Android Tips and Tricks.

Google gesture search allows you to draw a letter to find a contact, a bookmark, an application, or a music track on your phone.

No more scrolling or fiddling with the keyboard to call someone!

Gesture search on Google Labs.

*Android 2.0 or above only (for now).

Lower the volume or put the phone in vibrate mode when in class or at work.

Add your schedule to Timerrific and control volume, wifi and brightness based on the time of the day.

When on a call, the app UpSoundDown allows you to easily switch your phone to speakerphone mode by turning your phone upside down or by laying it down.

Detailed screenshots.

• Download Floating Image.
• Open and slide to browse your images and interesting photos from Flickr.
• Select an image and long press it to set it as your background image.
• Select the Fullscreen option from the menu to see a larger images when selected.

If you format your phone, its now easier than ever to get back to normalcy:

• All installed applications are stored in Market > Downloads
• All your email and contacts are in your Gmail
• Todo’s are in your Google Tasks
• Your RSS and Google Listen podcast feeds are in Google reader.
• Whats missing? SMS!

Back up your sms to your Gmail using “SMS Backup“

AIM client from AOL should work nicely for you.
It integrates with Facebook chat and can update your Twitter/Facebook status too.