The official tablet (and other useless electronics) thread!

[Ken]

After playing with several friends' phones, realizing I was up for an upgrade, and being fairly nonplussed with the direction Apple's been taking lately, I pulled the trigger last night on a Galaxy S7 Edge.

I have no idea what I'm doing.

Any suggestions on the best apps for texting, calendar, contacts/dialer? All of my mail/contacts/calendar was already on Google's services so it's been an easy transition, but the stock apps Samsung bundles aren't so hot.

I downloaded Google Messenger for texts, but the concept of having two apps named Messenger bothers the shit out of me (Facebook Messenger being the other one). Maybe GoSMS or something?

Also, any general Android tips/tricks would be great. I think this level of awkwardness is how our parents must feel with new technology.

Use Google Hangouts to manage SMS and your Gchat. Since there are alot of Android people among my friends we've convinced the Apple users to use it too so we can all be in the same chat and not MMS, also added benefit of still being able to video chat if you need.

Google calendar to manage that, not the stock samsung one.

EDIT: If i recall, you also had a google voice number. Hangouts can manage that too so you can text from it. Your cell provider number will show as a grey "SMS" and the hangouts will show as a blue "SMS" so it's pretty easy to differentiate.