First order of priority: where is all the "stuff" and how do I delete it? Take browsing history, for example. I know the URLs and Cookies are retained somewhere but where? And how do I delete them? Found it eventually -- open Chrome, go to Settings in the top right hand corner, choose Advanced, Privacy, and you'll see a label at the top saying Clear Browser Data. Glad that was simple!
So what about all the other junk. It's here I realise how different this architecture is from Windows. Windows provides a one-stop, integrated system for managing your files and folders, copying, deleting, uninstalling, etc. while Microsoft plug-ins like Office, Media Player, Explorer and the like seamlessly integrated into the OS (it's only buying third party games that things start to unravel!). Android appears to be more of a platform: if you want to do something specific, you'll need an app.
So its time to download a few free apps. First off was Clean Master which is supposed to get rid of junk in your various caches (this word, I am beginning to assume, means "history" or even "recycle bin"). Next, because I think I want a Windows-like Explorer, I downloaded Astro File manager. While I was on a roll I downloaded Moon+ Reader for my eBooks, MX Player for my video, and Wikipedia for Android ('cos it was there). Have to say: impressed with the ease and speed you can acquire this stuff.
However, since I'm not brave enough to actually upload any stuff from my PC yet (y'know -- music, films, eBooks, documents, that kind of thing) I still haven't a clue how they work. *Sigh*. Three days now. Am I having fun yet?
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