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6 ways smartphones still simplify our lives

By Zaahirah Bhamjee102912 | Comments Off

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I barely remember the years before I owned a smartphone specifically the days before I had this phone Some people donrsquot realise just what a biggerscreen and a processor similar to a PC can do Never mind the screen and processor apps have saved my life from ridiculous clutter missed appointmentsand declined cheque card transactions Many of us take these advantages for granted but some of us still use our phones for their native tasks only I sendone SMS per week max

Our use of cellphones vary so much from their native purposes that some use tablets as phones Therersquos so much more I could speak about with regards tohow much simpler my life has become because I make full use of my phone but these are essentials

1 Cloud Storage (Google Drive Dropbox) I donrsquot think I could live without this Cloud storage apps are simple they allow you to access and uploaddocuments to your allocated cloud space making accessing documents much easier The best part is that itrsquos available on all my devices A neat trick is tostore a copy of your ID residential address and any other important documents That means that in a pinch yoursquoll have access to them whenever andwherever you want

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2 Tethering (USB and Wi-Fi)

An ADSL connection is expensive I know The installation costs plus monthly line rental fee just donrsquot work out for a single lady in the lsquoburbs I bought aTV instead Tethering is perfect for those of us unwilling to pay the Telkom fees who have medium internet needs (I suggest you check what your datacosts are first) Itrsquos perfect for travelling

3VOiP calling and Instant Messaging

Gone are the days where wersquore forced to pay R060 to communicate and then be limited to a mere 140 characters Thatrsquos only in the Twitter realm now(By the way Twitter is a great place if yoursquore looking for like-minded individuals) Most of us have Wi-Fi at work and at home so why not use Viber tomake calls Viber is much like Whatsapp but for calls Viber calls are made through VOIP and there is no logging in hassle itrsquos quick and has itrsquos ownunique ringtone

4 Banking apps

I hate the bank I donrsquot know anyone who doesnrsquot I am also rather absent-minded and that is exactly why banking apps are the revolution for me TheFNB app allows transfers between accounts that are instantaneous and you can buy airtime above the standard payment options If I canrsquot do it online itrsquossomething I will never get down to doing FNB is not the only bank that has an app any longer both Standard Bank and Nedbank have jumped on thebandwagon itrsquos one of the few things yoursquoll get free from a bank

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5 Receipt Scanning

I donrsquot know about you but I hate hoarding receipts I find them everywhere and stuck in every single bag I own yet wersquore still supposed to keep thesethin-papered reminders of spending gone over budget I almost always use an app like Shoeboxed to categorise my receipts and keep everything undercontrol That way even if Irsquom still doubtful I can shove them all into a box deep in my cupboard never to be spoken of again Also itrsquos a great way tokeep track of how much yoursquore actually spending Irsquove had those lsquoWhere did my money gorsquo days and they arenrsquot great

6 Navigation

Simple and effective I remember being a varsity kid and dreaming of owning my own GPS Does anyone know if the market for those still existsNavigation is something I take for granted so often Irsquove even found myself navigating through a suburb on foot Granted once I ended up at what wasdefinitely not Melrose Arch but mostly it has saved me a lot of time and hassle If yoursquore lost or looking for something in particular it might be a goodidea to add the petrol stations andor restaurant layer to the Map

If I were to make a list of all the money and time Irsquove saved because of smartphone functionality wersquod be here all day but I need to get back to TripleTown

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