You can get away with mostly free apps on android, which I don't think is the case for iPhone. You might be surprised at how little money you would have to spend on apps to switch over. If you want specific apps, like MLO obviously, you have to pay. But for a lot of purposes I just use whichever app is best of the free in that category.
Lisa "João Melo" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello, > >First, i want to thank you for your incredible concern and rich >response. >I'm felling very flattered that you and the other guys/girls took some >time >to talk to me. > >I didn't know that the app for android could do more. You described a >nice >way to add tasks and bring me back to a temptation that i have from >time to >time: switch to the android plataform -- the main point is probably >Itunes. >But i am a old user of iphone and ipad, and my wife came aboard to >iphone >and ipad too last year. I have some money invested in apps along the >years >and now shared by both of us. I dread to search and buy all that apps >again >and lose the benefits to have all the family with the same mobile >plataform. > >Thanks again, >João > >On Friday, July 13, 2012 3:58:45 AM UTC-3, CTenorman wrote: >> >> Joao, If I could make a suggestion, try MLO on Android. I used to >have an >> iPhone, and I occasionally pick the old thing (3GS) up just to see >what's >> doing in the apple world. Compared to the android app, the iphone app > >> really lacks a lot of the power for context filtering, views, >zooming-in, >> and far more. I'd even go so far as to say it's worth switching >platforms >> for if you're a heavy MLO user. With the galaxy nexus running at $350 > >> off-contract in the google play store, it's worth it if productivity >in a >> mobile environment is really important to you. If you're the sort of >user >> to loves to take advantage of the kind of power that MLO offers, >you'd >> probably love android as a platform, you can make it do pretty much >> anything with very little effort. >> >> For example, on iPhone the fastest way for me to add a task was to >turn on >> the phone, swipe to unlock, press the home button to exit the current >app, >> swipe over to the MLO app, click on the app, and when it finally >loaded up >> hit the add button and then type in what I wanted to enter. >Unfortunately, >> on iOS, there's just no way to make that process faster unless you >> jailbreak. On android I turn on my phone, press the microphone MLO >shortcut >> and say what I want to enter. 5-7 seconds vs 0.5 seconds from start >to go. >> It's just stuff like that all over the place that makes the android >> experience outstanding if you want to really juice your productivity >> experience. As a huge evernote user, I also find the evernote app far >more >> robust, particularly because of widgets and integration with >Android's full >> file system for attaching any kind of file to an evernote note, etc. >> >> If you're really heavily invested in the iOS platform, then maybe >other >> apps will do more of what you're looking for, though I ended up using >MLO >> anyway. However, if you're not absolutely tied to the iOS ecosystem, >I'd >> strongly consider giving the android platform and the MLO android >client a >> try, it's really potent. I'm not sure exactly how it works (I haven't >used >> it myself), but if you were curious if it could work for you, give >> Bluestacks a try, it lets you run Android on you PC. >> >> Holmes, the iOS client does lack a few of the things that Joao >probably >> wanted, so I can understand his comment a bit. I remember the >inability to >> look at what was due by date as a particularly tricky thing to work >around >> - until I got an android device and I grinned from ear to ear at the >view >> options. :) However, for android, I think you've hit the nail on the >head. >> I've done some pretty maniacal searching to find something with more >juice >> for Android+Windows, and nothing I've looked at comes even close. I >too >> would be interested if there was something else out there that had >that >> kind of cross-platform power, but after trying to use quite a few >they all >> seem to come up short. Though to be honest, even just looking at the >> android client, I'd be hard-pressed to find anything that could >better it >> for raw power and usability when you've got a lot to manage. I only >wish >> the mobile version had more features because I've seen them exist on >the >> desktop version, not because I've seen them exist on other android >apps. >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:48:51 UTC-4, Holmes245 wrote: >>> >>> This is the main reason though why I've seen some developers stay >with >>> one platform and have decided not to try and develop for every known > >>> platform. I know one who develops task management software. He only >>> develops for Windows. You get so many people all who want a version >of that >>> software on their platform or device, it almost becomes impossible >for >>> programmers with small shops to please everyone. This is why I can't > >>> complain. I'm happy with my Windows/Android setup and if I wasn't, I >would >>> be hard pressed to find anything that comes close to what MLO can do > >>> regardless. That's why I'm puzzled by the, "MLO was great but I'm >moving >>> on". If you're moving on, what are you moving on to that DOES DO >what >>> you're wanting? I would think one would not be using MLO if he/she >had >>> found it which leads me to think Joao hasn't. Joao, if you're >reading this >>> then by all means prove me wrong. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:30:39 PM UTC-4, chuckdevee wrote: >>>> >>>> I'd be interested also to find out if you've found something that >works >>>> as well. I understand your frustrations about the mobile version. >>> >>> > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/WTYJMryod2AJ. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. Lisa -- Sent from my phone. 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