5 ways your smartphone can increase your productivity

Your personal assistant

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Smartphones have become a part of our daily lives for a while now. Despite the downsides of 'being hooked' on smartphones, studies have shown that using them effectively can help boost your productivity.

It lets you work from anywhere

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Smartphones can help open and work on any file or document on the fly. A smartphone with proper network connection can let you work via cloud system. Google Drive is available on iOS and Android devices, and comes with a full suite of document creating and editing apps. This allows you to make and change documents on the go, without waiting for a computer and WiFi access.

Other apps like Evernote and Dropbox also sync to a cloud-based storage system, allowing you to keep large files and notes on you without worrying about memory or what device it was stored on.

Makes your life simpler

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Smartphones help organise some of your most relevant data. Instead of taking large notes of to-dos you could just take a photograph or use an organiser. Smartphones can even be used as payment devices via apps like Paytm, and Google Wallet so that you don’t have to carry your cash or debit cards around.

Planner in your pocket

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You can plan your day with a calendar app. Its timed notifications and GPS directions can help you get to all your meetings.

You are always connected

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With WhatsApp , Hangout and Skype, it’s very easy to make yourself available. Your phones can be set to check for new emails in a specified timings without you having to open your inbox manually.

It lets you know about work and other news as and when it happens so you can stay involved from anywhere.

You can get things done faster

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A smartphone can cut down your time on doing pretty much any task. A good smartphone with proper memory and processor can run multiple apps and you can toggle between them seamlessly. For instance, notes can be recorded, and photos can be taken on the same device that notes are stored.