25 really useful Android tips and tricks

Dell Streak 2.1 update leakedAndroid 2.1 for Dell Streak update arrivesGoogle ready to sell its final Nexus OneUPDATE: If you have Android 2.2, check out our 20 handy Android 2.2 tips and tricks.Android is a great little mobile operating system for the modern smartphone, but it can feel a little bewildering and complex to the newcomer.Google's quest to make everyone feel at home by providing layer upon layer of option screens and hundreds...

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Android Task Killers Explained: What They Do and Why You Shouldn’t Use Them

Android task killers improve your phone's performance while also boosting battery life—or at least that's the much-debated promise. Here's a look at how task killers actually work, when you should (or shouldn't) use them, and what you can do instead.A task killer is an app from which you can (sometimes automatically) force other apps to quit, the hope being that the fewer apps you have running in the background, the better your Android's...

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