To Clean Up Android Smartphones, Take A Cue From PCs | Linux Today

To Clean Up Android Smartphones, Take A Cue From PCs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 20, 2012

[ Thanks to James Maguire for this link. ]

My Android phone has something in common with my
desktop PC. It’s riddled with junk. Apps I didn’t install and can’t
get rid of, “skins” that make my phone slower and less stable, and
who knows what else—all contributing to the fractured
headache that has become life with Android.

The devices we’re forced to use feel like textbooks that have
been through five different sets of grubby hands before we even use
them.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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