smartphones have become an integral part of our life. it is common to see people using their smartphones for playing games,movies,emails,texting,calling,internet music etc. if you are wondering how you can use your smartphone innovatively,then you have landed on the right place. take a tour... with a smartphone, you can keep a track of your income and the expenses you do get a clear picture of your financial position. there are many apps that let you keep track to cover your basic expenses including clothing,education,food,travel etc. gone are the days when people had to visit a hospital to check their heartbeat. the camera in your smartphone comes with flash that can double as a heart rate monitor.

all you need to do is just place your finger on the lens and flash for a few seconds and there are apps that can read the pulsegiving you the heartbeat rate. it could be tough to find out leaky windows in your home. your smartphone can help you by doing it for you. you can turn the smartphone into a thermal imaging camera by attaching add-ons such as flir one thermal imaging camera. this will make it easier to detect the leak spots on the windows,ceiling,walls,floors or hot spot as well. you just have to point the bar code of the product to the camera to get to know the details of the product in a convenient way. there are apps as well bar code and qr code scanning.

now days you also pay or receive money by scanning qr code. this is the interesting use of smartphone and their camera unit. when you are in a different country without knowledge on the local language,the translation capability of your smartphone will rescue you. google translate app does all the magic almost instantly. all you need to do is aim the camera of your phone at the text and get it translate into a preffered language. if you are involved in making audio recording,you will need a good microphone. your computer or headphone have a mic but,the audio quality of these microphones are limited and sometimes they might stop working while you are in conversion.your phone can be a savior in such case. you can download the apps such as wo mic

that doubles your phone as a mic and connect to a device via usb,bluetooth or wi-fi. there was a time when we were using a remote control for every device. now, the infrared sensor in phones helps in controlling aal the other devices. to do so,you need to download some remote control app such as peel or use your phone remote control app if it is there.