Pandora Radio is an online streaming music service that uses the “Music Genome Project” (like DNA for songs) to find new music you’ll like based on songs & artists you already know you like. You enter a song or artist, it finds music for you, then as it plays you can give each song a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” so the station gets more tuned to your preferences the more you listen. If you haven’t used it before, here’s an example of a...

Liz, a frequent traveler and fellow DROID-loving woman from Maryland, has written our blog’s first guest-post! Her article is the first in a series about utilizing your phone while traveling to make going out of town less hectic and more enjoyable. Keep an eye out for future posts in our WomanWithDroids Travel Series! ~Renee Luggage…Check. Plane Tickets…Check. Apps…Wait, what? Spring is coming soon and we cannot wait to escape the cabin fever of our homes,...

Copying and pasting is easy on the Motorola Droid, but the way you do it is not obvious to new users. Here’s how! First, you can only copy text from an editable textbox. As far as I can tell, you can’t select random non-editable text unless the app you’re in provides it as an option. For instance, the built-in browser does have a ‘select’ option in “Menu” > “More” which allows you to highlight text from a web page. For any standard...

CraftLass’ post explaining folders on the Droid inspired me to organize my apps into folders – especially because since starting this blog I’ve been downloading and trying a lot of apps, and my slide-up app selector (don’t know the official name for it) was getting to be cumbersome to scroll through! I had a few issues when creating the folders, so I thought I’d jot down some quick notes to help anyone that needs it. First, a recap of what CraftLass...

My parents were good about drilling into my head that I should have safety equipment (flashlight, flares, etc.) in the car at all times, a first aid kit, and ‘Hot Hands‘ and a granola bar in the glove compartment in case I get stranded! I think I’m pretty prepared, especially considering I live in suburban Mid-Atlantic USA and not the extreme rural North. But all this snow and the recent earthquake in Haiti had me thinking – what could I put on my Droid that could help...