How to Make Android Faster,More Productive and More Secure Than iPhone

Here are 10 ways to make Android faster, more productive and more secure than iPhone:
Make your Android faster
1. Get a better browser.
One of the major benefits of using the popular browser Opera Mini is that its cloud engine compresses data by as much as 90%. It features tabbed browsing, support for widgets and the ability to set advanced privacy features, such as the ability to automatically clear passwords, cookies and browsing history.
The advantage for Android users: the ability to use Opera Mobile instead of Opera Mini. Opera Mobile supports Flash and 3D graphics,has an HTML 5 engine and has a device-side web rendering engine for higher fidelity browsing. You can set up the rendering engine to work locally when on a Wi-Fi network and default to the cloud-based rendering engine when on a 3G or 4G network to minimize expensive data usage (ifyou're not on an all-you-can-eat data plan). It also allows you to access your camera from your browser. Expect cool new widgets to start using this feature soon.
2. Install an Android optimizer.
Apps like Android Booster and Android Assistant give you the power to automatically kill apps that run in the background, gobblingup battery life and draining CPU. You can set amonthly data limit and monitor exactly how much data you've downloaded over 3G and 4G networks, and you can purge your cache, history, etc.
3. Conserve your battery.
Nothing slows you down more than a dead battery. One advantage Android phones have over iPhones is that you can swap out your battery. But proper power management can save you from that trouble. Apps like JuiceDefender and Battery Stretch help you regulate your power use.
4. Dig deeper into which apps hog data.
If you constantly go over your data limits, an app like Android Assistant may not be enough. Sure, you will be alerted when you are nearing your limit, but what exactly is causing the problem?
Is it Facebook, podcasting software, the MLB Gameday app? Who knows?
Well, with Onavo you can find out. The main menu displays statistics on your data use over the prior month, and it fingers the apps hogging the most bandwidth.
5. Tether your phone.
So you've signed up for an expensive all-you-can-eat data plan, yet when you try to tether your laptop to your phone to use that 4G connection you paid a premium for, you are stymied. Carriers will try to charge you $20 or$30 a month for tethering privileges, meaning they're trying to charge you twice for network access that you've really already purchased.
6. Pick your own keyboard.
Siri has been getting all kinds of press lately, and, sure, it can be amusing to try to get Siri to say off-color things. Yet, when I'm using data on my phone, I prefer text-based input.
For years, one of the main reasons I've considered iPhone inferior is its hostility to apps like Swype . On Android, you have the ability to choose your own keyboard. (Well, iPhone users can jailbreak their phones to getSwype , but that fact reinforces my point.)
8. Install anti-virus software.
Why have you not done this already? Malwarewriters are flocking to Android. We're seeing much of what happened in the desktop world being repeated with smartphones . Android is more open, has a larger market share and is a juicer target.
9. Stay away from App Stores you do not know.
Google has taken steps to tame the Wild Westthat was its Market. It now has a "Bouncer" that scans the Market for malware, and despite what Apple apologists may claim, Android was designed from the get-go to make malware less disruptive on phones than it is on PCs by sandboxing apps and forcing apps to ask for permissions (yes, the same permissions that everyone just ignores, but at least they tried).
10. Stay away from mobile payments.
Mobile payments are starting to take off, especially in Europe and Asia, and consumers should be wary. The problem with mobile payments is that they are often simply added to your mobile phone bill, and if you find a suspicious charge, your liability will vary from carrier to carrier.
Culled from pcworld.com