Wednesday February 22 , 2012

How to Create Navigation Shortcuts for Android

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I’m just starting to use the Google’s Android Navigation in my Droid and so far I’m loving it. One annoyance is having to type in the address of locations, like home, for example. There is no simple way to create favorites for navigation, so what I’ve done is setup a shortcut on my Home screen for quick and easy navigation. Check it out…

 

Add Text Message Shortcuts to Your Home Screen in Android

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Here’s a nice way to quickly text  the friends you contact the most. Create a shortcut on the home screen to your favorite text contacts. Just one tap and your texting away.

 

iHandy Level App for iPhone / iPod Touch

A few days ago, a friend of mine mentioned to me (very excitedly) that he heard there was an iPhone app that turns your phone into a level.  Not being a “tool guy” the proper application of an app like this didn’t interest me so much, but it did sound kinda cool. Really I was just fascinated to see how it works.

 

Media Center Studio Customizations Missing After Media Center Update? Here’s a Fix.

Shout out to the group at the Australian Media Center Community forum for figuring this one out. After Microsoft pushed out an Update last week, those of us that have customized our WMC menu’s with Media Center Studio saw many of our customizations revert back to Media Center defaults. If you open Media Center Studio you should see that all your customizations are still there, they just don’t appear in WMC anymore.

 

Quickly Switch to Silent Mode in Android

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Don’t risk looking like a dope when your Droid starts ringing, buzzing, or otherwise audibly alerting you in the middle of a big meeting or event. Quickly put in Silent Mode.

 

Find the MAC Address on Your Android Phone

Need to find the WiFi MAC address on your Android phone?  Maybe you have your home Wireless network set up MAC Address filtering or for some other application? The MAC address is a hard-coded, globally unique ID assigned to most network adapters by the hardware manufacturer. You can find it under the Settings on the Droid. Here’s how…

 

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