I'd like to be more of a power user and understand the little glitches that come up with using Google apps.
I'm pretty familiar with a lot of the features and how to use my Evo, thanks to this forum and just fooling around with the phone . But there are times my phone drives me crazy...for example, I was searching for "chinese restaurant Agoura Hills" with Google search, but had to manually switch over to Navigate to get directions. (I later stumbled on a way that Maps showed a restaurant review as well as linked easily to directions, but it was not intuitive and I don't know if I could do it again without going through the same fumbling around.)
Or when I save a new contact, I 'm asked to choose where to save it; on my phone, or in google contacts, etc. And I'm not sure which to choose. And if it's just in the phone, does that not mean it's on my contact list on gmail? And is there a way to only show certain contacts when I'm in my car using my car's bluetooth? That sort of thing.
***I'm not looking for an answer to these specific (possibly lame) examples, but just wondering if there is a thread/website/ebook/youtube video that goes into how to integrate basic google apps and get quickly to what I need to know.
I am glad to be rid of my iPhone, which was totally seamless, but limited. I totally love all of the customizations and variety of apps I can use with my (non-rooted) Android phone.
Thanks for any ideas re. how I can be a smarter Android phone/google user!! I like to know why something doesn't work, not just how to get from point a to point b.
Leslie
PS-I swear I searched this forum and on Google for some answers before posting!
I'm pretty familiar with a lot of the features and how to use my Evo, thanks to this forum and just fooling around with the phone . But there are times my phone drives me crazy...for example, I was searching for "chinese restaurant Agoura Hills" with Google search, but had to manually switch over to Navigate to get directions. (I later stumbled on a way that Maps showed a restaurant review as well as linked easily to directions, but it was not intuitive and I don't know if I could do it again without going through the same fumbling around.)
Or when I save a new contact, I 'm asked to choose where to save it; on my phone, or in google contacts, etc. And I'm not sure which to choose. And if it's just in the phone, does that not mean it's on my contact list on gmail? And is there a way to only show certain contacts when I'm in my car using my car's bluetooth? That sort of thing.
***I'm not looking for an answer to these specific (possibly lame) examples, but just wondering if there is a thread/website/ebook/youtube video that goes into how to integrate basic google apps and get quickly to what I need to know.
I am glad to be rid of my iPhone, which was totally seamless, but limited. I totally love all of the customizations and variety of apps I can use with my (non-rooted) Android phone.
Thanks for any ideas re. how I can be a smarter Android phone/google user!! I like to know why something doesn't work, not just how to get from point a to point b.
Leslie
PS-I swear I searched this forum and on Google for some answers before posting!
