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17 Must-Know Habits of iPhone Super-Users That Save And Extend Battery Life
Aug 31st
If you’re an iPhone 4 power user like me by the time lunch-time comes around, you start to get concerned about just how much longer you can last without an outlet and phone charger. . .
While the battery in the iPhone 4 far surpasses the older generation models supposedly, I find that I use my iPhone so much now that it has so many features (and apps!). So seriously, there are times where I’m done to 20% battery life by lunch time!
How do you keep your iPhone charged to extend the battery life when you’re out and about?
Well, I checked with a bunch of self-proclaimed iPhone gurus that I’ve connected with in the recent past.
Check out some of these tips below. Hope you find some new ideas to save the battery on the iPhone: Read the rest of this entry »
How To Get Free WiFi Hotspot Access If You Are A Comcast Internet Customer
Aug 10th
Ever been out and about wishing you had a wifi connection?
Of course you have!
Instead of trolling for open wifi signals, you might want to consider a more reliable solution. Of course, you could sign-up for Boingo, Wayport or other WiFi networks, but if you are a Comcast Hispeed Internet Customer (randomly branded Xfinity recently to confuse customers as much as possible of course), you might want to check out this option before you go out and spend any more money.
I recently found out that I can get access to a free WiFi hotspot roaming account just because I’m a Comcast customer — and so can you!
In fact, through this largely unpromoted feature of Comcast Internet accounts, you already have it! There’s no need to turn anything on, upgrade or change anything on your account.
If you take a look at the coverage map of NYC and the Tri-State Area, you’ll see that there are TONS of Free WiFi Hotspots available for you to connect to in almost any general vicinity.
Check out the quick video blog update below which I recorded today and uploaded using the free WiFi connection that details how to get free WiFi access across town and while traveling:
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Deal Alert: Free Apple iPhone 3G 8GB (No Rebates Either)
Feb 27th
Here’s a straight-forward deal alert:
If you’ve been saving up for an Apple iPhone on the AT&T network, you don’t have to break open your piggy bank any more.
BestBuy usually sells the Apple iPhone 3G with 8GB Memory in shiny Black for $99 with contract or upgrade for existing customers.
In fact, if you want to shell out your 100 bucks for the iPhone, you can see the regular offer on their website right now. Just go to www.BestBuy.com and search for the “iPhone 3G”.
You won’t be able to buy it on the internet like you can from AT&T Wireless or Apple.com because Best Buy only sells the phone directly to you in their big box store locations.
But if you can get $100 off the price of an iPhone 3G, wouldn’t you be willing to drive to the store to pick it up?
This offer is extremely tempting. . . Read the rest of this entry »
How To Gain Podcast Powers – Part 4
Jul 2nd
I’m so glad that we had the opportunity to feature Graham Scharf’s wisdom about podcasting microphone accessories on essistme.com.
He really covered the basics for those that want to take that first step in creating good quality audio content for podcasting.
His tips find the intersection of quality / ease / price and practicality.
Here’s Graham’s final installment of Podcast Powers: Read the rest of this entry »
How To Send Free Text Messages From Your Apple iPhone (or any other cell phone)
Apr 5th
The original iPhone cellular plan from AT&T included 200 free SMS Text Messages per month…
But AT&T and Apple got wise as they started to sell millions of new iPhones and no longer include free text messaging in the data plan.
Now, you have to pay $5 or more to add on buckets of text messages or else you’re stuck paying $0.15 per text message a la carte.
And especially if you have a teen daughter that did nothing but send 10,000+ text messages in a single month at school, home, and everywhere else, you’ll be stuck with a massive cell phone bill (imagine getting a cell phone bill from Verizon Wireless for $4,756.25 in a single month?) you need to know about this free service.
Here’s a great tip for how to send free text message from the iPhone WITHOUT any additional text message plan.
Of course this also works on any other web-enabled smart phone like Windows Mobile devices… Read the rest of this entry »
$25 Discount On The Apple iPhone
Aug 11th
UPDATE: the Apple iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS are both now much cheaper, but the $25 promotion still is in progress! Read this post below and send me your details outlined at the end of the post and we’ll submit your information to AT&T Wireless to get you started in the process of verification for the free $25 gift card!
Here is the original post below:
At a whopping $599 or even the lesser $499 price tag, the Apple iPhone is surely to burn a big fat whole in your wallet.
But here’s a way to knock off a couple of bucks from the big fat receipt you’ll get with the iPhone. . . Read the rest of this entry »
Sounds Like 24 Cures for Apple iPhone Envy
Jul 5th
Have you seen one yet? It’s so elusive, yet there are about a MILLION of them out there. And they’ll multiply quickly — up to 10 Million by the end of 2008! The Apple iPhone will surely be Time Magazine’s “Device of the Year” for 2007, which is responsible for more cell phone sales in a single day in the history of AT&T Wireless. Reports state that more than 3/4 million iPhones were sold on June 29th.
While you may know someone who knows someone that has one and you probably aren’t reading this on your new iPhone (unless you’re really are — in which, you should email a photo of yourself reading essistme.com on your iPhone to info[at)essistme.com and we’ll post it here!).
If you’re like one of millions that have been struck with iPhone envy, but still have another brand cell phone or smartphone in your hand, here’s one iPhone fix to simulate the iPhone experience on your phone. In fact, with this simple short-term cure for iPhone envy people will ask if you have an iPhone in your pocket when you get your next call! Read the rest of this entry »
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