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What uses of a smartphone do you think most people miss out on? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Kachajal@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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By far my most favorite use is as a notepad that I always have with me. I use a custom keyboard to make typing faster and more accurate.

Anything y'all like to do with your phones that you feel like most people miss out on?

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[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I've been getting into having a pdf of the various manuals for things around the house on my phone. I recently consulted the manuals for my fridge, a new dehumidifier and the lawn mower and it was pretty awesome not having to find and dig out a paper booklet each time. My phone is on me all the time plus I can get rid of the paper copies.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It would be tempting to have a QR code or nfc tag to stick on appliances that goes direct to a manual on a self hosted service. Would be nice so it's always easy to get to and specific to the device.

[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I do exactly this! I use Calibre Web and have all the PDF manuals for my appliances in it (among other books). I then encode an NFC tag for the Calibe Web URL to the manual for the appliance in question. Works perfectly!

[–] Kachajal@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's an extremely cool usecase! Thank you for sharing it, I might steal it!

[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 1 points 4 months ago

lol - I stole from someone else, so all good here mate.

[–] Kachajal@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

Been doing this too! Embarrassingly I still need to refer to my washing machine manual occassionally.

It's a really useful habit!

In a similar vein, I've also got a receipt scanner app - to make sure I've got 'em saved if I need to return or service something.