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ShoZu still in the Guru's doghouse

1 replies · 1,787 views · Started 15 August 2007

I've got a thing about RAM-resident memory hogs too, and like Ricky, I really, really want apps liks ShoZu to simply work. But guru Ricky tells it like it is and points out that it's simply not acceptable to hog multiple megabytes of RAM, no matter how clever the functionality. Surely there's a way to simply leave a tiny stub process in RAM, like Handy Weather, and leap into RAM when needed?

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You're so right on about shozu. I had high hopes for it but unfortunately it fell pretty short of practical usage. For symbian phones there are not a lot of options but Cellspin looks promising without slowing down your phone.