anyone use Them? only been using android phone for few weeks. how well do these apps work they worth downloading. i have a galaxy mini.

You don't need one. If a task needs killing you can do it via your application settings, but Android manages its resources perfectly well by itself. Some will disagree. But if you feel you need to install one, go ahead.

I agree, no need for anything other than the built in task manager....

No point in having one.
Besides which, if you kill something that needs to run, it will only start itself again.

I use Advanced Task Killer.

You can set it to kill just the tasks you want to kill and to kill them at time intervals.

People keep saying you don't need to kill them but I find my Vega and Defy run better when the tasks are killed.

This recent article on the subject is a good read.

That article is wrong.

The fact is, my phone and tablet run slower with all the apps loaded, whether they are running or not.

I wouldn't use a task killer if it did nothing.

Well you are and they dont.

I think you missed the words "in my opinion" there.

It's not opinion when it is based on fact.

Fact: Tablet and Phone go slow until Task Killer kills tasks.

I see memory usage go up from 150M to 250M.

These apps start for a reason, no point starting if they are not doing something.

Erm, isn't that an oxymoron?

Again, missing the words "in my opinion."

In my experience - and the experience of many other people - task killers are not required. But hey, if running one makes you happy, enjoy yourself.

When I was using 2.1 I noticed a massive improvement in speed when I'd press the Kill button. A slow running phone would drive me round the bend, I'd press Kill and it would run perfectly.

However since 2.2 I've noticed it doesnt make much of a difference and it works quite well.

My 2c.

Mark

I have a couple of apps which refuse to close unless i kill them.

I have to force stop some apps as they won't exit.

Yahoo Mail is one of them. So annoying.

Again no opinion, Fact.

It is a fact that my phone and vega run faster after killing apps.

Why do you think the apps start up?

Do you think they just start up for no reason and then do nothing?

Does your tv just come on and then not show anything?

What version of Android do they both run?

2.2 on the Defy and 3 on the Vega.

I honestly see a difference when the apps are killed.