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Getting my phone to set alarms using just voice commands

After listening to Howard Stern this morning talk about how he loves using Siri on his iPhone to set alarms, I figured I would see if android could do the same. On my XPRT running Froyo 2.2 I gave it a try.  It recognized my voice just fine but the screen gave an error message saying “set alarm…” in order to use this command you need to download the updated clock app”. … Read More »Getting my phone to set alarms using just voice commands

I hate android notifications that I didn’t ask for

I’m pissed. Not sure why an ad showed yup in my notification bar asking “see if someone is spying on you” or something like that. I noticed the link was for an affiliate marketing company called Deadbolt.  I haven’t found an easy way to see which app is using them. There is another company called airpush and there is an app to detect airpush in your apps.  I didn’t have… Read More »I hate android notifications that I didn’t ask for

Typing this with my voice

I just got a new phone – the Motorola XPRT.  I finally had to get rid of my HTC Touch Pro 2 because the internal earpiece speaker stopped working.  I hadn’t considered switching for a long time because of the great SERO plan that I had, however I decided it was finally time to let go of the SERO plan and upgrade to the SERO premium plan. I haven’t done… Read More »Typing this with my voice