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With all the things you have to do at home and at the office, why not use your mobile device, like the Samsung Galaxy Note™ 10.1, to help you get through the day? Here are 10 apps from Google Play™ that will help make life a little easier, from morning to night.
Apps to Get Your Day Started
App: Weatherwise
Price: Free
Why You Need It: The first thing you want to do in the morning is check the weather so you know how to dress for the day. Weatherwise is a fantastic app that brings your weather forecast to life with animated personas and moving landscapes. You can view the current and five-day forecast with the built-in geolocator, save up to five locations, get details by hour and change all visuals and animations through the in-app store.
App: Google Currents
Price: Free
Why You Need It:If you want to read the news while you’re eating breakfast, Google Currents is the app for you. It’s more than the news. It’s your news, pulling stories from only sources you are interested in. Plus, these beautiful magazine-like editions are easy to read and look great on a large tablet screen.
Apps for 9 to 5
App: Cisco WebEX Meetings
Price: Free
Why You Need It:For those lucky enough to work from home, the Cisco WebEX Meetings app easily connects you to important meetings so you can join a web conference right from your tablet. It’s the perfect home office application. It works with Cisco WebEx Meeting Center and Cisco WebEx Meetings to deliver mobile web conferencing, audio and high-quality video.
App: Evernote
Price: Free
Why You Need It: Evernote is another much loved application that “turns your Android™ device into an extension of your brain.” It helps you stay organized with notes, lists, photos and more. Increasing productivity is one of the better ways to get more out of your week, so this app is a must-have.
Apps for After Work
App: Basketball Dood
Price: Free
Why You Need It:If you coach your kid’s little league basketball team, then you’ll definitely want to use the Basketball Dood app. It’s a moving playbook that lets you use an S Pen™ on a Galaxy 10.1 to draw out a play and then save the image, or animate it to show how the players move. If you’re not into basketball, the developer, mola, has a similar app for many other sports.
App: First Aid
Price: Free
Why You Need It:When someone trips and skins a knee during practice, you’ll be able to save the day in a jiffy with your First Aid app from the American Red Cross. The app is easy to navigate and includes tons of pictures and videos that you can view on your large tablet screen.
Apps for Your Child Genius
App: Tracing ABC Free
Price: Free
Why You Need It:Pass the tablet to the kids so they can learn to read and write with the Tracing ABC Free app. It’s perfect for kids 2–5 who are just learning to trace letters, numbers and shapes. With the natural writing features of the S Pen, your kids will be sure to excel.
App: Drawing Pad
Price: $1.99
Why You Need It:Art is one of the most important areas of child development. Help foster and encourage your child’s creativity with the Drawing Pad app. They can create their own art using photo-realistic crayons, markers, paint brushes, colored pencils, stickers, roller pens and more.
Games for You and the Kids
App: Where’s My Perry
Price: $0.99
Why You Need It:Everyone deserves some play time. Today’s best mobile games are great for you and for your kids. The Where’s My Perry app is a challenging physics-based puzzler where you need to use water in all its different forms — ice, steam and liquid — to solve the puzzle. You’ll be an instant expert with the extra precision you get from the S Pen.
App: Trace me! (My Love Jenny)
Price: Free
Why You Need It:Unlike most jump-and-avoid-the-obstacles games, the Trace me! (My Love Jenny) app allows you to draw your own track towards the goal. In this case, the goal is to get to Jenny, your soul mate. You draw paths and platforms with the S Pen as you collect what Jenny asks for, such as diamonds and shoes. But getting to Jenny isn’t as easy as it sounds — standing between you and Jenny is a host of obstacles, including buzzsaws, scissors and falling rocks. Samsung, Galaxy Note and S Pen are registered trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Android and Google Play are trademarks of Google, Inc. Other company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. All other brand, product, service names and logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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