010 The Most Productive Smartphone – ProductivityCast

And, the gloves come off! In this episode, the ProductivityCast gang dukes out the merits of a productive smartphone. We discuss the specific models we use, customization, productivity app selection, ease of use / intuitiveness, form factor, customer / technical support, and how to be most productive on your smartphone. Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, thanks for listening! If you'd like to discuss this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post). In this Cast Ray Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud Francis Wade Art Gelwicks Show Notes Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. Handspring PalmPilot #iPadOnly by Augusto Pinaud Appification Microsoft Office Professional Quantified Self Huawei Watch AndroidWear Instant (Android/iOS) Android Support Apple Genius Bar Raw Text Transcript Raw, unedited and machine-produced text transcript so there may be substantial errors, but you can search for specific points in the episode to jump to, or to reference back to at a later date and time, by keywords or key phrases. 0:00:00.030,0:00:04.080 are you ready to manage your work and 0:00:02.100,0:00:05.910 personal world better to live a more 0:00:04.080,0:00:06.750 fulfilling productive life then you've 0:00:05.910,0:00:09.660 come to the right place 0:00:06.750,0:00:12.360 welcome to productivity cast the weekly 0:00:09.660,0:00:14.790 show about all things productivity here 0:00:12.360,0:00:18.660 are your hosts Ray Sidney-Smith and 0:00:14.790,0:00:21.449 Augusto Pinaud welcome back everybody to 0:00:18.660,0:00:24.029 productivity cast episode 10 I wish had 0:00:21.449,0:00:26.849 a kazoo it's a it's the birthday tenth 0:00:24.029,0:00:28.500 episode of productivity cast so thank 0:00:26.849,0:00:30.869 you all for listening and thank you for 0:00:28.500,0:00:33.360 joining us here today I'm joined with a 0:00:30.869,0:00:36.600 gusto pin out my co-host as well as 0:00:33.360,0:00:38.940 Francis Wade and Art Gelwicks so we are all 0:00:36.600,0:00:42.739 together here today for this episode 0:00:38.940,0:00:46.379 let's get into it today we are going to 0:00:42.739,0:00:50.850 mostly fight in good good faith and good 0:00:46.379,0:00:53.820 effort about smartphone productivity and 0:00:50.850,0:00:57.390 and in essence what the best smartphone 0:00:53.820,0:00:59.100 is out there to be most productive and I 0:00:57.390,0:01:01.980 thought that what we would cover today 0:00:59.100,0:01:05.070 was was really the the essence of how we 0:01:01.980,0:01:06.900 use our phones to be productive and in 0:01:05.070,0:01:08.520 the vein of the mobile productivity 0:01:06.900,0:01:10.890 topics that we have had over the last 0:01:08.520,0:01:14.640 several episodes I want us to talk about 0:01:10.890,0:01:17.549 the pros and cons of the various nomally 0:01:14.640,0:01:20.400 hardware put software that we use for 0:01:17.549,0:01:22.820 our smart phones so I think it's 0:01:20.400,0:01:27.659 probably best for us to go around and 0:01:22.820,0:01:30.509 say what our primary smartphone is that 0:01:27.659,0:01:31.110 we're using today and then we'll get 0:01:30.509,0:01:35.130 into it 0:01:31.110,0:01:38.430 so I'll start I am currently using a 0:01:35.130,0:01:41.520 Google Nexus 5x as my primary phone and 0:01:38.430,0:01:45.390 I am running Android nougat which is 0:01:41.520,0:01:47.040 seven point X so the latest version of 0:01:45.390,0:01:49.110 seven point I think is seven point one 0:01:47.040,0:01:50.130 point something that's what I'm doing 0:01:49.110,0:01:52.140 well 0:01:50.130,0:01:54.180 apparently was established before these 0:01:52.140,0:01:57.649 girls start recording that I you have a 0:01:54.180,0:02:03.450 dumb phone and my gum phone is running 0:01:57.649,0:02:08.429 can access six plus so you have the six 0:02:03.450,0:02:12.390 plus I'm running an LG g4 Android that's 0:02:08.429,0:02:13.440 running Android six I want to say 601 0:02:12.390,0:02:14.850 right now that 0:02:13.440,0:02:17.850 the current version and the Nova 0:02:14.850,0:02:19.460 Launcher and for Android you got a name 0:02:17.850,0:02:22.110 the launcher if you're if you're running 0:02:19.460,0:02:24.180 Android because that's part of the fun 0:02:22.110,0:02:26.190 of what makes it productive okay well 0:02:24.180,0:02:28.710 well then I'll say I'm I'm running the 0:02:26.190,0:02:32.010 Google launcher because it's a Google 0:02:28.710,0:02:37.290 Nexus 5x and so I stick with pure 0:02:32.010,0:02:40.200 Android yeah I'm a peer Android guy I 0:02:37.290,0:02:44.220 just really I really love the interface 0:02:40.200,0:02:46.830 I'm using at Alcatel I don't know the 0:02:44.220,0:02:49.830 model number but it's running Android 6 0:02:46.830,0:02:55.650 great so we can we can all gang up on a 0:02:49.830,0:02:58.020 gusto actually this is probably a pretty 0:02:55.650,0:03:00.810 good this is a pretty good percentage of 0:02:58.020,0:03:03.990 the number of Android users versus the 0:03:00.810,0:03:06.570 number of iPhone users globally so tall 0:03:03.990,0:03:08.580 order ago so notice that in order for 0:03:06.570,0:03:11.370 them to steal but they have any chance 0:03:08.580,0:03:20.730 to be us they needed to come three to 0:03:11.370,0:03:24.150 one oh you just brought the pain you 0:03:20.730,0:03:29.160 just you know apples bruise easily right 0:03:24.150,0:03:31.470 so but it's true the number the number 0:03:29.160,0:03:34.110 of iPhones that I have the screens that 0:03:31.470,0:03:36.470 I've cracked is far beyond the number 0:03:34.110,0:03:40.250 that I have cracked of of other phones 0:03:36.470,0:03:42.269 this whole glass packed phone trend 0:03:40.250,0:03:43.800 actually I think has caused a lot of 0:03:42.269,0:03:47.070 issue with that I know a guy who has 0:03:43.800,0:03:48.690 managed to break multiple Samsung's that 0:03:47.070,0:03:51.450 have the glass back I think it's he's 0:03:48.690,0:03:54.450 got the 7 I don't know that I would 0:03:51.450,0:03:56.540 chalk that up as a negative to one side 0:03:54.450,0:03:59.700 or the other I think both of them have 0:03:56.540,0:04:01.920 bouncing issues they don't handle 0:03:59.700,0:04:04.290 impacts well that may need to agree with 0:04:01.920,0:04:08.040 that we on they're raised to make the 0:04:04.290,0:04:11.310 phone look prettier we has been 0:04:08.040,0:04:14.610 sacrificed durability in a massive 0:04:11.310,0:04:17.160 expense I don't recall and I'm sure they 0:04:14.610,0:04:21.510 did but I don't recall on the old old 0:04:17.160,0:04:23.850 phone so pre iPhone era that to break 0:04:21.510,0:04:27.130 your screen down Austin I don't remember 0:04:23.850,0:04:28.810 anybody really breaking their screen on 0:04:27.130,0:04:31.270 Claude when they were pretty much 0:04:28.810,0:04:34.780 indestructible I mean I think my Palm 0:04:31.270,0:04:37.570 Pilot and I broke one is Greenup up on 0:04:34.780,0:04:39.700 pilots as far as I remember never broke 0:04:37.570,0:04:41.830 on the trio but even before that when I 0:04:39.700,0:04:44.560 had the star tags I think those things 0:04:41.830,0:04:46.330 were simply indestructible yeah I don't 0:04:44.560,0:04:49.720 I don't think I don't know how I could 0:04:46.330,0:04:52.600 destroy one of those LCD screens on one 0:04:49.720,0:04:54.760 of my handspring Palm Pilots way back 0:04:52.600,0:04:56.680 when but the handspring I mean like I 0:04:54.760,0:04:58.930 threw that thing all over the place it 0:04:56.680,0:05:01.360 balanced it slid it got crunched in my 0:04:58.930,0:05:04.060 truck door several times you know in a 0:05:01.360,0:05:06.490 coat pocket and the thing kept kept on 0:05:04.060,0:05:08.920 ticking with the iPhone I felt as though 0:05:06.490,0:05:11.260 I was carrying around this dainty little 0:05:08.920,0:05:14.170 thing that every time I went outside 0:05:11.260,0:05:17.770 there was a potential for me to to have 0:05:14.170,0:05:20.170 a loved one die no it was a little a 0:05:17.770,0:05:22.810 nick of the screen it was it was a it 0:05:20.170,0:05:24.610 was a death knell and so unfortunately 0:05:22.810,0:05:27.250 because of that I ended up going to very 0:05:24.610,0:05:28.660 strong cases that meant that for all 0:05:27.250,0:05:30.760 intents and purposes I no longer had an 0:05:28.660,0:05:32.170 iPhone I had this giant brick in my 0:05:30.760,0:05:34.810 pocket because I was always concerned 0:05:32.170,0:05:38.320 about damaging it but let's let's let's 0:05:34.810,0:05:40.180 veer back on on on topic which is the 0:05:38.320,0:05:41.860 productivity of a smartphone what are 0:05:40.180,0:05:44.560 the what are the foundations here that 0:05:41.860,0:05:46.870 we want to really cover in terms of the 0:05:44.560,0:05:49.740 things that make a smartphone productive 0:05:46.870,0:05:52.510 and then we can have a better sort of 0:05:49.740,0:05:54.940 comparison or compare and contrast as it 0:05:52.510,0:05:56.860 relates to the various products on the 0:05:54.940,0:05:59.470 market and I think you know to have that 0:05:56.860,0:06:01.510 discussion we may need to come close to 0:05:59.470,0:06:05.710 an agreement that on the smart phone 0:06:01.510,0:06:06.700 rings they are kind of three really well 0:06:05.710,0:06:11.230 defined 0:06:06.700,0:06:13.480 IRA's you have the free iphone where you 0:06:11.230,0:06:15.850 had the pump eyelets and the blackberry 0:06:13.480,0:06:17.920 race today really we're competing 0:06:15.850,0:06:21.990 completely different ways but they were 0:06:17.920,0:06:25.390 near origin of this as my smartphone 0:06:21.990,0:06:26.950 prays and then you have a moment and to 0:06:25.390,0:06:29.560 be honest with you I don't know exactly 0:06:26.950,0:06:33.670 ...