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Mobile: Android BlackBerry WP7…  // Mobile phones, cells – Blackberry, Android, Windows Phone 7 (and 8) BES, and BIS news and how tos

VIDEO: Blackberry Q10 Hands On Review and Opinion

This is our brief hands on review of the Blackberry Q10.  The end point is that, in my opinion, the Blackberry Q10 is a very well manufactured device with a modern interface but it just does not keep up with the Samsung competition.  The big exception would be if you want a physical keyboard.  The Q10 is the ...

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SOLVED: Unwanted Facebook Texts

If you are receiving texts on your phone that look something like: There are 9 people you may know on Facebook. Send them friend requests: http://fb.me/… and you don’t want these messages: log into your FaceBook account go into your account settings set TEXT NOTIFICATIONS ARE set to OFF Have a nice day.

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Will Google Android 5.0 Run on The Samsung Galaxy S3?

QUALCOMM (apparently) accidently released a 2013 product roadmap showing Android 5 (code named Key Lime Pie) being released sometime between April through June of 2013.  The Samsung Galaxy S4 is supposed to be released in March of 2013 and I just can’t imaging the S4 not being capable of running the latest Android 5 soon after ...

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Hardware Spec for Samsung Galaxy S4

The Samsung Galaxy S4 will have the following hardware spec according the image I received (see below): Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz 5″ 1080p Super AMOLED+ Screen 2.0 A15 Exynos 5450 Quad Core CPU – I wonder if like the S3, there will only be a dual core in Canada and the US (which is soooo ...

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SOLVED: Where is DRIVING MODE on Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

A BLOCKING MODE icon on the Samsung Galaxy S3 Notification Screen has replaced the DRIVING MODE icon and so you may wonder what BLOCKING MODE is and what happened to DRIVING MODE. DRIVING MODE is still available on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean but it has been buried under SETTINGS > LANGUAGE AND INPUT > TEXT TO SPEECH OUTPUT > ...

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SOLVED: What is BLOCKING MODE on a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

A BLOCKING MODE icon on the Samsung Galaxy S3 Notification screens toolbar has replaced the DRIVING MODE icon and so you may wonder what BLOCKING MODE is and what happened to DRIVING MODE. DRIVING MODE is still available on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean but it has been buried see urtech.ca/2012/08/solved-samsung-galaxy-s3-driving-mode-google-maps-notification-volumes/ BLOCKING MODE turns out to be very well named ...

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SOLVED: How to Install Windows 8 on an Acer Iconia Tab W500P or W700P

Installing Windows 8 on an Acer Iconia Tab W500P or W700P  is straight forward but will have a few minor issues. You have an important choice to make before you start, perfection or performance.  I choose performance.  Let me explain.  If you choose Windows 8 32 Bit, you can get all of the drivers for ...

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SOLVED: How to Access the BIOS on an Acer Iconia Tab W500P or W700P

SOLVED: How to Access the BIOS on an Acer Iconia Tab W500P or W700P

If you just want to change the boot order (i.e. you want to boot from a USB DVD because you are wiping the device and want to install Windows 8, you do NOT need to go into the BIOS, just power up the unit and press the F12 key repeatedly until the boot menu appears. ...

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SOLVED: What is AUGMENTED REALITY?

Augmented Reality is exactly what the words say.  Reality with something added on.  That may not be the most useful definition if you are not already following the concept so let me explain further. Augmented Reality (or “AR” as it is becoming known) lets you see what is there but adds in some additional data. ...

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Microsoft Surface Review from an iPad Owner / Lover

Below is the summary of an recent review from an “average user” who loves his Apple iPad …Simply put, Surface RT is better than the iPad and here’s why: Allows for a connection to a second screen. I mentioned this earlier but you can connect an external display to Surface using the micro-HDMI port. This allows ...

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