by With the advent of technology reaching right into our palms in mobile phones and the latest frenzy, tablets, it’s been possible to achieve a lot of things with a 7 inch 150 gram device , that a 21 inch 15 KG desktop cant do. I have listed an exhaustive Top 100 things you can do with such an amazing net connected device here
- Whatsapp messaging : With an unlimited data plan in my mobile , I am connected to the WWW 24*7 and hence endless messaging in Whatsapp with friends across the world
- Google Sky Map : exploring the endless sky and identifying objects using Google Sky Map App
- Selfies
- Instagram pictures of food when ordering in hotels and shops. Explore the various collections of pictures friends and others have posted in Instagram site/app
- I’d use sites like cleartrip.com and jetairways.com app to book flight tickets with a online app discount
- Facebook Posts: Keep checking the facebook timeline for new posts and status updates from friends and update mine
- Twitter : Read the tweet timeline and check out what different political leaders has to say on the affairs of the economy
- Play quizup quiz in my phone/tablet and send challenges to several people across the world
- Read ebooks using my EZ PDF Reader
- Ask and answer questions in Quora
- Google search
- Writing blog posts for Indiblogger contests with blogger.com
- Playing candy crush
- Skype video calls with friends and loved ones
- Send voice messages with Wechat , Line
- Make Free Voice calls with Viber with friends across the world
- Check Personal mails with GMail app
- Download latest hit songs off the internet
- Stream Youtube videos
- Bluetooth file transfer pictures and files with other friends
- Track cricket scores with cricinfo.com
- Play Twitter contests and win prizes
- Check in to places using Foursquare and earn badges
- Watch movies already loaded in my Tablet/Phone
- Listen to my song playlist in my phone
- Take photos of places and people when outside
- While in a club or a hotel, use Shazam to identify the track that is playing
- Work ! : Yes , even if I am outside I constantly check corporate mail and try to track important mails and schedules
- Pin interesting content in Pinterest.com and reshare other’s posts
- Use Google Maps to navigate the area while going out
- Use evernote app to note interesting thoughts or points to remember
- While going out to a gym , use apps like Jefit Pro Fitness and get fitness tips and exercise schedules to be done
- Design images using the photo apps in my phone
- Create/edit powerpoint presentations in my phone on some important presentation that I was working on
- Use apps like Burrp and Zomato to identify new restaurants and clubs to hang out
- Being a member of many forums, will login to these sites and track the different threads people post and try replying to them
- Using theatre apps like bookmyshow will login and check for new movie releases and plays , events and concerts happening in the city
- From a few movie sites, will download the latest TV Serials and movies directly in my phone/tablet
- Read other’s blogs in Indiblogger and Network with other fellow bloggers in Indiblogger.in
- With an online game like Frontline commando or Counterstrike ,will play with other friends on the network who are also online and logged into the game
- Host a tweetup with Twitter and FB friends on the move
- Check out new deals in Deal sites like Groupon ,TimesDeal and so on and reshare some interesting deals in FB and Twitter
- Do online shopping for gadgets, games and clothes with sites like Flipkart , Amazon etc
- Use a pedometer app in phone to track the calories and distance that I walked/ran while outside
- Dig and find some interesting articles using sites like Digg.com and Stumbleupon.com
- Chat live with multiple people using Google talk
- Use the basic form of messaging , SMS to people who aren’t connected to the net or one who doesn’t own a smartphone
- Read interesting articles in Wikipedia
- Update job status updates with Linkedin.com
- Track the recent local and international news with BBC , Hindu and MSN apps/sites
- Check recent international movie releases and review and rate movies in IMDB.com
- Online Netbanking from my tablet/phone with my HDFDC app
- Book train tickets using the mobile app of IRCTC from my phone/app
- Paypal : I’d Transfer and receive money to people using Paypal which is easy and almost instant
- Rottentomatoes : Check out the RT score of every movie released
- Would review the Local listings in a site similar to craigslist
- Upload pictures and files to dropbox
- Travel sites : Explore different holiday packages and last minute deals on the move with sites like Makemytrip , Yatra etc
- Track live weather with weather.com app
- Read entertainment news using Huffington post and Glam Media
- Play online inapp gaming like Farmville
- Check Online dating profiles with sites like Friendster.com , Match.com etc
- Tripadvisor.com – Will read upon and even write some Hotel and place reviews
- Pay telephone , electricity , water tax and other bills with my credit card with a mobile app
- Manage my blog advertising and earn the revenue through my Adsense account
- Read humor pages in 9gag.com app
- Read and learn technical info, programming courses using sites like w3schools.com
- Apply for jobs in different companies using Monster.com and Naukri.com mobile app
- Being a marketing person, I meet a lot of customers and hence load leads and opportunities in Salesforce.com with their mobile app
- Goodreads.com : Track recent book releases , and post my book reviews online
- Omegle.com – Chat with random strangers across the world
- Try to learn new things and get more awareness on day to day activities using Lifehacker.com
- Order food through online delivery sites like foodpanda, Dinein.in etc,pizzahut.com etc
- Playing instruments in my tablet/phone like Flute , Piano and Drums with my instrument apps
- Sell my less important things and also buy from other sellers using Quickr.com app
- Play pranks on my friends with humor apps like TalkingTom app
- Track , Buy and sell stocks using online trading apps
- AroundMe – a handy app to use out and about when I need to find all of the local amenities based around my current position
- Vote for online petitions with popular Survey and petition apps
- Track money spent with Pocketmoney app : This app makes it as easy as possible to keep track of your money with its plethora of functions, including photo receipts, scheduled transactions, reports and charts
- WolphramAlpha: On the fly analysis of anything under science, be it maths , physics or even an indepth analysis of financial ratios between any two companies , available right in your mobile
- Techcrunch : A wonderful app and site to read about news on startups and exciting product launches
- Odesk.com : Being a remote worker job place board, i’d try to find some quick tasks job that i can easily do it in my sparetime
- Disqus : Helps in fuelling my literature passion and also helps me post comments in the web and networked blog posts
- I’d Check out the daily Google Doodle in the Google.com homepage
- Lovelycharts.com : To aid to my work,I use lovelycharts.com to create flowcharts, network diagrams, sitemaps, etc
- Print from the app : With my Cloud print app , Ill print important documents directly from my phone
- Random.org : Just to while away time, I’d login to random.org to pick random numbers, flip coins, and more
- livestream.com – I’d broadcast events live over the web, including my phone, tablet screen
- While on travel, I would login to flightstats.com to track flight status at airports worldwide.
- While writing important documents on the move , I’d make a few critical grammatical mistakes. Hence would use polishmywriting.com – check my writing for spelling or grammatical errors.
- Being a huge fan of music , I would use sites like noteflight.comto use music sheets, write my own music online directly from phone and tablet without even a pen or paper
- kleki.com – create paintings and sketches with a wide variety of brushes right there in a mobile browser
- similarsites.com – discover new sites that are similar to what I like already
- boxoh.com – track the status of any shipment on Google Maps
- disposablewebpage.com– I’ll create a temporary web page that self-destruct , just for the fun of it
- fiverr.com – I’d hire people online to do little things for $5.
- bubbl.us – create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser.
- Mobile Price comparisons : With a mobile price checker app like pricedekho.com, I’d compare across prices of tablets and mobiles across different e-commerce cites
- Call people the old fashioned way
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100 points. Wow! 🙂 I'll be honest, I didn't read past the top 10. But I kind of feel an honest admiration for the effort you put in to prepare this list. It must have been painstaking and a brain-wracking experience. But you pulled it off! CONGRATULATIONS!