If you’re a busy professional, you may be using email to communicate with colleagues and clients. But if you’re like most people, you also use text messaging to communicate with friends and family. And if you’re using an Android phone, there are a few things you can do to make your messaging experience more efficient and convenient. First, consider using desktop-based TXT messaging instead of using the phone’s built-in messaging system. Desktop-based TXT messaging is more efficient because it doesn’t require the phone to be connected to the internet. This means that your messages will be sent faster and will be easier to read on any device that supports desktop-based TXT messaging. Second, index your offline volumes so that when you have a message waiting for you on your phone, it will automatically start playing right away. This way, when you have time, you can read or reply to messages without having to wait for them to load from the internet. And finally, if you’re using an Android phone, consider adding folders into which your messages can be placed so that they are easier to find and manage. This way, when you have a message waiting for you on your phone, it will automatically start playing right away in the folder where it was sent.
Once a week we dip into the reader mailbag and share some helpful tips. Today we’re looking at Android TXT messaging from your desktop, indexing offline storage volumes, and adding iOS-style folders to your Android homescreen.
Desktop-based Text Messaging
Nick writes in with a favorite time saving tip:
If you’re only looking to work with text messages and not control other apps and features on your Android phone it certainly looks like a solid solution. Thanks for sharing Nick!
Indexing Offline Volumes
Matthew writes in with a solution to his storage indexing problems:
Sounds like a solid solution to your problem Matthew. If you’re archiving lots of small and diverse files an application like this would prove invaluable when it came time to figure out which external hard drive or DVD the file was stashed on.
Adding iOS-style Application Folders to Android
Marcus wanted the kind of iOS folder experience he had on his iPad on his Android phone. He writes:
We took Application Folder for a test spin and it does give a nice iOS folder feel to Android’s homescreen folders. Nice find Marcus!
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