I didn't realize there was a separate app for this, but had wondered if there was a way to return to browser downloaded files. Within Downloads, I found over 65MB of files, some of which I downloaded over a year ago. With a few taps I cleaned them all out. These are treated separately and outside of the browser cache, so if you download a lot you should periodically clean them up. (more)
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Taking screenshots from an Android device is similar to other platforms, although a bit more setup is needed. With a little bit of additional editing, your screenshots can look clean and professional. To get your PC ready for taking Android screenshots, refer to addictive tips for a good set of instructions; setting up a Mac is a similar process. In... (more)
Having recently upgraded my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to the latest Android "Honeycomb" 3.1 release, I wanted to take a closer look at watching the HTTP web traffic from and to the device. Using the Fiddler web debugging tool on Windows, I was able to set this up rather quickly with these steps... (more)
For a side project I’m working on, I want to support several different “read it later” type applications. Looking for apps that have both mobile support and APIs, it looks like the most popular options are Instapaper, Read It Later, and Readability. All of these accomplish a similar task: bookmark a web page for later reading, and formatting it for... (more)
Taking a closer look at some traffic numbers today for this site, I noticed a revealing pattern for one of my popular posts regarding BlackBerry simulators: the traffic on Saturdays and Sundays is quite low. Does that mean it's mostly enterprise or commercial software developers working on BlackBerry? No hackers working on the weekend? (more)
The changing landscape in mobile device and browser market share has been a hot topic in the news lately. Looking at recent visitor stats for Cantoni.mobi (my mobile website links collection), I noticed some interesting trends in mobile browser share. (more)
The Sprint website has been offline (i.e., unusable) for over 48 hours now as Sprint is launching a new software release. Can't we do better than that these days? (more)
Having switched phones recently from an aging Treo 650 to a BlackBerry 8830, I once again put myself in the mess of transferring my calendar and contacts from one device to the other. (more)