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How to Free Up Space on the Internal Storage

August 26, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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Due to the software/hardware combination of not being able to install apps to the SD card and phones simply having inadequate amounts of internal storage, a weak point of Android has been that users often have r…

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Tricks

Tip: Use SMS Backup+ to auto-archive and read text messages in Gmail

August 25, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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In the latest edition of Android Apps Alert, we highlighted an SMS Backup+, an app that can create backup of SMS messages to the user’s GMail account. In the event that someone accidentally deletes a mess…

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Commmunication

FoxtoPhone sends links or text from Firefox to Android

August 16, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The biggest flaw with Chrome to Phone, if you consider it a flaw at all, is that it only works with Google’s Chrome Browser. What about the thousands of people who have opted for the No. 2-ranked desktop bro…

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Beginner's Guide to Android

HTC Sense Tips & Tricks

August 15, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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The first device to feature the HTC Sense user-interface was the HTC Hero that made its debut in Europe about a year ago. Since then, HTC has incorporated Sense in all its Android handsets except for the Nexus One…

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Tools

Tips: Open Google Gestures with a quick-flip gesture

August 11, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Those of you still running Google Gestures as a way to quickly search through your phone’s contacts will be happy to know that the app recently got a new shortcut. In Gesture Search 1.2, the app can be opene…

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Beginner's Guide to Android

A Guide to Making Your Android’s Battery Last a Little Longer

August 11, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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A common complaint among Android users is short battery life. As we all now, Google’s platform has numerous benefits, but state-of-the-art features and constantly being connected seem to come with one drawb…

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Applications

How to Disable the Start-Up Sound

August 9, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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A peculiarity of phones that have managed to annoy many people over the years, is the start-up sounds that some manufacturers insist on adding. It’s somewhat ironic that just as HTC’s “Qui…

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Tips

How to Route Unwanted Callers Directly to Voicemail

August 8, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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Is there someone you just wish would stop calling, but you don’t want to turn off your phone or activate the Airplane Mode, because you still need other people to be able to reach you? Or do you have friends that cal…

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Tips

How to Activate Android’s Safe Mode to Get out of a Force Close Loop

August 6, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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Have you ever experienced a force close loop on your Android phone? No? I hadn’t either until a couple of weeks ago, but if you also enjoy checking out various ports, launcher replacements, ROMs, emulators or pr…

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Tips

How to Vary Your Notifications: Set a Unique Sound for Each Type of Message

August 5, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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The same notification sound is usually played for all incoming messages on Android by default. When you receive a message, this prevents you from hearing where it came from. When you know whether you just got an…

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Bookmark Sort & Backup lets you rearrange the order of your internet bookmarks
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How to Manually Rearrange the Order of Your Browser Bookmarks

August 4, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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In the Android Internet browser, you can sort your bookmarks by how often you use them, by their date and in classic alphabetical order. You can access this option by going to the browser’s Bookmarks scre…

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Free apps

LinkPush mimics Chrome to Phone feature for ALL Android versions

July 8, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Even though many of us – from Motorola Cliq users to HTC EVO owners – are jealous of all the great things about Froyo (Android 2.2), developers do things that somewhat lessen the blow. LinkPush is a s…

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Tricks

How to retweet with comment using Twitter for Android and Retweet

June 21, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Thousands of Android users have switched to the official Twitter for Android app, only to run back to one of the many third-party options because they can’t do the classic retweet. Twitter has seen it fit to limi…

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HTC

Do EVO or Desire videos playback on your computer with no sound? You probably need QuickTime

June 9, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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If there’s one thing universally despised about video, it’s the fact that the tech industry refuses to adopt a standard. Users are constantly forced to deal with codecs being unsupported in one p…

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HTC

HTC EVO 4G handed out at I/O ships with faulty microSD cards

May 31, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The day after Google I/O, a number of people reported that the microSD card that ships with the phone runs into trouble and is inaccessible by certain apps. I experienced this problem whenever trying to take a pi…

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Tip: Use G-MoN and some scissors to strengthen your AP’s wireless signal
Applications

Tip: Use G-MoN and some scissors to strengthen your AP’s wireless signal

May 27, 2010 | by Ed Clark

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Here’s a neat little tip for some of you that highlights a lesser known Android app, includes a really cool do-it-yourself project, and hopefully solves some wireless signal strength issues for many pe…

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