Difference between revisions of "Casio GzOne Commando"

Revision as of 17:39, 4 July 2012

C771

Review

• Pro: Great battery life for a smartphone
• Pro: Very solid design
• Con: Call quality could be better
• Con: Unresponsive touchscreen

The Commando brings Android to the outdoors in a sleek, yet rugged phone, but its unresponsive touchscreen makes it frustrating to use.

XT9 replaces the traditional Android keyboard with one that mimics Skype. The XT9 keyboard is way too big, taking up over half the screen when in landscape mode, making some apps useless.

Personalization

Recommended Apps

1. Keyboard from Android 2.3 --- Because the GzOne comes with only their XT9 keyboard, which is not necessarily bad, in fact it has some nice features and has nice big keys which is good for fat fingered people, however, it consumes over half the screen space. This is a problem when in landscape mode trying to use some text editors. The problem is so bad that when using the XT9 keyboard with Jota Text Editor in landscape mode, the actual text area is not even visible! Alternatively, "Keyboard from Android 2.3" takes up slightly less than half the screen, working well with apps like Jota.

2. Addons Detector --- The largest suck factor about Android is that the apps are not well classified, and there are some malicious apps out there, or at least annoying battery sucking ad serving apps. Addons Detector is an excellent security tool. Limited version does full detection. Real time scan requires pay upgrade, although it is useful without this.

3. Firefox --- A popular and well standardized web browser familiar to PC users. Free and no ads.

4. ES File Explorer --- Browse the android file system, the SD card, and even LAN shares.

5. WiFi Analyzer --- Detect WiFi hotspots, and help resolve WiFi interference problems. Although this is adware, the ad can be hidden for a limited period of time.

6. Ted --- Ted (Text Editor) is a great text editor for small text files. Similar to BBPad for Blackberry. Lets you set the background to black with white text. Free and no ads.

7. Jota Text Editor --- Powerful text editor that handles files up to 1MB. That's a lot of text! Free and no ads.

The Android Apps section of the Wiki should have most or all of the apps above listed, download links, and more information.

Support

Connecting to Windows XP

Windows XP detects it as a "C771" and after that an "MTP Device".

It is necessary to download the USB driver from the product support page.

Keywords: Android SmartPhone Smart Phone PC