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  • Underclock your Evo for greater battery life

    Underclock your Evo for greater battery life

    Let’s face it, the battery life on the HTC Evo is crap.  I’d be lucky if I could make it 8 hours without my phone going dead on me.  I have tried all types of apps, even ones I reviewed in the past, but they...

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  • Apps to Your Phone Made Easy

    Apps to Your Phone Made Easy

    So a while ago I had installed a program called “fast web installer”  to my phone but really didn’t read how it worked, only knew what it did in theory.  After using it for a while I’ve come to love it. Accessing appbrain.com and choosing...

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  • Y5 – Battery Saver

    Y5 – Battery Saver

    So if you’ve been using your EVO like I have, you’re finding yourself charging your phone several times a day.  The easiest way I’ve found to prolong my battery life is by doing 2 things. First, don’t play games if you don’t have a way...

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  • Swype for Android in Open Beta

    Swype for Android in Open Beta

    Better hurry though if you want to try it out. The beta is only supposed to be open for a few days. If you don’t remember what Swype is, it was the world record setter for texting on a phone.  Just click the first letter...

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  • Android Marketplace?  No thanks man…

    Android Marketplace? No thanks man…

    Being overly frustrated that I really couldn’t find things I wanted in the marketplace I started searching around for Android apps on the web and was surprised to find that there are a lot more than what’s available in the market straight on the phone....

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  • HTC EVO 4G apps I can’t live without (or are just too cool not to have)

    HTC EVO 4G apps I can’t live without (or are just too cool not to have)

    So I’m making a list of the apps I’ve found in the past week by searching all over the net for anything containing Android, cool or awesome. Edwin Gotta be my first pick for just being awesome.  It’s a little quirky at times but a total wow...

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  • HTC EVO 4G

    HTC EVO 4G

    Well I dropped my Palm Pre and went to the EVO.  What a difference!  I gave the Pre to a coworker and now whenever I see it or mess with it, it just feels cheap and really poorly made…both in the hardware and the software....

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  • SSD Drive

    SSD Drive

    I just purchased a new SSD drive for my office machine to do some testing.  I haven’t run any official tests yet but so far I’m very impressed.  I started the machine with my hitachi 80 GB SATA drive and since it’s been a while...

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    Palm’s possibly changing hands again.

    According to this from wired, Palm is looking to sell since they haven’t turned profits with their new and improved devices.  I figured it was coming at some point.  I’ve got my eyes on the new Android phone coming out this summer with 4G capabilities,...

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  • Additional Samsung SMX-C10 info

    Additional Samsung SMX-C10 info

    So since I’ve been glued to my camera since my daughter’s birth, I’ve found one other thing that can be a little annoying.  In the quietest of conditions, you can hear what seems to be the lens focusing constantly.  Normal use, no problem…however using it...

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