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how do you deal with using more than one mobile platform on a regular basis hi I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and these are 10 essential cross-platform mobile applications no matter how bad we wish it were more simple making the jump from one mobile platform to another is never quite as easy as swapping SIM cards and logging into a few accounts application libraries are often the biggest hurdle in the way of a smooth transition or even using two devices with different operating systems side-by-side an iPad with a Windows Phone smartphone for example or an Android tablet with an iPhone fortunately there are several cross-platform applications and services that can greatly help make future transitions seamless and painless part of every mobile ecosystem is some form of cloud service that offers document editing note-taking and task management but if you quarter yourself for the single platforms offerings you can't always switch operating systems on the fly without having to manually transfer all your data to another service or deal with insufferable mobile web interfaces the perfect cross-platform solution is one that is widely known Evernote it helps you keep track of everything through taking notes adding various forms of documents saving pictures or even making lists essentially it's the ultimate digital notebook Evernote is available on Windows Phone Android and iOS as a free download but if you need more storage space you can upgrade to a premium account without a proper way to communicate smartphones would be a lot less useful of course voice calling is universal as as SMS but what if you want a video call or instant message with some friends you can't FaceTime your friend who has the galaxy s4 and you can't hang out with your friend who has a Windows Phone for video calls the best bet is to turn to Skype it's available for free on Android iOS and Windows Phone and of all the various video calling clients it offers some of the best video and audio quality it also doubles as a great instant messaging service even for group messaging but if you prefer a dedicated i.m service whatsapp is one of the most popular mobile instant messaging services around and GroupMe serves as a great group messaging client apple offers iTunes Google Offers play music and the subscription service called all access and Microsoft offers its own music hub and Xbox music all are great viable options for getting your music fix on-the-go but what if you want to stream music across multiple devices and platforms the best option is to choose a third-party service that's available to all such as RTO or Spotify using Spotify you can stream music on the same account using a PC Mac Linux Android iOS or Windows Phone but if you're not a fan of subscription music you can always go with a free option pandora that lets you create radio stations based on songs artists or genres and stream up to 40 hours per month for free of course you also need a way to identify that song that's playing on the radio or that you hear on a TV commercial for that there are two great cross-platform options Shazam and SoundHound press a button wait just a few seconds and you will have the song title artist album info and lyrics life is much more dull without videos of people doing stupid things in this video tutorials and of course phone reviews having to deal with a mobile platform without a proper YouTube client is something we wouldn't wish on our worst enemy fortunately YouTube applications are available to users on iOS Android and Windows Phone okay well for a short while there was an official YouTube app on Windows Phone not one of those janky mobile web app shortcuts but it was pooled for not adhering to google's terms now Google is helping Microsoft develop a proper client with ads and tow until then Windows Phone users can download one of the many third-party offerings for your streaming TV and movie needs Netflix is the best cross-platform solution pay $7.99 per month and you get instant access to a vast selection of movies and television for streaming anywhere unfortunately there are no decent cross-platform solutions for purchasing television shows and movies only iTunes for iOS and Google Play movies for Android for the shrinking number of people who still read buying into Google's playbook service or iBooks isn't a terrible idea but what if you want to read your books elsewhere like from a dedicated e-reader then you might want to consider going cross-platform and switching over to Amazon's more open offer Kindle the Kindle application is available to Windows Phone iOS and Android and it supports bookmark and page sync across all devices taking care of finances is important and if you can't manage your mobile banking efficiently it can be a real problem if you bank with Bank of America or HDFC you're in luck they provide applications for all three platforms and if your PayPal user eBay provides PayPal mobile applications for all three platforms as well if you only use iOS and Android there are dozens of cloud services that interoperate quite well with the two platforms but when you throw a Windows Phone into the mix the list of cloud storage services that work well with all three Slim's down pretty quickly there are a few options and among the slim pickings two champions emerge box and Microsoft's cross-platform SkyDrive of course when it comes to social media sites there are tons of options the Facebook application for iOS and Android was built by Facebook itself but the Windows Phone and Facebook application was made in the house by Microsoft still it has most of the same features as other Facebook Applications and Foursquare the location based check-in network has an official application on all three platforms as does Twitter but for Twitter there are ample third-party applications that allow some extended functionality on all platforms that's gonna do it if you enjoyed the video be sure to click the thumbs up button below 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