There's a bit of real estate on the Droid; thank goodness because one can never have enough. By default, my Droid came with three home screens. One index finger swipe to the right or left gets me to either of them. When I organized my home screens I decided the main home screen would include the most used and critical apps organized by category. I'll explain how I get the best and most use out of these screens in this post. Hopefully this information will help other smartphone users, regardless of platform, who may be struggling with a method for organizing all of their handy apps.

Home screen one (or the main screen) includes quick access to my phone dialer, contacts, text messaging, voice mail, calendar, Gmail/email, and task related apps. While smartphones can do so much more, I think having the most basic apps accessible from the main screen is essential.

The inventor of GPS deserves a big ol' hug if not some presidential medal. I am so impressed with the GPS capabilities that I will be dedicating an entire future post to this function. This means I won't be elaborating on all of its splendor in this post but suffice to say, besides communication tools and internet access, GPS is the most essential, beneficial, satisfying, useful function there is. Many other apps take advantage of and build upon GPS functionality, too.

In addition to GPS, the navigation category on my home screen includes various mass transit tools (DC Metro map and specific transit info, NYC bus and subway information, traffic and road conditions, speed trap and police scanner information and broadcasts, etc.). Yes, if I wanted to, I could sit around all day and listen to the local police scanners to find out what my neighbors in this city are up to.