I don't know about XDA as a learning place for newbies. If you're a newbie, I suggest you read and ask less questions there. XDA was a developer's forum, and many people are turned off from it simply because it's filled with idiots posting battery screens and talking about wakelocks and slide2wake and other features they simply want. The more we fill XDA with newbs, but more the devs will shy away and stop being so open and friendly.
Anyway, I'd try AndroidCentral first as it's a general usage thread. Or if you use XDA stay away from development, and just go to the General or Q&A section.