Widgets: Bluetooth OnOff, Gps OnOff, WiFi OnOff, LockPattern OnOff, AutoRotate OnOff, radiance Level
Publisher: CurveFish
Introduction
The CurveFish OnOff widgets were the first widgets I downloaded when I got my new Motorola Droid. I needed to have unblemished control over my connections to save on battery life, and found a few diminutive fun widgets along the way. And to have found a publisher that has released complicated widgets of the same theme excites the Ocd inside me.
Android Review
Bluetooth OnOff, WiFi OnOff
The Bluetooth OnOff and WiFi OnOff are just that, great widgets for controlling the state of your Bluetooth and WiFi connections. Right send and usable.
Bluetooth OnOff Rating: 4.5 out of 5
WiFi OnOff Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Gps OnOff
The Gps OnOff widget is very much like the Bluetooth OnOff and WiFi OnOff widgets, with the irregularity that it must be linked to other service. I originally linked it to the Bluetooth service, but the Gps froze and never turned on. I linked it to the WiFi, and seems to work, but I hate losing my WiFi relationship just to turn my Gps on or off.
Gps OnOff Rating: 3 out of 5
LockPattern OnOff
LockPattern OnOff is nice for configuring whether, once your phone locks, it unlocks using the slider or lock pattern. I use it to switch in the middle of being home, and away from home, as I don't need anyone having that easy of way to all of my data.
LockPattern OnOff Rating: 4.5 out of 5
AutoRotate OnOff
I surely don't enjoy my phone rotating from landscape to portrait without me explicitly telling it to. This is where AutoRotate OnOff comes into play. If your keyboard is retracted, your phone's display is set to portrait. If your keyboard is extracted, your phone's display is set to portrait. And putting your Droid in the car dock in portrait mode overrides the widget, which is perfect.
AutoRotate OnOff Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Brightness Level
While not specifically an OnOff widget, it works with with the battery salvage features of the OnOff widgets by allowing you to surely change the screen brightness, salvage you battery when you don't need the screen on, or don't need it bright.
Brightness Level Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Final Thoughts
Overall, very satisfied with these widgets. So much so that I have a desktop devoted to geek tweaks, and they occupy the first six positions.
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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