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Power saving tips for Android and other smartphones

Filed under: google android — Tags: , , — March 16, 2011

Charging your smartphone every day is pretty much expect whether you have an iPhone or an Android phone, but how do you make sure your phone stays put for the whole day, particularly if it’s a long busy day away from home/the office?

Disable Wi-Fi: unless you know you want to use Wi-Fi, disable it. In Android, go to Settings –> Wireless & networks  –> Wi-Fi checkbox.

Airplane Mode: if you are travelling on a familiar journey and know you are going through zones of bad reception, or if you are in the basement of a building with no reception, or travelling on the underground for example, switch to airplane mode. For Android, press your power button for a few buttons until a menu pops up and choose Airplane Mode option.

Use Airplane Mode instead of Silent Mode: if you are in a meeting and don’t want to be disturbed but would still like your smartphone on to check the time or simply because the noise it makes when you switch it on and off is too awkward in front of the boss, switch to Airplane mode instead of silent mode.

Got any other easy power saving tips? Share in the comments :-)

Nokia demoting MeeGo from platform to project

Filed under: linux — Tags: , , , — February 11, 2011

Nokia has announced its plans and they are switching to Windows Mobile, and not Android as previously rumoured. They are keeping MeeGo as a “project” as opposed to the de-facto platform for their smartphones, indicating there will be only one MeeGo product in their range in 2011.

It is worth noting that Stephen Elop, the new CEO of Nokia since September 2010, worked for Microsoft between January 2008 and September 2010…

Read the open letter from Stephen Elop, CEO.

Google Android RSS Reader

Filed under: google android — Tags: , , — May 3, 2010

As announced 10 days ago, I am working on a RSS Reader app for Google Android. I expect to release it in about three weeks.

Some of you have commented about features you’d like to see in a RSS reader for Google Android but I thought I’d make an official post to gather further comments.

So, which top 5 features a RSS Reader for a smartphone should have?