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Top 5 reasons not to buy the iPhone 4

Posted by Ken S. on November 14, 2010 in General Tech | ∞

Sorry I could not resist…

5 Reasons Android is better than iPhone

Posted by Ken S. on November 14, 2010 in Android | ∞

A Week With the New iPods

Posted by Ken S. on October 30, 2010 in General Tech | ∞

After spending seven days living with our new iPods, we’re gonna let them stay. As far as media-slinging sidekicks go, they’re pretty good. But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows.

iPod Touch: Multimedia Life-Partner

It’s easy to say that the new iPod Touch is the best iPod Touch ever. (It is.) It is un-possibly thin—so thin that you release a slow gasp as you peel it out of its snug acrylic womb. The way the polished chrome back bends space around it renders it thinner still, like you’re holding a screen imprinted into the air in front of you. (At least, until it’s scuffed and scratched and nicked into reality.) You only get a true sense of its dimensions when you plug it in for the first time: It’s exactly thick enough to accommodate the holes for a dock connector and headphones. Read more...

Review: The New iPod Nano

Posted by Ken S. on October 30, 2010 in General Tech | ∞

Well this does not need to be said, but Apple make some of the coolest products, here is the review.

Apple’s iPod nano 2010 is a good MP3 player. It’s tiny, the battery seems to last forever, and it has a great user interface.

This is the best pure music player out there right now, thanks to the combination of its physical specs and user interface. It may not be the prettiest—it reminds me of some Chinese generic MP3 player designs—but the combination of its hardware and user interface make it a winner for anyone in search of a simple, ultra-compact, no-complex-apps-or-games-needed, extremely-easy-to-operate music player. Especially sports people. Read more...

How to Pick an Android Smartphone – September 2010

Posted by Ken S. on October 30, 2010 in Android | ∞

The last few months have been phenomenal for Android fans, with Samsung’s Galaxy line hitting all four carriers and Verizon getting a few, new, better Droids for their customers. But which should you pick? It’s actually an easy decision.

And here are our individual reviews of the Droid X and Epic 4G and Evo.

–Thanks Gizmodo–

T-Mobile G2 Review: The Purest Android Experience You Can Get

Posted by Ken S. on October 30, 2010 in Android | ∞

The official sequel to the first Googlephone, the T-Mobile G2 is a long time coming. In a market where carriers molest the open OS anew every time a new handset drops, this is the Android phone for the Android nerd.

T-Mobile G2 Review: The Purest Android Experience You Can Get Read more...

How To: UnRoot Your MyTouch 3G/MyTouch 1.2 MyTouch and Get Back to Cupcake (Updated 04.19.10)

Posted by Ken S. on October 27, 2010 in Android | ∞

UPDATE: THIS NOW WORKS ON THE MYTOUCH 1.2 (THE MYTOUCH WITH THE 3.5MM HEADPHONE JACK AT THE TOP) AND THE OLD MYTOUCH AS WELL.

1. Download the correct .nbh file for your device and rename it to sappimg.nbh if necessary (make sure it is sappimg.nbh and NOT sappimg.nbh.nbh or anything else)

NBH File (Works for the Old MyTouch)

Zip File (Works for the new MyTouch w/ 3.5mm headphone jack) RENAME IT TO sappimg.zip (not sappimg.zip.zip, just sappimg and its a .zip file!) Thanks Caesar for sending this in! Read more...

How To Manually Update to Froyo!

Posted by Ken S. on October 24, 2010 in Android, T-Mobile | ∞

Guys, I did it!, As Most of you probably already know, T-Mobile is releasing an update for the original MyTouch, called Froyo or Android v2.2.1. With the help of the people over at XDA, I managed to sucessfully manually update my MT3G 1.0 to Froyo. For the longest time, the big problem was that they knew what the link was for the DMD64 to FRG83 file, but not the HBOOT image file. Cause as we’re all aware, the update comes in 2 parts, a smaller update, then a bigger one. We had the 2nd part but not the first. Now we have it! Here’s what I did, starting from stock 1.6 (DMD64):

Download this file: Read more...

Access Locked Levels in Angry Birds Early Via Hack with VIDEO

Posted by Ken S. on October 22, 2010 in Android | ∞

I found this, and just had to share this. It’s really easy the only issue I had both before and after the hack, is I just can not put this game down. …

Well, folks, It’s that time where a popular game eventually has its exploits exposed to the world. This isn’t really a game breaking glitch (In fact, you can even make the argument that it’s game making.), but with a bit of trickery and a lot of tapping, you can apparently unlock the second and third set of levels on Angry Birds without having to finish Poached Eggs. Our good friend Kellex from Droid-Life shows us how to do just that in this video. The instructions, which can be found below (and reproduced in the video) are pretty straightforward and should be easy enough for anyone cheap enough to do this. Read more...

How To: Root the HTC MyTouch 3G

Posted by Ken S. on October 15, 2010 in Android, Smart Phones | ∞

I. Before You Begin

1. This works on the OLD MyTouch only (the one without the 3.5mm headphone jack at the top of the phone).

2. YOU MUST DO THIS WHOLE PROCEDURE AND THEN DO THE NEXT ONE ON LOADING A CUSTOM ROM TO GET FULL ROOT ACCESS!

II. Downgrade to Cupcake

1. Download the Original SAPPIMG.nbh:
Original SAPPIMG.nbh

2. Plug the phone into your computer via USB. Select Mount by pulling down on the notification bar at the top of the phone’s screen and selecting the USB notification. You should now be able to access the sd card in your phone on your computer. Read more...

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