Top 10 Easy Tricks And Tips For Android Smartphone

Top 10 Tips For Android Mobile

1. Mount your SD card

Also accessed via the Notifications field is the "Mount" option.
Many an Android newcomer has failed at this hurdle, as mounting your phone's SD card is
an awkward step that needs to be taken before it'll appear as an external drive for data copying.
Plug it in, mount it, then copy.

2. Set up your keyboard launch shortcuts

One of the reasons many people still love their QWERTY keyboards is Google's inclusion of the reliable old keyboard shortcut system in Android.
The phone has a completely customisable collection of app launcher shortcuts, which are found under Settings > Applications > Quick Launch.

3. Download more Android live wallpapers

One thing that makes Android 2.1 a little more swish and exciting than the rather dull earlier versions is its support for
Live Wallpapers - the animating image format that brings your Home screen to life.
There's a negligible battery life hit for doing so, but in return you get a phone that looks cool.
Which is what life's all about, right?
Search the Android Market for Live Wallpaper - there are loads.

4. Easy zoom

A teeny little feature, this, but one that's super-useful if you're using
all five of your Home screens - or a custom user interface that offers even more.
Tapping the dots beside the dock at the bottom of the screen brings up a mini thumbnail
list of all Home screens, allowing you to get from Screen 1 to Screen 5 without wearing a groove into your screen surface.

5. Add a Navigation shortcut to Android

Android 2.1 lets users set up local short-cuts to the Maps Navigation satnav app.
As long as you have one of the latest Google Maps updates, you're able to select one of your Navigation routes and attach it directly to a shortcut on
the Home screen - creating a one-press launcher for your favourite trips.

6. Set your double-tap zoom level

On phones that don't support multi-touch zooming, you can take more control of your web browsing zoom via the browser's setting page.
Change your view to "Close" if you want the page to fly right into extreme close up when you double-tap the screen, or leave it to "Far"
if you're happy to have text only cropping in a little closer when you double-tap.

7. Change Android browser font size

From the same menu you're also able to select your browser font size.
Your personal ideal settings will vary depending on your screen size, resolution and eye sight, but a few minutes getting it set up so
pages are instantly readable will save many cumulative hours of resizing over the coming years.

8. Search web pages

Menu > More > Find on Page lets you search for specific text terms on web pages,
if you can't be bothered reading the thing properly as the author intended.

9. Practise your robot voice

Android 2.1 features voice-input for every text field.
Which is nice, although the delay for "processing" - and often rather left field results - mean it's usually quicker to just bite the bullet and type things. Remember to say "comma" to tell it to insert a comma. Full stop.

10. Add words to the Android dictionary

This is such a useful feature it ought to be screamed about via a sticker on the phone when you take it out of the box.
If you've been labouring through life with a difficult-to-spell surname, type it once into your Android phone's text field - then long-press on it in the suggested word field.
This adds it to the dictionary, so you'll never have to type more than the first couple of characters of your stupid name again.