Air Droid

I have been using this one useful tool for quite some time now, and it is called: "Airdroid"

Airdroid is a web tool, cross platform that allows you to control your Android through the internet. When you go to their site or use their chrome app. You come to a page that looks like this:

You will also need to have the Airdroid app installed on your android as well.

The easiest method for you to join the airdroid site and the app is to scan the QR Code.

After that, you scan the QR Code as seen on the Airdroid site and you're in business!

To the left of the page you see apps and tools

To the right there is your Phone's information, and the ability to upload Files, URLs, send things to its clipboard and even install unofficial APK's (Apps)

Of course at the top and bottom right there is more tools, the top bar if you want to vide your account, search for apps and also displays battery information, signal strength and type of signal it's connected to, my phone right now is connected to the SUNYIT network, so it's a LAN connection. 

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And with those apps you can do things like view and send text messages, view your photos, take pictures with the phone's camera. Edit and organize contacts, view call log, listen to music, view videos, view and download apps and even browse all of your phone's files.

This tool gives you lots of control over your android phone, and it makes things easier for you if you're more of a computer user, check your text messages on the screen while you're making a blog like I am, rather than pull away from the computer entirely to check the phone.