My phone was more than two years old and like most tech related things two plus years is a long time. I bit the bullet and upgraded to a fancy new smartphone. This is an Android phone and not an iPhone. Now I’m really hoping this smartphone is not smarter than me. It’s bigger and can do a multitude of things. One of the first projects that I did was for work. I created a real estate flyer for an agent that needed a QR code. If you’re not familiar with QR (quick response) codes they are the little boxes you see on items that are filled with other little boxes.
This is a QR code for this blog. If you use the bar code reader or QR code reader on your smartphone, it will take you directly to this website. On the agent flyers the QR code will take you directly to a video tour of the home she has listed. What a great marketing tool This is an easy way to add information to a piece of paper that makes it easy to get to a web address. You could even use it to go to a poem, a song or anything else that has online information.
My kids and husband have been full of suggestions as to other apps that I need to put on this phone. My music son was impressed that I had Slacker already loaded. I was lucky, that came pre-loaded. He also suggested Evernote. This is a notepad tool and I can see this being handy also. My husband has many apps on his phone so I guess I’ll have to see what else he thinks I should have. He’s already added a couple more bar code readers. I haven’t checked with my daughters yet. I know that they both use bus tracker apps. This will give real time bus arrival information. Do you have a phone with apps? Which ones do you use most often and can’t live without? A new adventure is just beginning.
