I have recently bought an ASUS P835 mobile phone that uses the Windows Mobile operating system. It has built-in Wi-Fi connectivity which makes it an all-in-one solution for quick mobile computing.

The Problem – Memory Low

After using the new phone for a few weeks, the phone started to complain about running low in memory. I have not installed any other programs on to the ROM yet and most applications and settings are defaults. I started to wonder why would the device complain.

The Memory Eater

As I recall, the first time the memory low message appeared was when I was using Opera to surf the web. So I started digging into the settings to see if there’s any clue. Right away, there is the cache settings where you can set how much memory allocated for caching website files and there’s the clear cache button. It is the same functions you would find on a notebook or desktop operating system. However, there is so much hard disk space on a desktop nowadays and you wouldn’t bother clearing the cache of your web browser. On the other hand, handheld devices have so little ROM space and it gets filled up easily. After clearing the cache, as well as the browsing history and cookies, I have reclaimed about 1/5 of my memory space.

You may not only have one web browser installed, as I also have Internet Explorer on my device (of course it’s there since it’s Windows). And I remember I have used it to view some web pages too. Clearing its temporary Internet files, my handheld device is back to 1/4 memory free.