Commenter seguetonowhere points out a useful Android keyboard feature I missed in my original Froyo rundown: if you swipe your finger over the top of the Android 2.2 default keyboard, it will extend two more rows out and show you keys for common punctuation and numbers. Click on the thumbnail to see the expanded keyboard.
via Android Tip: Swipe Up to Extend the Keyboard | Smarterware.
Tips
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Jun 10
Android Tip: Swipe Up to Extend the Keyboard | Smarterware
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May 10
Springpad: a free personal organizer and online notebook GTD Android
Springpad makes it easy to save ideas and information you want to remember. Save notes, tasks or lists; scan product barcodes, take photos or geolocate businesses nearby. We automatically organize and enhance what you save with useful links and offers. Everything syncs with springpadit.com for instant and universal access.
via springpad: a free personal organizer and online notebook.
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Feb 10
Force Close for Android questions
Force Close is a question and answer site for questions about the open-source Android operating system that runs on cell phones (like the Google Nexus One, Motorola Droid and more.)
It’s 100% free, no registration required.
via Force Close.
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Feb 10
Want an Android phone that’s 3x’s faster? Myriad wants to give it to you. | androinica.com
A little-known member of the Open Handset Alliance has announced that it has discovered a way to juice-up Android’s performance 3-times as fast as current speeds. How? By replacing the standard Dalvik engine.
via Want an Android phone that’s 3x’s faster? Myriad wants to give it to you. | Google Android Blog.
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Feb 10
Prevent Google Talk on Android from Automatically Signing In – Android – Lifehacker
Do you get inopportune IM chats on your Android phone, even if you haven't activated the Google Talk application? There's a setting in the app that always makes you available. Here's how to turn it off.
via Prevent Google Talk on Android from Automatically Signing In – Android – Lifehacker.
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Feb 10
Tether your Android phone to your Linux laptop
Picture this: Your working on a client’s machine running a complicated registry edit you found on a web site. You are working on said client’s network, when all of a sudden the network goes down. You’re not sure what to do next because you have no network connection. Ah ha! You have your trusty Android phone
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Jan 10
Back Up Your SMS Messages to a Gmail Label on Android
Back Up Your SMS Messages to a Gmail Label on Android
via LifeHacker (These peeps rock)
and the glorious link to the Google Code Project : android-sms
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Jan 10
How to unlock and root a Google Nexus One
How to unlock and root a Google Nexus One from clarklab on Vimeo.
via AndroidandMe the Full guide here http://bit.ly/7nVg5o