When I suggested to Don Ferguson that he and I should co-write a Palm Pre vs. HTC EVO 4G comparison article, I didn't expect (a) for it to end up being nearly 16,000 words, and (b) for it to be published over on AndroidCentral.com. But, it did and it was: The Sprint Palm Pre vs. the HTC Evo 4G -- 2 Guys, 2 Phones, 2 Decisions.
Reading through the many excellent comments, I found several contained really useful tips on making an Android phone more useful. Here are the ones I pulled out (sorry for not giving attribution...check out the original article for who said what):
Reading through the many excellent comments, I found several contained really useful tips on making an Android phone more useful. Here are the ones I pulled out (sorry for not giving attribution...check out the original article for who said what):
Muting the ringer- If you receive a call in meeting, all you have to do is push the power button and the ringer will go silent. This function works on the Pre also.
Ringer Switch- Just download the Silent Mode On/Off by CurveFish in the Android Market. Then add this Widget to your home screen. If you tap it once the phone goes to vibrate, tap it twice it goes to all silent with no vibrate, tap it again and the ringer is back on.
Speed Dial- Instead of using speed dial, I just created shortcuts to the people I call most on one of my home screens. Just click on add shortcut, then select People, then select the person, and select call Mobile. Then all you have to is tap on the shortcut for the person and it dials automatically. I prefer this option over dealing with holding down speed dial buttons like on the Pre.
If your phone rings you can turn it on its face to silence the ringer.
You CAN tap to close the notification shade. Tap the bar at the bottom, and it rolls right up without having to be dragged.
Regarding a password program, I suggest LastPass.com. It's fantastic on the PC and syncs well to the Evo.
To set a speed dial, just go into the contact info and long press on the contact's phone number and choose a assigned spot for speed dial.
A tip for deleting multiple emails at once (which wasn't available on webOS): open the email app and go to listing view, then tap Menu, select Delete, it will bring you to the same listing of emails but you will see boxes to the right with a grey "X". Simply tap the boxes next to the emails you want to delete and the "X" will turn red. Then tap Delete and they are all deleted at once.
Gameloft does make some of their high quality 3d games for Android, you just have to to to their website as they don't have them in the market yet.
Gtasks is a serviceable tasks or to-do list app that lets you sync with Google tasks / GCal.
Get Swype (www.swype.com).
