If you got here from the “Android 2.1 Update causing some DROID/Milestone phones to explode” tweet – APRIL FOOLS! So, what happens when your phone receives the long-awaited OTA (over-the-air) 2.1 update, or you manually update? There are so many sites out there that have covered the upgraded features, I’ll just give you a quick rundown, then some links. Here are the new features 2.1 is supposed to enable on the DROID: Pinch-to-zoom is now supported so many...

So far in the poll, you all are saying you want something that helps you get organized, and you want a desktop widget recommendation. We hear ya, posts on those topics are coming! If you haven’t voted in the poll yet, please do so in the sidebar! In the meantime, I thought I’d write a quick post that helps organize your contacts so you can make calls quicker, and it’s a shortcut on your desktop, so it’s semi-related to your requests! This is a trick that has helped me...

CraftLass coined the name “droidette” for the girl-droid logo at the top of our site – cute, huh? I was browsing Flickr and came across a bunch of great background designs that can be used as Droid home screen backgrounds. I saw one by aka_sulley that I liked which had an Android logo on it, and asked if he would customize it for us and make the droid female like our logo, and he more than delivered! Check out these awesome images! Click on any image to go to its Flickr...

If you’ve ever visited WomenWithDroids.com in your phone’s browser, you will have noticed we have a mobile edition of the blog! It has reduced graphics so it’s easy to navigate on the small screen and read on the go. Do you want to know the quickest way to access the latest WomenWithDroids articles on your phone? It’s easy! (P.S. This trick works for adding a home screen bookmark shortcut to any website and is especially handy for sites with mobile versions!) Open...

As described on Android Central, Swype has opened up their Beta for a limited number of new users, so go here to sign up if you want a chance try out this early version of Swype. I had heard Swype was a new method for entering text using the on-screen keyboard that involved swiping the screen (obviously), but I didn’t know much more than that. I was skeptical about how well it could work – I’m a physical hardware keyboard kind of gal, which is one of the reasons I chose the...

You have probably already seen posts with screenshots of my Droid’s home screens and apps, and a few people have asked how I do that. I learned how to from knowyourcell.com and I’ll reproduce the steps here. Now, let me first tell you that this is not a simple app or quick procedure that will have you snapping screen shots 30 seconds from now. Once you get it all set up, it’s easy to capture images, but the setup is a little laborious because you have to install the Android...

Note – this file-transfer procedure is for Windows, I haven’t tried it on a Mac. I realized I had never backed up the photos on my phone, so I plugged my Droid into my computer using the combo USB/charger cable that came with it. I had already installed the drivers, but the phone didn’t show up in ‘My Computer’ for me to browse when I plugged in the USB. I searched online and found out what you need to do: Pull down the notifications menu and click “USB...

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 right-side homescreen with folders and music players. I bought my Droid on day one.  I never had anyone to help me except for this awesome guy on Twitter who works for T-Mobile and has had several Android phones.  It’s been quite an experience, and yet it can be summed up in just one sentence: Every time I think, “I wish I could do [insert an action]” it turns out that I can, I just hadn’t found that option or figured it out yet. The best part? I’ve figured out almost all of it...