It’s already been done on the iPhone, and it looks like G1 users can now use their handset of choice to control their computer as well. Given the G1’s preponderance of input options, this new so-called RemoteDroid app is also quite a bit more capable, with it letting you take advantage of the G1’s keypad, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Productivity'
RemoteDroid app
January 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Articles, Mobile, Productivity, Software
Remindr Jogs Your Memory with Multiple Services
December 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Productivity
If you want to be really sure you don’t forget something important, Remindr is a web-based service that pings cellphone, email, twitter account, and gTalk account simultaneously. There is no registration required, simply visit the site and plug in your information: the reminder, the date and time, and the info for the services you would [...]
Gmail Labs’ New Task Manager Can Add Email to Your To-Do List
December 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Internet, Productivity
For years now, the gaping hole in Google’s online suite of applications has been a to-do list manager, but not anymore: today Gmail Labs adds a lightweight Tasks module to your email account. The killer feature? You can add a Gmail message to your task list in one click or keystroke. To get started, enable [...]
Tags:email·gmail·organizer·pim
Songbird Remote Controls Playlists from your iPhone or iPod Touch
December 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Productivity, Software
iPhone/iPod touch only: One of the great strengths of Songbird, a jukebox app intended to serve as a more open-ended iTunes killer, is its Firefox-like extensibility. The 779Media group jumps out of the gate with a remote-control application for iPhones and iPod touch devices that, while simple in functionality, does give you basic play/pause/back/forward control [...]
Tags:addon·Linux·mac·music·Software·windows
Send Text Messages From Your Email Account
December 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Articles, Mobile, Productivity
At the tips and tricks blog MakeUseOf, they’ve compiled a list of over sixty domestic and international carriers and the corresponding email address formats used for each. In the screenshot to the left, you can see the format for sending a plain text message to a user on the Sprint network: ##########@messaging.sprintpcs.com. Place your [...]
Apple Launches iPhone Your Life
November 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Hardware, Productivity, Software
Most people that own an iPhone have carefully gathered apps like a squirrel gathering nuts for the long winter. They’ve chosen what they believe they’ll need to enhance their way of life by painstakingly browsing the App Store and reading random reviews. To help those app gatherers, Apple today unveiled an easier way to fill [...]
Nokia adds support for Lotus Notes in Symbian S60
November 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Mobile, Productivity
There’s hardly anything more embarrassing that admitting that your company still uses Lotus Notes, but for the millions upon millions (140 million, in fact) of licensed users who’d love the opportunity to check in via their S60-based handset, this one’s for you. Starting next month, Lotus Notes support will be granted for Symbian S60 3rd [...]
Tags:cell·ibm·lotus·Mobile·nokia·notes·phone·s60·symbian
Install the Windows Vista Sidebar in XP
November 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Articles, Productivity, Software
Windows only: If you’re in no hurry to adopt Windows Vista but you’ve taken a shine to the Vista Sidebar, Joshoon over at Deviant Art has uploaded a port of the actual application to Windows XP. Using a combination of resources such as Alky for Applications, a Windows Vista to XP compatibility client, and the [...]



