Best Android Apps for Grad School!

[McPsychy]

Anyone have suggestions on the best android apps for graduate school? This can be anything from organizers to pdf readers! Bring on the suggestions that help you navigate grad school easier!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[asdfx3]

There is a paid app called hovernote that makes a text box that goes over any running app, allowing you to take notes while reading a web page, PDF, or video. You can save the notes as txt files on your device or send it to a cloud storage device like dropbox.

I've been using Google Reader to keep up with journals that are relevant to my field. I flip through the titles and short summaries and star the ones that are interesting and would like to read later. Unfortunately Google Reader is being shut down in June, so I'll need to find another cross-platform RSS reader.

[Kadisha]

This isn't exactly an app, but I've been really intrigued by the SmartPen.

 

http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/

 

From what my career counselor said it's great for school because it records entire lectures while you take notes. Then when you hover over a sentence it will replay the part of the lecture that you took that "note" in. Not cheap, but I'm guessing it can be really helpful so it might pay off. 

[juilletmercredi]

I actually haven't found too many Android-specific apps that I like for school (I have an Android phone, an iPad, and a Mac and I've found the Apple apps overall better geared towards my personal productivity) but here are some general apps available on multiple platforms:

 

Evernote: Note-taking app available for Android and iOS/Mac OSX.  It syncs across multiple devices and the Internet, so any notes I take I can see on my Galaxy S3, my iPad, my Mac, and any Internet-connected computer.

 

Dropbox: Online cloud storage.  I use Google Drive more, but I have some shared folders with my adviser and colleagues on Dropbox, hence the app.

 

Google Drive App: I can access my Drive documents through my phone (and any computer).  Useful, because I recently started storing pretty much everything in the cloud.

 

Wunderlist: A to-do list app that I like a lot.  They also have it for iOS and Mac OSX, so it's useful in that I can sync my to-do lists across devices.  I can set reminders for them, check them off as completed, add subtasks and notes, etc.