Wireless@SG Seamless and Secure Access (SSA) on Nexus One

Remember the times where you will be granted access to the Wireless@SG network only after you have signed in through the web browser? How troublesome is that when you just want to use your IMAP client to check an email, or just use your RSS reader to retrieve the latest happenings. With SSA, gone is the cumbersome login process required each time you want to connect to a Wireless@SG access point. Now you can connect to the Wireless@SGx SSID instead using your username and password.

Take photos without flash on Nexus One

I was at a Chinese restaurant for dinner a few days back and thought I wanted to snap some shots with my Nexus One.  The restaurant was lit with bright orange down lights which actually illuminate the place quite well.  However, on auto-flash mode, the Nexus One chooses to turn on its LED flash and [...]

Singapore mobile network settings for Nexus One

Singapore mobile service providers’ setup instructions: Nexus One 3G Setup for Singapore

Browse the full Android Market

Browse the full Android Market at http://www.cyrket.com/m/android/. Includes paid apps.

Power Saving Tip #3

Switch to 2G network when not web browsing or downloading. No point to continue using 3G/HSDPA connection which consumes a lot more power (albeit greater bandwidth) if you’re just needing the internet connection for instant messaging or push email.  2G/GPRS connection should be sufficient. This can be easily toggled on/off by entering the phone settings: [...]

Power Saving Tip #2

Connect to a Wi-Fi network whenever you can (e.g. in your office or at home) instead of relying on your 3G/HSDPA connection for internet access. Apparently, Wi-Fi connections requires less power to maintain. Tip is based on a text taken from Apple’s web page for iPhone’s battery: Note that if you frequently use your iPhone [...]

Resending SMS that failed on Nexus One

Sometimes, when you are unfortunate enough to write a message and try to send it when you do not have a strong enough network reception, your message will be marked with a red envelope icon on the right side. Instead of copying and rewriting the whole message again, just tap and hold on the failed [...]

Power Saving Tip #1

Turn off GPS when not in use. GPS can drain your battery unnecessarily if you leave it running and you’ve enabled location feature in any application you use (i.e. Browser). You may not be needing the location feature all the time so why let the application spend the power and processing time? You can easily [...]

Market tip #1

Search for “singapore” in the Market application and see what is useful to you.

Nexus One in Singapore

This article is written to allow users in Singapore to know what features are different on the Nexus One in Singapore when compared to articles/reviews online on the phone. This is not a review of the phone. All I’m trying to do is to list what people in Singapore should know about the Nexus One when bought to be used in Singapore.

The details in this posts stems from what I understand but should help anyone in Singapore nonetheless.