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Q: What phone apps can you simply not live without in China?

Feel like my life would be easier with a few more apps. Which ones save your life in China? Definitely don't have to be China related!

10 years 32 weeks ago in  Web & Technology - China

 
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Wechat, yahoo weather, pps, google translate, flashlight, qq, calls blacklist, Skype. All MUST HAVES to survive China. 

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wechat, sneaky cam, skype, Google GPS map for driving, hanping Chinese dictionary., MyCurrency , chrome, check list, taobao, Google translate,koogle and elong.

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A bus location app, so I know how long I have to wait.  Also, an app for calling taxis.

smoglife:

Oh both of those would be great. I live in beijing, anyone know the name of one for here?

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wagon:

Sorry, Qingdao here.

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royceH:

I lived in Qingdao for a couple of years and I know the buses run very frequently.  If you've just missed it, don't worry.....here it comes again!

 

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Royce, I agree.  The buses are great here.  I don't live downtown, though, so if I go out for dinner or drinks and it's after 9pm the buses become less frequent.  Also, with the many options, I can find out if it's better to take an alternate bus and walk(or transfer) or wait for the original bus.  Also, buses frequently run later than the posted time schedule.  Helps me know if I've actually missed the last one.

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Google maps..... can sometimes find bars when my nose fails me. And it gets me home after finding the bar wink.

 

My saved places would make a fantastic 2 week pub crawl.

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What's an 'app'?

Is this some kind of modern marketing ploy that everyone has fallen headlong into?

Rhetorical question....please downvote.

 

 

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On iphone.......

Google maps,

Babel Fish (translator),

Weixin (wechat),

The Guardian (UK newspaper, works even when the website is blocked for publishing "sensitive" articles on China),

KTdict C-E (Eng-Chi dictionary),

Memrise (for learning Chinese),

Metronav GZ or exploremetro for quick checks on which lines to change on GZmetro,

China Daily to keep up with the local propaganda, 

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wechat, shenzhen metro map, kindle.

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Wordfeud & Google Hangouts

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