Create reusable text snippets Android Tips

Create reusable text snippets

Add the text snippet to the user dictionary.
Settings > Locale and Text > User Dictionary
Enable Auto-complete in Android keyboard settings.
Put your name in first.

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Unlock phone in the dark Android Tips

Unlock phone in the dark

Enable: Settings > Security and Location > Use tactile feedback
The phone will now vibrate a little when the pattern dots are touched, so you can unlock the phone in the dark.

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Listen podcasts on your bluetooth enabled car Android Tips

Listen podcasts on your bluetooth enabled car

Long tap the paired bluetooth device and select options. Select media.
Android now supports stereo bluetooth too. Use Google Listen to get audio you like.

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Multitask your internet browsing Android Tips

Multitask your internet browsing

Enable “Open in background” setting and browse webpages after they finish loading in the background.

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Punctuate or insert special characters without clicking shift Android Tips

Punctuate or insert special characters without clicking shift

Press spacebar twice to insert ‘.’
Can be disabled in Settings > Locale and Text > Device Keyboard > Auto-punctuate
Special characters like â, ê can be embedded by long pressing the key on the soft keyboard.

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Access Android keyboard tutorial on your phone Android Tips

Access Android keyboard tutorial on your phone

System > About Phone > System tutorial
Shows basic soft keyboard functionality.

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Rotate screen automatically when phone is horizontal Android Tips

Rotate screen automatically when phone is horizontal

Enable: Settings > Sound and display > Orientation
This is disabled by default.
It only works when you are in an application though.

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Force stop Android Applications Android Tips

Force stop Android Applications

Settings > Manage Applications> Menu button > Filter by “Running.” > Select application > Force stop
You could also try the Advanced Task Killer to manage running apps more easily.

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Taste Cupcake’s default features Android Tips

Taste Cupcake’s default features

A sampling of cupcakes features.

• Soft Keyboard automatically activated when on text fields.
• Camcorder app that records and uploads video to youtube.
• Stereo Bluetooth to let you listen to music/podcasts in your car without wires.
• Background image is shown on unlock screen.
• New Amazon MP3 app.
• New Gmail app with thread actions like mute and batch actions on multiple threads.
• Faster camera, GPS, Browser and general actions on the phone. Try reformatting if you don’t see the speed benefits.
• Find in page feature in the Android Browser.
• Use speech recognition to open new searches on the browsers go button.
• Double tap to unlock phone during a call.
• New Music, Calendar widgets. Many more to show up in the Market.
• Small UI changes and polish

Other features to follow, be sure to subscribe.

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Keep your kids busy Android Tips

Keep your kids busy

Use “Draw” to make your phone a drawing surface. The drawings are erased when you flip over the phone and shake it. Try Kids sketchup lite for more complicated features.

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