https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:14:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-favorite-app#post-2909247 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:19:55 +0000 MrsSCB 2909247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Paprika for grocery lists, meal planning, and storing recipes. It costs money, but it's a very low amount, like a few dollars. Worth it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-favorite-app#post-2909237 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 09:23:03 +0000 foodiebee 2909237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: @SteelerGirl: Love the sound of these. Definitely going to check them out!</p> <p>@crazydoglady: I think my DH would agree with you. :)</p> <p>@winter_wonder: If it helps you feel better, I had to Google Stitcher. XD </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-favorite-app#post-2909133 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:51:36 +0000 SteelerGirl 2909133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Todoist<br /> A lot of the same things as @Hypatia: lists, lists, and more lists.<br /> My husband and I have ours synced so I can add items and they will show up on his list. It's the best way to keep running lists of household tasks, shopping lists, packing lists, etc. It even syncs with Alexa so we can tell Alexa "Add _____ to the shopping list."<br /> Some cool things we have used it for: a list of questions to ask the pediatrician at our next well-check, a list of restaurants that our kids like to eat at, an always up-to-date list of our kids current sizes in clothing, shoes, different brands, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-favorite-app#post-2909033 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 08:40:04 +0000 crazydoglady 2909033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Audible for now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-favorite-app#post-2909028 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 23:27:02 +0000 winter_wonder 2909028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Feeling like a bit of a Luddite, but I'd say Stitcher for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-favorite-app#post-2908891 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:07:56 +0000 Hypatia 2908891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Things 3. It’s a beautiful, intuitive, and highly customizable way to keep track of everything from my daily schedule with repeating tasks, daily to dos, life goals, books I want to read, etc. I can send copies of emails directly from my inbox to it as a task (think bill notices). I have projects that include packing lists and shopping lists. It’s basically my life. I put deadlines on certain tasks and they show up in my daily Today view automatically. It integrates with my calendar. Big thumbs up from me. </p> [attach=8948/20/q4l4dw.355x600.E8F1CB85-6B04-40AD-A3A6-BF063E21E61B.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-favorite-app#post-2908880 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:57:34 +0000 foodiebee 2908880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just for fun and curiosity*, what's your favorite phone app that you love/can't live without/always suggest to people?</p> <p>Mine is Marco Polo. We LOVE this app and use it constantly to keep in touch with family. It's so convenient to send grandparents a quick video of my son doing something cute without them having to answer a Facetime call right then if they're busy, and it lets them feel like they're missing less by not living closer to us.</p> <p>*And inspired by GotKimchi's latest post. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one/page/2#post-1280202 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:28:43 +0000 pui 1280202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: Truce. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one/page/2#post-1280200 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:27:43 +0000 MsLipGloss 1280200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I still think your loyalty to the Android/Galaxy is misplaced (and I am sure you feel similarly of my loyalty to the iPhone), but for the sake of the thread, and because it's Friday, let's call a truce! :heart: </p> <p>@Reese: When you're a Jet you're a Jet all the way! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one/page/2#post-1280152 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:09:33 +0000 Ash 1280152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: I just use a memory card but I've used drop box too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280149 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:07:39 +0000 hilsy85 1280149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love my iPhone specifically for the photos--DH has a samsung S4 and the camera is nowhere near as good--it's much slower and the pics come out blurrier on average--although comparing an ideal pic from my phone to his, his is nicer! But it's easier to get a good pic on my phone (and I only have the 4, so I imagine the newer ones are even better). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280144 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:06:56 +0000 MsLipGloss 1280144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pink: It's a *power station* (mo battery) for your phone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280133 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:02:33 +0000 lawbee11 1280133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: I read through this thread and a lot of it is like a foreign language to me (I am not a techie!), but if you have an iPad I think it makes sense for you to have an iPhone. I have both as well and it's really convenient to be able to sync everything up. I also have Dropbox on both so it automatically saves my pics/videos from both devices. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280094 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:49:13 +0000 Mrs. J 1280094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pink: what is a juice pack? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280091 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:48:34 +0000 Mrs. J 1280091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: hahaha that was amazing. </p> [attach=2764/13/mxrdkz.284x177.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280084 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:46:33 +0000 Mrs. Pink 1280084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went from android to an iPhone (bought an iPhone 4 off a friend because we're not contract people) and I LOVE it... I find the battery lasts much longer then it did on my android and I like the apps better... additionally, if it matters- accessories for iPhones are much easier to come by- they do not make things like Juice Packs for many/if any android phones </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280082 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:45:11 +0000 pui 1280082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: That is actually a bit of a fallacy... the only real difference between Android Phones and Apple phones is hardware. Apple controls all their hardware, while virtually anyone can make an Android phone with various hardware specs. </p> <p>Think of it like a desktop machine. Some desktop computers have poor hardware specs and will have a lot of trouble running software, but upgrade that computer with new hardware and it will handle the software with no issues. Apps are really just programs run by your phone, which is a mini computer.</p> <p>No software for a computer is made for a specific computer, only specific specs, yet people manage to get computers that run the software without buying a computer made specifically for that software. If your specs meet or exceed the specs the software needs, it will work. The specs do not need to match the software perfectly, they just need to be as good or better.</p> <p>So you're part right. An app in iTunes will always run well on your iPhone, because Apple always makes sure that the specs of their phones meet the requirements of the apps, because they also control the apps. It also means the apps are limited... but that probably doesn't matter for you.</p> <p>On the other hand, it is very possible to buy a bad Android device and it can't run anything well. However, if you buy a phone with good specs, it will run fine. If you buy a top of the line phone (Like the Nexus 5, Samsung S4 or Note 3) it will run perfectly because the specs meet and exceed the apps' requirements.</p> <p>The difference is... Android apps keep being developed for better and better specs as things are constantly improving, but they may improve before the last generation of phones has been retired. Apple never lets the apps exceed the ability of their devices, so even though the specs of their devices are worse, they make up for it by not innovating too quickly with their apps too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280072 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:43:09 +0000 Reese 1280072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: Dont tempt me..</p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/zS1cLOIxsQ8" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/zS1cLOIxsQ8</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280064 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:37:34 +0000 MsLipGloss 1280064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: Yeah - I totally didn't complete my thought with that one - sorry! </p> <p>I should have written . . . With Android, just as with Windows, the code must be more generic and abstracted for a wide range of component choices and form factors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280062 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:37:10 +0000 pui 1280062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: Pretty good actually. The trouble with batteries is they are often the first thing to start going. My phone is new and I get 8 hours out of it easy (given, I don't use it much during the day, but at night I do more demanding things like watching videos so it probably evens out). Luckily the phone's battery can be removed and replaced and they're cheap to buy on Ebay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280061 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:36:47 +0000 Mrs. J 1280061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: haha sometimes I feel like Apple vs Android is some sort of West Side Story gang rivalry! We need some dance fighting, stat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280059 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:35:37 +0000 Mrs. J 1280059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: do you store your pics on Dropbox or some other cloud service? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280058 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:35:26 +0000 Reese 1280058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>iPhone for lyfe *holds up some sort of gang sign*</p> <p>Aside from what @MsLipGloss: said - I find the other phones too big for my hands comfort wise.. and we already have everything Apple. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280053 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:33:01 +0000 Mrs. J 1280053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: in terms of the S4 vs. s3, he originally picked the 3 because of the price difference when he got his phone. I don't think it was for any other reason. </p> <p>In terms of pricing, at least with Verizon, the S4 and the 5s cost the same, and the Note 3 costs more.</p> <p>How is your battery life with everything you do on your Note? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280052 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:32:58 +0000 pui 1280052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: ... "Android is stuck with Windows"... I'm sorry, but it is clearly you who doesn't know what you are talking about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280048 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:31:30 +0000 MsLipGloss 1280048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: You do not know what you're talking about *spec wise* . . . for starters, response time for screens is so much better on iPhone - there is an appreciable difference (55 milliseconds versus at least 114 milliseconds . . . and that will probably never change due to Apple controlling the software/hardware stack . . . with Android, just as with Windows, the code must be more generic and abstracted for a wide range of component choices and form factors), and what Apple does with an dual-core processor Samsung CAN'T do with a quad-core . . . I digress.</p> <p>And yeah, I didn't throw my list at/against anyone like *Booyah!*</p> <p>ETA: More complete statement as posted below. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280036 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:25:51 +0000 pui 1280036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: Aggressive? How? Your list isn't aggressive but somehow mine is? o_O</p> <p>Also, everything I said above does apply to the Samsung phones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280033 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:24:43 +0000 MsLipGloss 1280033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: You're using both the Android and Galaxy, I just addressed Galaxy. And wow . . . aggressive much? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280020 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:21:54 +0000 pui 1280020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: </p> <p>1) Almost all apps are available for both. And there are plenty of apps available for Android not available for iPhone. Android now makes up more than half the market, you think developers are not going to try and target both to make the most money?</p> <p>2) Who uses Samsung Hub lmao? Google Play store is where it is at. You can even torrent things on an Android phone.</p> <p>3) That's debatable if you ask me. I see way more broken screens on iPhones than on Samsung ones. Never had a phone casing or screen break on me or my DH and DH drops his phone constantly.</p> <p>4) Support depends on where you buy the phone from. </p> <p>5) How? Android updates have no issues I have seen and most popular Android phones have updates very soon after they are released. If you want even faster updates, get the Nexus 5.</p> <p>6) I use my DH's Samsung S4 with one hand all the time, and I have small hands.</p> <p>The dealbreaker? Price. Each has their pros and cons, but considering Android has as many pros as iPhones do and costs less, it's a no brainer. Also spec wise, Android wins by a landslide. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/smart-phoneswhich-one#post-1280015 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:19:29 +0000 MsLipGloss 1280015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: I have the 4S . . . hubs has 5S. We have had one of every generation (and still have them all over the house for various things!) </p>