Android

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Android is a Linux-based mobile phone operating system based developed by Google. It is very similar to the iPhone, with a touchscreen for some or all user interactions, depending on the hardware, and a market for third-party applications.

SSH

To connect to a remote server over secure shell, use the ConnectBot application available from the Android Market. To insert a tab character with the virtual keyboard, press the trackball and then the i key. To insert an escape character with the soft keyboard, press.the trackball twice. To page up and down, scroll with the touchscreen on the left side. Further special key instructions can be found in the ConnectBot documentation.

Editing Wiki Pages

The default browser handles editing large text boxes in portrait mode very poorly. The workaround is to use landscape mode for editing large text boxes such as those found on wikis.