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A few app suggestions
"Download GasBuddy," he said, referring to an app that brings comparisons of gasoline prices directly to your cell phone. Mike and his wife had made great use of GasBuddy during their trip.
I immediately took his advice and look forward to using it, especially when I'm traveling beyond Western Pennsylvania. Mike says the highest prices he'd encountered are here.
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• Evernote. "Every email I generate automatically CC's to Evernote. I can clip websites, take pictures of text (it has an OCR engine built in to recognize text from a photo) and make voice notes. I have it on my iPhone, iPad, on my Mac at home, my Windows computer at work, and the Evernote plug-in for Chrome on my Web browser.
• Dropbox. "Cannot. Live. Without. Dropbox. Seriously ... My 'free' account that started at 2GB storage is at 9.5GB storage. I use it every day, multiple times per day. I've even sold my company on using it as their main, shared file system. Again, I have it on both iOS devices, and it is the first application to be installed on any computer I use."
For the record, according to its website, "Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!"
Also for the record, Bob says, "If anyone wants to try dropbox, use this link: http://db.tt/k8EPtMz and we both get free space bonuses."
• Google Voice. "This is the central hub of my telecommunications. This technology has allowed me to drop cellphone service completely ($170 per month) and direct calls to a patchwork of much lower-cost alternatives. In addition, it's what I use for text messaging, since I no longer access AT&T's cellular network."
Thanks, Bob! Now let's hear from Caity:
"I like Our Groceries. If you and someone else in your family both have it on your phones, you can create a shared grocery list that both people can add/remove items."
Whitney suggests Around Me, which shows you a complete list of all the businesses in the category you have selected, along with the distance from where you are. She also puts in a good word for the Good Beer Guide 2011 Mobile App, brought to you by the England-based Campaign for Read Ale. (That's where central Pennsylvania native Whitney lives now.)
Lynne likes these apps for the Android: MoonPhase, which tells you all about that sphere in the sky, and CardioTrainer, which lets you track and record all your fitness activity.
OK, thanks again for everyone's input, and let's give some of those apps a try.
Online editor Harry Funk can be reached at hfunk@observer-reporter.com. Visit www.facebook.com/or.harryfunk.wednesday.
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