Keep Your Droid Running Clean

More and more people are switching to smart phones everyday. The iPhone, BlackBerry and Droid are all taking over the world. Chances are, if you are reading a tech blog, you probably have one too. I currently have a Droid so I will probably be giving tips about them every once and a while.

Today I have found a nice, neat little program for everyone with a Droid to keep it running at it’s quickest.

Advanced Task Killer by ReChild helps you manage all of your open and multi-tasking apps. If you have ever used a Mac or seen someone who has never used a Mac you will see this all the time. The person will close the program but not exit it. If you hit the ‘X’ in the corner, it closes the window but the program is still running. This is how your Droid works.

When you hit the home button or the back button to get out of a program, it has essentially just minimized itself, making it quicker to reopen if you want to use it later. This though, can take up a lot of the small amount of memory that your phone has. Advanced Task Killer can help you with that.

When you launch Advanced Task Killer, it is quick and easy. It lists all of the programs that are running on your phone. You check the ones that you want to be ‘killed’ and then hit the ‘KILL’ button. It’s as simple as that. Run this app every couple of days to keep your phone running in tip top shape.

You can find this app by scanning this bar code -

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What are the best apps for android phones?

Question:
I have a Sprint HTC Hero and I was looking for some good apps to download for it. I would prefer free apps but not opposed to paid apps.
Answer:
Just look for what you like and use them. If you dont like them delete them. I have a Moment and they dont suck. Its all about prefs. I have downloaded a few things though such as notepads, skype, fb, youtube, led scrollers, a fart app and dozens of others. Happy downloading!

O yea the fake sms, call alerts and stuff are genius! You have to get an SMS faker and backup if you hate erasing texts by accident.

Is Sprint Ready for War?

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WiMAX and LTE have been at odds for years, but what has been a cold war should get hot when Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) introduces the first smartphone for its WiMAX network in the first half of this year.

According to Forbes, which first reported the news last week, Sprint has assigned Taiwan’s HTC — maker of Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Nexus One — the task of designing a WiMAX-ready Android smartphone. A surprising choice when you consider that Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) selected Sprint Nextel as the exclusive carrier for its Pre smartphone.

Even so, Sprint’s decision to use HTC may have less to do with Palm and more to do with Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) and Sprint’s other WiMAX partners, such as Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and, of course, Google.

Positioning for battle and handicapping a winner
Clearwire will play the largest role in this rollout. Already, its would-be national WiMAX network covers 30 million people. The count is expected to quadruple to 120 million by year’s end, Forbes reports.

Which telco wins in this arms race? Fools like AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) more than they do Sprint Nextel, even though, of the three, Sprint appears to have the sturdiest balance sheet:

Metric

Sprint Nextel

AT&T

Verizon

CAPS stars (5 max)

**

****

****

Total ratings

1,879

5,001

3,764

Percent bulls

77.9%

94.1%

94.3%

Percent bears

22.1%

5.9%

5.7%

Bullish pitches

278 out of 360

756 out of 806

649 out of 697

Cash and investments*

$9,013 mil.

$6,723 mil.

$6,034 mil.

Total debt*

$21,061 mil.

$72,081 mil.

$62,256 mil.

Current ratio*

1.3

0.7

0.8

Sources: CAPS, Yahoo! Finance.
*Figures current as of Dec. 31.

It’ll be an interesting throw-down if nothing else. Verizon will have an LTE deployment ready by year’s end, and it has several smartphone partners.

AT&T, meanwhile, says it plans to shift to 4G by no later than 2011. But that won’t last. With Sprint’s blitz, I’m expecting the carrier to announce the schedule for an LTE-ready iPhone by Christmas at the latest — just enough meat to convince consumers and businesses to wait rather than switch to Sprint-Clearwire.

In the end, it doesn’t much matter whether Sprint Nextel is ready for war with its telecom rivals. One’s coming. Having a WiMAX phone, and a committed partner in Clearwire, makes the carrier a dangerous adversary for its larger rivals.

Does WiMAX give Sprint the edge it needs to beat its larger peers? Is Clearwire a multibagger in the making? Share your thoughts in the comments box below.

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Which smartphone should i choose? Verizon?

Question:
I have a chance to upgrade my phone this month and I am really looking forward to getting a phone with more high end features. Specifically the Blackberry Curve 8530, Blackberry Tour, HTC Eris, or the Blackberry Storm 2. I have been using the G'zone for a year now so I want something that can be fairly sturdy if I drop it. Also, I have to keep up with emails when I travel and want something easy to use because of my limited experience with smartphones. My fingers are also a little bit "big" so I need something that's easier to type with or get accustomed to quickly
The prices are:
Curve-$30
Tour-$100
Eris-$80
Storm 2-$180
So if you believe the Tour and curve are pretty much the same but can save me 50 dollars then please say so but I'll take any other suggestions for Verizon. Thank you.
Answer:
If you do international traveling than your going to want either the tour or the storm 2 because they are international quad band phones that will work on any network internationally.

The tour does not have built in wifi though, the storm 2 does.

If you need international travel, id go for the storm 2 as it has a few more features and the new touch screen on it is quite nice.

If you don't need to travel internationally, eris will most likely give you the best experience. The open software on the android phones are great and give near unlimited capabilities to the phones.

If you could afford it bumping up to the Motorola Droid will give you an even more amazing experience and the option of a keyboard and a virtual touch screen, the moto droid would also have the biggest keys of any keyboard of any of these phones.

Sorry I couldn't explain a little more but I am getting kind of tired lol.

Basically I'd say look at either the storm 2 or the eris and if you start leaning more towards the eris see if you can afford the Moto droid because its basically a beefed up version of the Eris with some extra features. If you want any extra information too feel free to contact me

Attractive HTC Touch2

HTC touch family has yet again come up with a very attractive and beautiful handset: HTC Touch2. The handset has perfect dimensions and a beautiful casing that is available in black, brown and silver colours. The finish of the handset is extraordinary owing to the curved edges that are done smoothly and it is real pleasure to hold HTC Touch2. Other than attractive appearance, the handset also offers some very attractive feauters.

 Here they are:

HTC Touch2

• This HTC Touch2 phone is amazingly beautiful and its casing of dimensions 10.4cm by 1.29cm by 5.5cm makes it look even more beautiful. The casing is very light. It weighs only 110grams.
• The phone has many great features and one such feature is its touch screen which is highly responsive. The screen is flat LCD type and measures 2.8 inches diagonally. One can enjoy sixty five thousand colors and a high screen resolution on the phone.
• Another great quality of the phone is its operating system of Window Mobile and processor of Qualcomm. Both are the best in their domain and any handset having the same will function well.
• The phone has good network coverage and because of the quad band GSM network, it is even more possible. Also, since the phone supports 3G technologies, the coverage of 900 and 2100 HSDPA is also there.
• Additionally, the data features of the phone are awesome. There is Bluetooth for wireless connections, EDGE technology and GPRS for fast sharing of data and 3G HSDPA technology for quick internet connections. There is also the presence of WiFi and WLAN.

The battery support on the phone is quite good. One can expect a talk time of six hours with fully charged battery. Also, the memory of the phone is high. There is a RAM of 256MB and a 512MB ROM. Option of memory card is also there. Inclusion of a 3.2 megapixel camera, video player and a music player makes HTC Touch2 a complete handset perfect for all kinds of operations.

The HTC Phones are available with gift : Home Theatre System.

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CyanogenMod

Okay, CyanogenMod custom Roms are certainly among the best, there are others that are equally good. Though I chose to use Cyanogen Mod since a lot of people recommended it on XDA developers forum. So what did I think? Well over all, clearly noted by Cyanogen, the ROM is still in beta. And it is very apparent to the user.

When I first installed it I had wifi on, tried to turn it off and it hangs. Luckily there is a services.jar file you can install to fix this. Then the phone randomly goes in to sleep mode. At times the phone wont receive any updates (email, gmail, facebook, weather, google voice etc…). I have to reboot the phone a lot to get these features working. So there is the bad, what about the good. Well the good is the bugs are being worked out hence the term beta.

The rest of the good are as follow: CM updater app in the app store. The rom is supported through google code so you can post bugs and requests directly to cyanogen. You can install custom apps that you can’t get in the app store, themes with out buying the lame add ons. Clear the cache, my favorite app, and you can even claim you had a hand in the overall development of the ROM as a beta tester. I mean you didn’t actually write the code but you can still support the development of the ROM and that goes a long way.

Over all I would recommend it, sure it is buggy but as I said it is still beta. You can get it at the XDA forum’s or almost any where. I encourage xda forums, trusted links are always posted there.

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HTC advantage x7510: An advantage over other phones

The HTC advantage x7510 appears as a winner where other mobile communication devices fail to perform. The mobile communication device by HTC is simply fun. The phone supports both 2G network and 3G network for HSDPA 2100 and GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 (American version).

The HTC advantage phone measures 133×98x16mm & weighs 375 grams.
The TFT resistive touch screen measures 5.0 inches and displays 256k colors at 640×480 pixels resolution. The display screen also sports handwriting recognition & QWERTY keyboard.

The alert features include downloadable MP3 and polyphonic ring tones. The speakerphone feature is dynamic & lets you enjoy hands free communication. It features stereo speakers, dual speakers & 3.5mm audio jack.
The phonebook can accommodate unlimited entries & fields. The photo call feature is simply praiseworthy.

The 3.15 mega pixel camera is perfect for clicking excellent quality pictures at 2048×1536 pixels resolution. The camera features LED flash & auto focus. The VGA video call camera is awesome.

The phone is available in black colors.

The MP3 player is fantastic. The standard lithium polymer (2100 MAH) battery lets you enjoy up to 300 hours of standby time & up to 6 hours of talk time.
Other features of HTC advantage x510 include wi-fi, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP and mini USB

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Should i get a htc hero for sprint now or wait for more androids?

Question:
I have the choice to get a htc hero or samsung moment or should i wait for new droids if i do wait what other droids are there that will come out for sprint in the near future?
Answer:
Get the Hero. It is awesome. It has an overlay built by HTC that makes it easy to use and even faster. I have one and it rocks. Source(s): I work in Outside Sales at Sprint. Let me know if you have any questions. If you are starting a new account or adding a line I can get you a good deal on an HTC Hero.
Chris

Which phone would you get (:?

Question:
Alright, so I'm due for an upgrade on my phone and I'm looking around on the verizon website at some phones. I picked out three. Right now, I have the verizon voyager. So, the phones I picked out are;
the Samsung Omnia, the DROID ERIS by HTC, or the Samsung Omnia II.

I've been thinking about the Driod Eris, just because I've heard HTC phones are pretty good. But, I still don't know. I've compared them, and they all have pretty much the same features.

Which one would you get and why? Be sure to tell me why (pros, cons etc etc)

It's an easy ten points. Thank you (:
Answer:
The droid eris is amazing. I think you'll be happy with it if u get it. Source(s): I have the droid

Which phone is better, nokia 5530 xmusic or htc 3g?

Question:
look wise, features wise
Answer:
htc is better for professional use as it has windows mobile (office and stuff) and has a higher processor. The battery lasts longer.
but the nokia 5530 is smarter and has all the cool advantage of the nokia. It's xpress music
but it doesn't have the gps

They both has a 3.15 camera, but nokia has some more features like flash...

look wise the htc looks like a duck :p
the 5530 looks nicer not that much nicer, but still better.

My bros opinion>> if ur a business man get the HTC but if ur younger (a dude) get the nokia ;)

HTC Google Nexus One

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HTC hero... My hero!

I just had the opportunity to upgrade my cell phone from Sprint to the HTC hero, so after 3 full days of use, it is time to post my review. Now, I am an ipod touch owner, and I have thoroughly enjoyed my Apple experience, so don’t tag me as a ipod cynic. Since my HTC hero was activated I have not carried my touch out of the room. From Facebook integration, voice activated Google searches, hundreds of free Android applications in the Android market, to the ability to completely customize your screen the only thing that my hero pales to the touch and the iPhone is the rapid response with applications due to the fact ipod runs only one application at a time. Hopefully a firmware update will help this.

My conclusion is buy what you want, because I’m going to buy myself a 16gb micro SD card and giving my wife my ipod touch.

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