Nexus 7 – Best apps for your new tablet
How to work around the limited storage and lack of 3G on Google's budget tablet
7. OSMAND
OsmAnd (OpenStreetMap Android) is a client for the OpenStreetMap project’s free offline maps. You preload maps to the device over your Wi-Fi, and they’re available whether you have a network connection or not.
Maps are available for the entire world, but the amount of detail in each map is dependent on how active OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have been in a particular location.
However, if you find a certain place isn’t covered, you can always use Google Maps’ offline mode, which lets you cache a certain number of map tiles when you still have a network connection.
Lost abroad? Not with OsmAnd you won’t be
The cheaper version of the Galaxy Nexus has a paltry 8GB of storage and no way of expanding it. It may sound like quite a bit when you start out, but it’ll soon fill up with miscellaneous junk. One way to keep the clutter at bay is with a file manager like Astro. This way you can quickly find the biggest files and clear space for fresh, exciting stuff.
With limited storage space a file manager will be easily worth its weight in KBs
5. Shazam
Shazam, the tool that records a snippet of whatever music you can hear and then compares it to its online database to help you name that tune actually works offline – an essential feature for anyone who spends a lot of time in basement bars or who owns a tablet that’s dependent on Wi-Fi rather than HSDPA.
Just open Shazam and run it as normal. It’ll record a sequence but then tell you that your device can’t connect but that your tag will be stored. When you next have a net connection, just go to “My Tags” and tap any that haven’t been submitted to check them against the Shazam database.
Shazam’s error message doesn’t look pretty, but it’s saving everything you need for later