Elo comments on A list of apps that are useful to me. (And other phone details) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dorikka 23 August 2015 03:00:44AM *  0 points [-]

Thanks for writing this. A few notes:

  • I find Evernote to be an exceptionally great notetaking app.

  • If you end up using Google Calendar, I like Smooth Calendar as a widget that shows a few appts and lets you click through to the full calendar.

  • I previously had an S4, now an S5. I use the InvisibleShield Glass screen cover - people seem to keep finding ways to damage the glass on their phone screen, so the durable cover might pay dividends. (And already did on my S4, when I dropped it about a meter onto slate. I currently have a BodyGlove phone case.

  • I am totally mystified as to how you "go through" a phone case every month - I tend to use rubber ones or semi-flexible plastic, so the phone electronics would probably be mauled by the shock before the case suffered significant damage. Do you use a very different type of case?

Comment author: Elo 23 August 2015 10:12:00PM 0 points [-]

I was new to a smart phone; and was using a soft-plastic case with flip cover; I hold my phone with my fingers around the flip screen (left handed).

The first one I went through - the little arms that hold the case on wore down. The second and third ones the fabric between the case and the flip part tore because of how I hold it.

now I am using a hard plastic case and the flip part fabric is stronger, so it hasn't broken yet.

I think I am also getting used to a smart phone so I don't seem to be dropping it as often as I did in the first month.