6 Must have apps to switch from iPhone and iPad to Android

When you think about it, the reason millions love iPads and iPhones and Apple Macs is that, they are simple. Everything works, everything syncs and you don't really have to think much about it. 

On the other hand, many of us are getting tired of the same old iDevices and we are tempted to stray the newest latest and greatest. 

So we look at Nexus, and Notes, and Kindle Fires, and Galaxy S3 and 4 and Note Tablets and yes even Windows tablets and phones. 

Well there is life after iDevices, but if you don't want bruises form kicking yourself, here are a few apps that can make life easier. 

For Android - Syncing contacts, calendars, reminders and notes...

First of all if you are syncing your Mac ical, and contacts with Google you are half the way there. All Android devices are pretty strongly tied into Google services. 

Get Smooth Sync for contacts and SmoothSync for calendar. They work through iCloud and sync calendar, contacts and now reminders with your Android device. They are around 6.99 for each through the Google play store. 

Inotes is the answer for syncing your notes from Mac and iDevice to your Android. Also at the Google Play store for less than $10 and it works. 

For photos, the best answer I've found is Drop Box. The Drop box app will connect with your camera and upload photos from your device to the cloud and vice versa. Bottom line is all photos from all devices sync just like your Photostream. You can also sync files back and forth while you are at it. 

For Syncing big files like movies, a great program is called AirDroid. This is a FREE program to sync and manage files on your Android device. You can actually remote control your droid thing and other things as well.  It is particularly handy if your device doesn't have a SD card like on the Google Nexus devices and Kindles. I have also found that Android file transfer program has stopped working on Macs. At least those with the new Mavericks operating system.  Here is a little video taste of Airdoid.

 
Finally for music, I recommend Google Play Music and Music Manager. You can upload 20,000 songs from your PC or Mac and access them from your other devices. Free again! Go Figure. 
If you have some apps or ideas to move between platforms let me know or comment here.