yes, the browser is corny, but I use it on my smartphone all the time. Why chrome? Firstly, because the 'chrome' on the smartphone is synchronized with the version for the PC and this is wildly convenient – at any time you can open the tabs running on the computer from the smartphone and vice versa. As well as the general history and all the other delights of cloud sync. Secondly, 'chrome' for smartphones came out quite fast, I have on average 10-15 tabs open (on LG G4 or HTC One M9) and no problems. Therefore, I simply do not see the point of looking for something else instead.

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Google Keep. Oddly enough, but this simple program I use very often. It would seem that Google Notes can do almost nothing, unlike Evernote, for example, but for me this simplicity is the main argument in favor of Keep. I write myself a reminder, a to-do list and all other things on 'stickers' on my computer and all this immediately appears on my smartphone, for Keep I even allocated a separate widget throughout the entire screen – convenient, simple, fast, clear.

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Google Maps. I don’t know how it happened, but in the end I use Google Maps not only outside Russia, but also in Moscow, although it would seem that it would be more logical to use Yandex here. The advantage of Google Maps is its versatility: you can use the application in almost any country in the world. Even in China, which is relatively closed in terms of cartography, Google Maps works perfectly and you can always find your way with it. Another plus, however, is unfinished (and this is wildly upsetting) – asterisks. Any favorite or potentially important place on the map can be marked with an asterisk and then no longer look for it again. The downside is that asterisks are simply put and that's it, no comments on them, no marks, even names you cannot assign. I don’t know what to say about the ability to save the map and use it offline, sometimes it helps, but less and less, because it becomes easier to get the Internet in the city over the years and the need for an offline version, respectively. It almost never happens (with me).

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I have not written about Telegram, because I have already told about the messengers I use here.

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