Automate your android

A feature which is not in iPhone.

What if your phone automatically
went silent when you step into the
movie theater? Texted your significant
other when you finished your long
commute? Or automatically turned
down the volume when a particularly
loud friend called? It can; here's how.
Android
application
Tasker gives
you total rules-
based
automation for
your Android
phone. It's not
free, but it offers a free 14-day trial
download . In the Android Market, it' s
£3.99 in UK money—a little over $6
U.S. If you grab the trial, or shell out
the cost of a Double-Double meal at
In-N-Out Burger to buy it in the Market
(scan the QR code at left), you'll
discover it's worth the cost, even if you
only have one super-specific use for it.
Tasker can do nearly anything on your
phone. It's mostly limited by your
imagination. Here are some up-front
ideas about neat automations that
come to mind:
• Set preferences for each
application: Give the Kindle app a
longer screen time-out. Make Maps or
Foursquare automatically turn on GPS,
and have a file browser launch when
you trade out SD cards. Have your
music and other audio apps lower the
volume to 50 percent when you plug in
headphones, so you never get a way-
too-loud moment.
• Time of day automation: Make your
phone go into airplane mode
overnight, but re-connect for a few
minutes every 30 minutes to grab
messages. Set up your phone to play
specific or random songs from your
collection as an alarm, back up files
from your SD card every day, load up
an application at a certain time.
• Set up contact rules: If you've got a
friend who talks too loud, make your
call volume go down when they ring.
Create a home screen widget that
sends an automatic SMS ("In the car,"
maybe) to the last person who called.
Set your phone to pop up a more
iPhone-style message box, rather than
background notifications, when you
miss calls or get SMS from certain
people. Have your phone always
record messages from a certain caller.

Download (http://tasker.dinglisch.net/download.html)