Top Ten Best Nexus S Tips and Tricks for Android 2.3 Gingerbread

The Nexus S is a pure Google Android experience with
Android Gingerbread 2.3, including many new features.  One of the advantages of pure Google is that updates will be pushed out without going through the long process of updates like those of the Samsung Galaxy S phones.  In fact, the Nexus S owners are already getting an update to Android 2.3.2.  Reviewers of the Nexus S noted that its fast updates are selling points of the phone.


We reviewed several tips and tricks articles to find these top ten best tips Review of Reviews for the Samsung Galaxy Google Nexus S with Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Customize Your Browser
The Android browser gives you many features that you can customize.  Launch the browser, tap menu button, tap more, tap settings.  There are settings to block pop-up windows, change text size, not load images, make pages fit the screen, clear history and clear passwords.  You can tap on the bookmark in the upper corner to see bookmarks and most visited webpages.  You can also set your homepage to pages you frequently view.  The browser can "remember form" data" and reenter that text the next time you use that form.  You can set this feature on or off.

Use Quick-Link Shortcuts to Other Apps from Browser
Another great feature in the browser is that the browser recognizes links, as well as some phone numbers, addresses, and info.  Touch & hold a link to open a menu with shortcuts for opening, bookmarking, saving, and sending the link via email.  For a phone number, touch a phone number to open the phone app with the number already entered.  Touch and hold a street address to open it in Maps.

Tell Your Nexus S What to Do with Voice Actions
You can use key phrases to tell your Nexus S what to do as well as write text and emails.  You can tap the microphone in the text entry area or hold down the magnifying glass to go to voice actions.  You can tell your Android phone to send an email or text a message ("send text to mom, see you for pizza at 7"), call someone ("call mom"), navigate somewhere ("navigate to pizza"), or listen to music ("listen to Blue Danube").