Posts Tagged ‘Eris
Turn Data off during International travel
I had to travel to Canada recently, and I was looking for a way to turn data off, but still be able to receive incoming calls. I was able to do it using the following setting. Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Data Roaming (Connect to data services when roaming). Turn this [...]
Android App Review – SMS Backup
Backs up your SMS messages to a gmail account. If you are heavy texter, you might have the need to back up your messages and get all those message threads out of your phone. This is a good app to do exactly that.
Google News and Weather – Android App review
Price : Free If I had to name a single app that I spent a lot of time on everyday, it would be the Google News and Weather widget. When a friend of mine who is quite tech-savvy and has had an Android device for the past year didn’t know about this, I knew I [...]
Shake Uninstall Android App Review
Price : Free What : If your idea of having fun is browsing the market for new apps, downloading them, trying them out and then uninstalling the less tasteful ones, then this is a very useful app. If you share my agony of going to Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications and then [...]
Walkie Talkie Push to Talk – Android App Review
Price : Free Lite Version Paid Version : $4.99 What : Walkie Talkie lets you have walkie-talkie style voice communication. We have found this app to be very useful. Messages can be sent to a group of people. Received messages are automatically played. If program is running, incoming messages arrive as soon as 15 seconds. [...]
Newspapers – Android app review
Version : 3.0.11 Price : Free What : Ever miss those times when you would get up early in the morning and sift through the newspaper, looking for something that suits your taste and catches your eye? With the advent of the bits and bytes age, that has changed over to scouring over changing pixels [...]
Comparison of Android phones in US
For people who want to buy an Android phone, but are not sure about the available choices, here is the breakdown by the mobile carrier in the US. If you are not particular about any carrier, right now the Nexus One is the best Android phone available. If you are a stickler for a particular [...]