Archive for July, 2010

Calling All Apple iPhone 4 Owners: This Post Is Worth $29.99

Jul 23rd

Posted by Kenny in Cell Phones

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Everyone wants an iPhone 4.

But everyone also likes to talk about the death grip antenna issue that comes with the iPhone 4.

I personally have not had much issue with dropped calls or reduced signal strength yet with my iPhone 4.  Perhaps the way I hold the phone is just right.  But Steve Jobs has countered all the criticism that has come upon Apple for the death grip antenna issue with the Apple iPhone 4.

Last week, Steve Jobs gave a press conference that addressed the issue head on and offered two solutions to every iPhone 4 owner out there.  (A) Either you can get a full refund or (B) you can get a free bumper case for the iPhone 4 that supposedly addresses the signal problems.   And here’s a bonus (C) if you’ve already bought one, Apple will give you a free refund — if you bought it from an Apple store, you can go in to get your refund.  If you bought the case from AT&T, there’s a rebate form on Apple.com for you.

Since Apple can’t make enough cases themselves, they have sourced 3rd party cases to give away (totally free too) to anyone that wants one.

Here’s the video clip from the press conference where Steve Jobs details the offer:

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So there’s also the logistics of fulfilling the orders for millions of iPhone 4′s that have been sold to date.  How can this be done smoothly?  We have been waiting on Apple to share the process.  Finally, it’s here. . . Read the rest of this entry »

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Windows 7 Hocus Pocus Disappearing Act Solved: Show Desktop Shortcuts

Jul 21st

Posted by Kenny in How To

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I have always loved my laptop, but hated the OS.

So I recently upgraded my laptop from Windows Vista Business to Windows 7 on recommendation from…everyone.  That’s right, just about anybody who used to use Vista before has said to do the switch pronto . . .

Windows 7 supposedly has more stability and speed than Vista.  The techie mags and blogs seemed to agree, so I made the jump. . .

But now, as I get to know the new OS platform, I’m trying to figure out how to do all the tasks I routinely performed on a daily basis pre-Windows 7.  Most of it has been ok — whenever you upgrade, it takes a little time getting used to the new look and feel.  Upgrades are supposed to bring improvements and changes, right?

But there’s a couple of seemingly small things that have changed or plainly disappeared *POOF!* which make big differences in my daily workflow.  It is frustrating because you sit there wondering where did they go?

Using the SHOW DESKTOP icon which was previously conveniently placed in my taskbar at the bottom of the screen was one of them.  But guess what?!  There’s no more icon/shortcut available in Windows 7 that’s available in the task bar! :(

Personally, because I need to get back to the desktop so often, this creates a big hole in my Windows 7 experience.  Luckily, there’s two specific ways to do the same function without much hassle or headache.   Here’s two ways to SHOW DESKTOP in Windows 7:

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Stop Scratching Your Head About Your New iPhone, Here’s The Solution

Jul 19th

Posted by Kenny in Blackberry

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I finally jumped ship and left my Samsung Blackjack Window Mobile phone behind — largely because most if not all my original list of iPhone downsides has been taken care of this this latest iteration in the iPhone 4.

I haven’t received the iPhone case I purchased myself, nor have I bothered to pick-up the freebie Steve Jobs is giving away to quash his critics.    But neither does the trick for protection when the iPhone is stuck in a pocket with keys or coins or dropped or . . .

Here’s how to fool-scratch-proof your new Apple iPhone 4 (or Droid X…or HTC…or…).  Why do I love this solution?

  1. Invisible — doesn’t add any weight or bulk to the device
  2. Total coverage for protection — front and back of the phone is off limits for damage
  3. Improved grip (especially when taking photos, videos or when the phone is on the dash of the car)
  4. Affordable

Check out this video demo of the screen protector and let me know if you agree: Read the rest of this entry »

Free Screen Capture Software That Clicks With Me

Jul 11th

Posted by Kenny in How To

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More and more, I’m find the necessity to create screen capture images of my desktop or a portion of a browser window more and more.

Typically, I’ve used the actual “Prt Sc” Print Screen button or the SHIFT+ALT+PRT SC combo to capture just the active window.  This puts the screen grab into the clipboard memory.

From there, it’s an easy paste into MS Paint to resize or annotate with arrows, callout boxes, etc before saving it as “screen-URLorPROGRAMNAME.jpg” to use elsewhere – on blogs, twitpic, email, etc.

I’ve used a couple of Windows screen capture apps but none does what I want without cluttering my icon tray and hogging up resources.  Recently, I’ve been testing out browser-based apps that do pretty much all I need. . .

One of them is called FireShot Pro and I used it with FireFox:

It’s been an easy-to-use screen capture program that works as a live browser plugin.  The free version does most of what I need and even does Read the rest of this entry »

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