A uniform standard setup for all android home screens on tablets and phones. In many cases, it'd be handy to have a common home screen setup that everyone uses. That way, whether you're using your own device, one shared by the family, a work or a friend's tablet, you have a general idea where to find what you need quickly.
The screens don't have to be setup exactly this way, the idea is to use the home screen as the core center for your most important info, links, apps, widgets and fan out in both directions from greatest to least important. First, with productivity and vital information and then proceeding to entertainment and the least important items furthest away from the core.
Screen Setup
Screen 1 Music and alternatively Games
Music Apps:
- Google Music and
- Soundhound and Shazam listens to the song playing, gives you title, artist, lyrics and links.
- Pandora and Tunein (internet radios)
- Bluetooth link to play audio over computer, download widcomm drivers if you can't do so now.
Screen 2 Geodata
vital information and news about the world around you
Geodata Apps:
- Google Maps, My Location widget, also apps links to navigation, places, maps.
- Weatherbug radar widget
- Traffic conditions, speed traps, travel, earthquake, flight info apps and widgets.
- News, Headlines, CNN, also social media like twitter if it won't fit in office.
Screen 3 Home
your most used apps, bookmarks, widgets here
Home Screen Apps:
- Time Banner, with weather or settings
- Whatever you use the most, if you have folder organizer app, use this to fit more quick links.
- Android Market, Amazon Apps Market, Text Messaging, Dialer, Any Communication
- Jeannie (available on the android market, a very advanced personal assistant, it will do anything you ask it to and answer any question you have) (Seriously if you haven't used this app before it will startle you in how awesome it is, it can be a bit laggy at times if you have a lot of apps on your phone but you really can ask anything, helps you do tasks on your device and keeps you company if you're really lonely :P )
Screen 4 Office
anything work or job related, along with basic office apps
Office apps:
- calculator, email, gmail, calendar, to-do list
- Documents to go, QuickOffice Pro, OfficeSuite Pro (office suites)
- Handwrite Pro (or similar quick note taking app)
- Anything else related to your job or school.
- Talk to Me Classic (the closest thing we have to a universal translator, it can be trick to setup, be sure to read the full description in the android market and the help on the app., is great if you need to translate languate quickly)
Screen 5 Media and alternatively all media including Music, family photos.
easy access to all of your media and your phone device's features
Media Apps:
- Camera, Camcorder, voice recorder, Camera Zoom FX, any media recording apps.
- Family photos album widgets, links to pictures and video
- Youtube widget
- Netflix App, Crackle App, any tv or movies to watch
A good app to label your screens if you'd like to is Minimalistic Text on the android market.
For substituting pages,
- Main rule of thumb is keep office and media what they are, the two left pages are flexible.
- Music or Geodata can be games, or other. Combine Music with media and geodata with office.
- Music or Geodata can also be halfpages, (esp. tablets), to keep it consistent place productivity, news and work themed pages closer to the middle home screen and the entertainment, fun and game themed pages further away.
If you like this article pass it along to your friends and maybe it'll catch on as a standard way for everyone to setup their device making access to the most common tasks a breeze for yourself and whoever else uses your device.
I'd appreciate comments on this. Do you have a better idea? Do know of a site that already did something like this? Pass it along. If I like it I'll update this article.
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