Android users can now download and install TD's banking application from the Google Market place.

It looks good and has some good features. I'm sure they'll add more as they get requests for more. I was noticing that it doesn't have an animation for when you push a button, so if it takes a while to load you can't be sure it's loading. A lot of people have requested that this be changed, so I'm sure we'll see an update soon.

You can also get the app for iPhone and Blackberry.

More Information: http://www.tdcanadatrust.com/ebanking/mobile/ 

Recently TD Canada Trust released an iPhone app and decided to contacted them to see if an Android app was in the making as well. They are indeed working on an Android and Blackberry apps.

I can't wait to see it! 

Here's the reply I received:

We appreciate your feedback about releasing an Android app. Thank you for taking the time to contact us. 

Delivering an exceptional experience is the number one priority at TD Canada Trust. We are always happy to receive feedback such as yours in order to provide a comfortable banking experience for all of our customers. 

We are pleased to confirm that an app for Android and Blackberry is currently being developed. 

Once again, thank you for taking the time to contact us. It is only through client feedback such as your own that we can improve the products and services we provide. 

Motorola now has the official 2.1 update for the Motorola Milestone on the Telus network. This is the downloadable update, we will probably see the OTA (over the air) update come out soon as well.

Doing the update manually will save you a lot of data if you're not using WiFi on the phone to update.

Link: Motorola Update

UPDATE AFTER UPDATING:

Well it seems that Motorola has decided to short Telus Milestone users by not even including half of the feature updates. Some of the most pressing issues were resolved, like Bluetooth hands-free calling and MP3 playing skipping, but a lot of the new cool features were not included.

• Live Wallpapers - Yes
• Additional Home Screens - Yes
• Bluetooth Hands Free Dialing - Yes
• Facebook App Installed by Default: Yes
• Updated Home Screen Navigation - No
• New App Launcher - No
• Voice Typing For All Text Fields - No
• New Widgets - No
• 3D Photo Gallery - No
• Faster Processing - Unsure

If you have an Android based cell phone you can sign-up for a notice on when the public beta is available. The beta version of Flash 10.1 will allow Android users to play flash videos and animations inside of the web browser, instead of just inside the YouTube app.

Link: Android Flash Player Beta 

It seems that on Android firmware version 2.0.1, and some earlier versions, it is possible that when a program crashes or closes it could make the icons on the desktop disappear. Instead of turning your phone on and off you can just restart the desktop aka home service.

I'm not to sure if this is caused by a bad 3rd party application or widget that has been downloaded, the screen rotating when closing a game or app, or if the memory of the unit has become full and it just "dumps" the icons. The bug has been reported to the Android team and should be fixed in an upcoming firmware update.

To restore the icons just follow these steps:

1. Click on Menu and then Settings
2. Choose Applications from the list
3. Choose Manage Applications
4. Click on Menu again and select Filter
5. Choose All from the option list
6. Find Home in the list of applications
7. Choose Force Stop. This will cause the service to restart, which will restore your icons. Don't delete the cache.

This is a list of apps for Android that I highly recommend. Almost all of them are available as free versions, but the paid versions are worth it.

All of these apps can be downloaded from the Android Store. 

Must Have Apps

• MSN Droid - Lets you chat on Windows Live Messenger/MSN service. Best MSN interface out there for Android. Plenty of options and settings. Ad supported.
• Network Monitor - Keeps track of the amount of data you are using on both dataplan and Wifi. Paid version comes with graphs and no ads.
• Google Maps - If it's not already installed you have to get it!
• Google Sky - It's a map of the sky!
• G-Strings - Chromatic guitar tuner that works really well.
• Ring Droid - Lets you cut up music files to use them as ring tones.
• Google Shopper & Barcode Scanner - Both programs let you scan barcodes of books, cds and other items to get prices, reviews and information from the web.
• Key Ring Reward Cards - Get the cards out of your wallet. Scan in your grocery or point cards (Air Miles, Safeway) and then use the laser scanner at the store to scan the bar code on your phone.

• Super List - Great as a to-do list or grocery list.
• Weather Eye - Better weather app and widget for Canadian android users. Nice interface.
• Newspapers - Get newspapers right on your phone.
• Dock Simulator - Lets you view your phone in both car and media dock modes.

There are a few places where you can clear the search history on a Android phone.

Clear Web Browser History

1. Open the web browser
2. Click the Menu button
3. Click on More
4. Choose Settings
5. Scroll down to the Privacy Settings section and this is where you will find the options to delete cache, history, cookies, form and location data.

Clear Phone Search History

1. Click the Menu button
2. Click Settings
3. Choose Applications
4. Choose Manage Applications
5. Click on Menu and then choose Filter
6. Select All in the filter options list
7. Find Quick Search Box in the list and choose it
8. Tap the Clear Data box

Clear Google Market Place History

At this time there is no convinent way to clear the store history. Which is bad because the amount of search terms can really start to add up. If you really need to get it cleared you have to factory reset your phone.