Insert special character: Press ALT + Spacebar
Delete entire line of text: Press ALT + Delete
Turn on all caps: Press Shift Twice
Move cursor to end or beginning of text: Press Alt while scrolling Trackball
Insert a Tab space: Press Alt + Q
While typing, press menu and delete. It will delete a word at a time.
Highlight text: Press Shift and roll Trackball
To Cut, press Menu and x.
To Copy, press Menu and c
To Paste, press … read tip.
Use Shopsavvy, Compare everywhere or Barcode Scanner
Shopsavvy finds almost all the electronics you can scan. The price comparisons are good too. The killer features is the alerts though. Be sure to use it during christmas shopping!
Compare everywhere finds more house hold items than shop savvy. Jam jars, soups, coke cans, it can find anything. A tad slower than shopsavvy though.
Barcode scanner performed the worst. It needs an improved barcode database.
With the competition starting to heat up … read tip.
Buy the mini usb to stereo converter from amazon. You can plug it into the car audio input jack if you have one, or use an FM transmitter. … read tip.
When typing in numbers like 1-800-android, you can use the keypad to type letter too. They will automatically be converted to numbers. … read tip.
Keep the zoom button pressed to set the display/font size that you are comfortable with.
I use the trackball a lot with the browser set to landscape mode. It allows you to browse with out opening the keyboard. The menu keys proximity to the trackball makes browsing easier.
If opening the keyboad to browse is your thing, you can use alt+scrollball to fast scroll.
Double touch an area on the browser and the page centers to that area.
Click shift … read tip.
Use Power Manager to perform the below actions when the battery level goes below 50%:
Reduce brightness of the screen in settings.
Limit internet connection to use only 2G networks.
If the above two dont work for you, try the below steps.
Use wifi, bluetooth, gps only when needed.
Disable autosync.
Setup shortcuts to the setting enable page using anycut to do it easily, alternatively use “toggle settings” app or you can find separate applications for each toggle action on … read tip.
Open the keyboard from the home screen and start typing. The screen should switch to the contacts page. … read tip.
Get this car cigarette lighter to USB converter and plugin the supplied usb chord into it. … read tip.
