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Android question-> free calls



On Nov 14, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> There is apparently a google voice app you can install that will let you
> answer google-voice calls on your android phone, and call out via google
> voice as well, so you don't use your minutes.  I've neither installed it
> nor seen it, so I cannot attest to its usefulness or quality.

No, Google Voice won't do that.  It's not a VOIP solution.  It's a call forwarding solution.  It'll still use up air time.

> There are task killers, but I've found that in general you don't need
> them.  You can kill any task you want through the main Applications
> Setting page, if you go to the correct sub-page.  But generally the system
> will take care of itself.

These are detrimental to your battery life.  Swapping from RAM is cheap; loading from flash is expensive.

--Rich P.









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