How to switch from iPhone to Android phone-PC Magazine

With dozens of spots Android smartphones on the market it is understandable why you leave iPhone. Here's how to do this in the right way.

Is enough of a AT&T coating problems and not feel as twice the purchase of one and the same mobile phone? Allow us to help with this.

Two years ago we would have been difficult to come up with reasons for iPhone owner can switch to Android. This is already a problem, thanks to the emergence of super-fast 4 G phones with a 4.3-inch displays, free GPS navigation and the expansion of the market in Android.

Whether you're thinking do jump or has already been downloaded trigger, here the manual to ensure that your transition from iOS to Android OS runs smoothly:

Main characteristics

Go for high-end phone. We review many Android phones Board; some of the models of the budget now are actually pretty good. But trust us; If you're coming from slick iPhone, you'll want to feel having to upgrade. Go to 4-inch or 4.3-inch LCD, 1 GHz or greater CPU and high resolution screen. Get 4 G phone, if possible, and without question, be sure that at least is running Android 2.2. There is a dramatic difference in feeling and sensitivity of the operating system, i.e. large LG ally and high-end Samsung Galaxy S 4 G even if it is $ 50 or $ 100 more than the front, which works to chump change in two years Smartphone contract. HTC Inspire 4 G of the AT&T, Samsung Galaxy S 4 G for T-Mobile, HTC EVO 4 G for Sprint and Motorola droid Verizon are all x of great choices.

Change your paradigm on the screen at home. The Android, unlike the iPhone, it is all about how you have set up your home screen. Just stick with the standard icons: install your favorite programs and useful widgets and setting of layouts, multiple home screens, you can swipe between. Don't miss the four buttons at the bottom of the screen: home and menu buttons in particular are your friends and help clarify the confusing situation of almost every screen itself.

Move the data in the cloud. Some of the best features of Android have various options for synchronization with Google contacts, calendars and e-mail. Many Android devices also allow you to combine your Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft Exchange contacts with the built-in address book of your phone. While there are ways to synchronize the local data of Microsoft Outlook with Android phone, they are cumbersome and often unreliable.

Watch battery Drain. Android is known for its poor battery life readiness; the owners of most find it more iPhone. To extend the life of the battery, turn off the GPS and Wi-Fi when not using them. More importantly, reduce or disable background polling on Facebook, Twitter and your different e-mail accounts. You can always start a manual sync by clicking one button in a moment's notice. (Also, see our detailed guide to improve the life of the battery of your phone Android.)

Sync your media with the correct way. With the iPhone is all about iTunes. The Android you have several options, including swapping the microSD memory cards, wireless sync by doubleTwist and drag and drop files directly to a USB. There is indeed greater; it comes to personal preferences. If you have many of the songs in your library of music on iTunes, you will need to upgrade to iTunes Plus (unprotected), to play the Android phone.

With androida applications

Google voice. Google voice allows you to control as many phones as you want from a central number. You can make and receive calls from Gmail, manage your text messages and voice mail on your computer and block individual numbers from calling you. If you have an Android device, you can load the Google voice app that integrates directly with the operating system and allows to make calls using your Google voice number as caller ID. However, there are some problems. (Read our extensive guide for installing and using Google voice for more information.)

Free Google maps GPS navigation. Phone with GPS and Google maps can help around the disease directly or display step by step driving late passenger can be read to you in the car. But Android phones go one step further and can act as actual working loud, line by line navigation devices. Google Maps Navigation even includes features, lack of many standalone GPS devices, such as animated panoramic view, photo-realistic Street views of destinations and introducing a system of flexible voice, which understands complex instructions such as "navigate to the Museum with Picasso is in San Francisco."

Try to talk to your phone. Speaking of which, navigation app is not the only, which means voice indications; You can start searching for voice and Android. Download voice actions apt from androida market; This allows you to send text messages, adjust the songs, call contacts, or business and compose e-mail messages, your voice.

Head to the market. Now you can browse the Android market in market.android.com in a Web browser, and telephone. You will find that most iOS apps have Android equivalents, with the exception of Netflix, Hulu, iMovie and many games. For many games try Gameloft Web site on gameloft.com. Take into account the various customize applications; you have much more leeway in changing the OS than you do with the iPhone, including the installation of alternative keyboards with Swype. You can do things Apple would never approve, such as downloading and installing retro game console emulators.

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