Is it possible to turn an original Motorola Droid into a mobile wireless hotspot by rooting it? If so, what's the easiest way to do that?
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posted by Rhaomi
on May 9, 2011 -
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What simple, secure, portable password and secure data management systems do you use?
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posted by garlic
on May 4, 2011 -
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Ma Bell nerfed my tethering! I'm long off contract from my 3G and happy to switch carriers/OS's. Which smart phones on which providers would you recommend? They must have reasonably priced and effective tethering availing.
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posted by Chekhovian
on May 3, 2011 -
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How can I make calls on my android without using up my minutes, via sipdroid and/or google voice?
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posted by Patrick Leo
on Apr 26, 2011 -
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When someone makes an Android/iPhone app that scans a food product's bar code and returns nutrition information on that food from a database, who made that database? I can see Weight Watchers doing their own, but surely not everybody reinvents the wheel on this every time somebody makes an app that does something similar. Does anyone sell access to such a database? If so, who is that?
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posted by Askr
on Apr 26, 2011 -
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ThinkPad X120e or Asus Transformer?
Lightroom capability on the Thinkpad?
Honeycomb photo apps?
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posted by tropikal
on Apr 25, 2011 -
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What's the state of the art in quad-band capable Android smartphones? Essentially I'm looking for alternatives with capabilities similar to the
Motorola Atrix 4G. It needs to be carrier unlocked and support 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM 2G functions and 2100MHz WCDMA.
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posted by thewalrus
on Apr 21, 2011 -
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Anyone know any cool kickass Android phone themes that are really well designed?
posted by antgly
on Apr 17, 2011 -
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I used to have an app on my Nokia E71 that would allow me to set waypoints and then provide a distance and bearing back to that position using the phone's built-in GPS. You could store thousands of GPS waypoints, either by using your current location or by entering long-lat; and organise waypoints into groups. There was no need for any data access. Does something like this exist on Android (HTC Desire)? What I'm
not looking for is an offline SatNav program like CoPilot or MobileNavigator.
posted by alby
on Apr 16, 2011 -
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Hide/move taskbar persistently, like locking a phone from a baby? Is there an Android app for that? If not, who would I ask?
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posted by notashroom
on Apr 11, 2011 -
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I'm looking for a "flipping page" online catalog viewer for print catalogs. Hoping to find something that will work for iPad, iPhone and Android. Ideally I'd like something self-hosted, but that is not a deal breaker. The ability to add image map-like links to URLs is needed. The source file is a PDF built in InDesign.
posted by letitrain
on Apr 11, 2011 -
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What's a newer Android phone on t-mob where you can use a wifi-sharing program (a common one that I've seen free online) to create a wi-fi hotspot? Not trying to get anything related to this from t-mob directly. I just want a newer Android phone that is capable of this, if such a thing exists. I'm assuming that said phone would have an option for an unlimited data plan.
posted by cashman
on Apr 8, 2011 -
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What are the best Android apps for nutrition-diet-exercise? Just got my first Android phone (love it!) and am looking for the apps of my dreams.
posted by supercoollady
on Apr 6, 2011 -
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My phone's running on Android Froyo. I'd like to track someone's twitter account real time on my home screen without having to create my own account. Is there any way to do this?
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posted by drea
on Apr 4, 2011 -
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I have multiple Ubuntu PCs in multiple rooms, each connected to individual HiFis. I want to be able to listen to my 150GB music collection from any of the PCs. BUT, I want to have a unified record of playcount, so, from each PC, I can access a "Not Recently Played" smart playlist that has been updated from all PCs. I'd also like to sync this Not Recenlty Played playlist with my Android phone. How can I do this?
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posted by prupert
on Apr 4, 2011 -
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What options for word processors are there for Android tablets? How well do they work? Would a keyboard attachment make one equivalent to working on a netbook?
posted by Artw
on Apr 1, 2011 -
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My T-Mobile contract expires in a couple months, and I'm considering ditching smartphones entirely and getting a tablet, instead. Anyone have any experience with this? Especially VoIP experience.
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posted by Squid Voltaire
on Apr 1, 2011 -
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Android Help: When I transfer a video from my HTC phone to my PC, it plays upside-down. How do I fix this, please? Does it have something to do with how I shot the video? Isn't there a "rotate" button on Windows Media Player?
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posted by Buffaload
on Mar 28, 2011 -
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LG Optimus V user here... My phone runs Android and I've rooted it and have gotten rid of some of the bloatware that was on it. Do any of you know any really good root hacks, mods, or other cool things you can do with a rooted Android phone?
posted by antgly
on Mar 22, 2011 -
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I'm looking for some sort of PDA-sized tablet for under $100 that I can use for web browsing, preferably-but-not-necessarily running some flavor of Android. I specifically want something more iPhone-sized than iPad-sized, and I'll just be using the wifi at my home or whatever other wifi hotspot I find myself in, so I don't want a smartphone, unless the best answer happens to be some sort of smartphone with the "phone" part turned off. Any suggestions?
posted by luvcraft
on Mar 22, 2011 -
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What is your favorite, can't miss museum, botanical garden, aquarium, zoo or other attraction that is using cool visitor experience technology? Bonus points if they're in Washington, D.C., New York City, San Francisco, Portland, Los Angeles or Seattle.
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posted by ..ooOOoo....ooOOoo..
on Mar 14, 2011 -
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I want to sync a todo list from my Android phone to my girlfriend's iPhone.
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posted by babble
on Mar 14, 2011 -
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Will the performance of my Android phone or tablet suffer if I install and uninstall a lot of different apps?
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posted by Crotalus
on Mar 13, 2011 -
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I'm looking for a plain text editor for my Android phone that a) is free; b) does Dropbox syncing; c) can handle folders like what Plaintext for iOS does. Are there any apps that meet all three requirements?
posted by philosophygeek
on Mar 13, 2011 -
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Can an ebook in .mobi format be transferred to and read on either Amazon's Kindle for Android app or Google's ebook reader? Neither seems to have an "open" command.
posted by davcoo
on Mar 11, 2011 -
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I recently bought an LG Optimus V running Android 2.2 Are there any great tutorials that are easy to understand in the field of Android programming? In other words, I want to get up and running and in the most painless and comprehensible way possible.
posted by antgly
on Mar 8, 2011 -
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A friend bought an
Aigo N700 tablet back from China as a gift. It's nice, but because it's not a Google sanctioned device, it lacks Chat and Market and other Google things.
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posted by the noob
on Mar 6, 2011 -
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I just bought a Samsung Vibrant (ver 2.1) from T-Mobile. What should I do to it to get the most out of it? What is the best Android mod available for it and what's the process?
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posted by libbrichus
on Mar 4, 2011 -
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CellPlanFilter: What is the total cost after taxes, fees, etc. of adding an iPhone or Android device to a family plan on Verizon?
posted by 47triple2
on Feb 28, 2011 -
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My girlfriend and I need a shared calendar for events we're going to together, days one of us will be out of town or in a conference, etc. Special snowflake details inside.
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posted by (The Rt Hon.) MP
on Feb 16, 2011 -
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I broke my EVO, new one is on the way. What should I do to make the transition to the new phone as seamless as possible?
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posted by grrlaction
on Feb 2, 2011 -
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I want an Android-based phone, but there's a specific feature of my Blackberry (relating to customizing sounds and alerts for specific contacts) that I don't want to go without. So, can this be done on an Android phone?
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posted by CrayDrygu
on Jan 29, 2011 -
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How do I prepare a reference book with footnotes and an index so that it can easily be converted into an Android app?
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posted by abdulf
on Jan 21, 2011 -
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