At that time I thought to myself, hey instead of all this syncing a device to a PC, why not have it all out on the Net? Why do I have to worry about how it's formatted on my phone and how it will look when I import to the next proprietary device? And now everything is in the cloud and you just access it. It's my dream come true.
My gmail is my gmail on my PC and on my Android...love it. No dumb app that imports emails. NO. Gmail w/ most major features everywhere, all the time.
It's all beyond my dreams now. Google Maps on my phone...what?! And I can see that my best friend is exactly 154 miles south of me as of this very second? This kind of tech is so convenient that when my wife had to go without her Nexus for one day, she was immediately lost getting to the doctor. I don't blame her. Without my Android, I don't know where am I, when I am, or where I'm going!
These conveniences are amazing, just be careful of dependencies. I had to use flash cards for months to bring my math skills back to par (important for my job) because I've been using a calculator since I left elementary school! If your planning to get your arithmatic up to speed, try this:
In Gmail, go to Mail Settings, then Labs and enable Mail Goggles. This add-on was created to help you not drunk-mail people by making you solve math problems before your message would send. Set it to prompt you each day of the week at all hours and it will hit you whenever you start a new session of mailing. It will annoy the hell out of you for the first week or two, but once your math speeds up, it will become automatic. Change the math difficulty (In General settings area of Gmail) to keep up the challenge!
P.S. If you're not using Gmail, I recommend signing up even if you're not willing to change your address. You can simply setup Gmail to grab and manage your mail from whatever alias and service you currently use. (Setup POP3 in 'Accounts and Import').
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