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IPHONES AND ANDROID PHONES The android phones are more flexible than the iPhones and can be customized a little more. There is only one manufacture of iPhones, and one iPhone store. Andriod phones are made by many manufactures, and you can buy android apps from many sources. In picking a cell phone carrier a person should consider two main parameters. One is coverage and the other is price. For many areas, including the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, ATT and Version have the best coverage as they tend to operate on lower frequencies than T-Moble and Metro PCS and Sprint. Instead of using a store front cell phone carrier, you can choose a mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) instead. You set them up over the internet yourself. You save one half to one third your monthly payment. An example is Red Pocket. This is how it works. You buy a phone on E-bay or somewhere instead of a store front. You must also purchase a SIM card. The next step is to connect your own phone to the MVNO which requires some know how. Store fronts have hidden charges and taxes they add on to your quoted price. Where a MVNO might charge $65 a month, and for the same service, a store front might charge $80 a month plus $20 in taxes and other hidden charges. The could be a connect and disconnect fee. You pay extra for how much you think you will download. One 1G is usually plenty you most people don't watch movies as they drive through the country. In many cases, you do not need to connect to a service provider if you always are within range of your wifi. (I believe that there are apps that will use your wifi/internet connection for a phone connection.) If you disconnect your service provider, you can still use wifi without downloading anything new. S3 SAMSUNG PHONES I recently bought a S3 Samsung phone. My former phone was a hTC EVO 4G from Sprint. Sprint made my old EVO obsolete and provided poor data coverage and speed. The S3 proved was much faster and had a lot more memory and a better camera. The phone screen can be changed by using a home screen launcher. I use Apex Launcher instead of the default Touch Wiz home app. With Apex I can easily make folders similar to those on a PC. You can customize you home screen and set it up the way you want to. An app called Home Switcher allows you to switch between launcher applications. The fastest browser app is NineSky V2.5.1. It does not block ads, but with the Firefox app you can use you can bypass most adds by installing the add-on called Adblock Plus. MEMORY The S3 and most newer phones have a lot of memory and so usually additional memory is not needed. The additional memory is called Secure Digital (SD) memory. You can move many but not all apps to SD memory from phone memory. You install the SD chip memory to augment memory. The phone memory is built into the phone. With the EVO I was stuck needing 134 megs of memory and could not load any more applications. APP STORES With Android phones you can download apps from AppBrain App Market or from Play Store. Play Store comes with the phone. You down load the AppBrain App. HOME SCREEN On a computer its called a desk top. On a smart phone its called a home screen. Apex as I said works well. With my EVO I used LauncherPro Plus BATTERY SAVERS There are apps that save your batteries by turning off apps and other users of power such as the cell phone radio. If you buy a phone make sure you can replace the battery. ASTRONOMY APPS Google Sky (pre-loaded) RADIO/ SOUND APPS Scanner Radio UTILITIES / STORE APPS Quick Settings WEATHER APPS Weather Bug OTHER APPS Talking Translator STILL MORE APPS Bookmark Tree Manager AskPhil -if you like to think |
Text Edit StopWatch & Timer Math Ref MFT Graph WOrld wardrive Urban Dictionary Signals -10codes and many more Critter Browser Google Translate Barcode Scanner Solar and Moon Calculator TV on Android -not sure this works Multi Lang Dictionary Translate & dictionary Add-On- needs ColorDict apps Battery Widget -great app GPS Status & Toolbox -cool program Gmail Notifier -great app ES File Explorer Area & Volume Calculator Droid48 0calculator IP Subnet/Supernet -IP calculator Roman Numeral Calculator -good calculator LangLearner Spelling -learn to spell Messier Objects -good astronomy program EarthGeoMagetic Calculator Living in the sun Flash Player OS Monitor Spanish Translator ColorDict Dictionary Send Position, with Google Maps Smart Compass ES Tak Manager Grapher ScanLife Barcode Reader div/mod-calcualtor Kitchen Timer Rainy Days AndroXplorrer Clear Sky Droid Texas Storm Chasers Date Status Bar My-Cast Weather Lite Computer Troubleshooter NYTimes for Android Tape Ruler OpenFlight Map (will not turn off) Google Search Call Confirm -great app Book Catalogue -pretty cool to organize your books CellGuard Free Area Codes -find them Periodic Table Droid Street View on Google (in maps, click on map and click again, must be connected to wifi) NASA Astronomy Pic of the Week Amateur Radio Calls HFBeacon Compass Vegetarian Recipes Maps Ruler SDO: Solar Dynamic WiFi Scanner Softpedia.com RSS Unit Converter - ConcertPad iMap Weather TED Mobile -excellent talks Voice Text handyCalc Calculator SunMoon MedCalc 3000EBM Stats MFT Graphic Lite World Computer and IT Quiz Mangman Classic Science Facts spirit level + clinometer TV flash Oxford dictionary Wikipedia Add-On Crossword Solver GPS HUD Mobile Recipe Search Statistic Review FREE Wifi Analyzer Geospace Gps Calculus Tools Startup Cleaner 2.9 Super Simple Stopwatch -good program Heavens Above $ Deluxe Moon $ Where Did I Go $ Star Chart $ Smart Tools $ |
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