Posted on: July 6, 2012 No Comment
Samsung TecTiles NFC tags – Review

NFC (near field communication) has been around for a while but this is one of the first, cheap accessories that I have seen that utilizes NFC.  Samsung TecTiles are passive NFC stickers (“tags”) which are able to be programmed to perform various actions.  Almost as thin as a piece of paper (perhaps business card stock) [...]

Posted on: June 13, 2012 One Comment
Mobile App Review – Samsung’s ChatON

This is the start of a new series of reviews where we’ll be focusing on a few Samsung Apps; as a Samsung Mobiler, we’re given the opportunity to use and review many, many Samsung phones, so why not take a look at some of their apps, starting with ChatON.    If you’ve ever used apps [...]

Posted on: June 8, 2012 7 Comments
How to take a screenshot with the Samsung Galaxy S3

This is a pretty straight forward post – how to take a screenshot with the Samsung Galaxy S3.  There are two out of the box ways to do it, and for both, the screenshots are saved to the /mnt/sdcard/Pictures/Screenshots directory and also copied to the clipboard. Screenshots on the Galaxy S3     1)  Power [...]

Posted on: May 16, 2012 7 Comments
How to easily sign PDFs for free

In an effort to go completely paperless, I was presented with the problem of needing to sign a document that was emailed to me and send it back. Without having to print out the form to sign it nor needing access to a scanner or fax machine to send it back, you can simply take [...]

Posted on: May 10, 2012 4 Comments
Notable changes with ICS Android 4.0.3 for Galaxy Note

After waiting for what seemed like forever, I woke up this morning to find a notification for an ICS update for my Galaxy Note!   After downloading and updating, I’ve noticed that there are some neat features that are now available;  some may simply be because of Android 4.x, some are from the Galaxy Note Premium [...]

Posted on: February 4, 2012 3 Comments
3 quick ways to free up space on your SSD

I purchased an Intel X25-V 40GB SSD a while back, and with Windows 7 installed, I quickly found myself needing to find ways to free up space.  I especially ran into a problem as soon as I upgraded my memory from 4GB to 8GB, and even worse when I went to 12GB;  because the pagefile [...]

Posted on: February 2, 2012 11 Comments
How to upgrade a Dell Inspiron 1121 (11z)

Just bought a Dell Inspiron 1121 (11z / M101z) and want to know how to upgrade the memory or hard drive?  Unlike a few netbooks from the Dell Mini line, it’s quite simple on the 1121 and all you need are a couple of screw drivers and about 10 minutes – keep on reading to [...]

Posted on: January 9, 2012 3 Comments
Samsung GALAXY Note Size Review

  I originally planned to write this review a couple days after I received my Galaxy Note in late October, but I decided to wait.  After using it for the first couple minutes, I didn’t like it as much as I hoped because it’s larger size made it feel a bit awkward to hold and [...]

Posted on: December 12, 2011 5 Comments
How to flash the bios on a Foxconn nT-330i

I recently bought two Foxconn nT-330i machines (dual core, atom n330, mini desktops) and found myself needing to flash the bios.  However, I installed Windows 7 64bit and Linux on them and unfortunately there’s no easy utility to flash the bios from within either of those operating systems (the Foxconn bios utility only works in [...]

Posted on: November 1, 2011 23 Comments
iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy S2 Camera Comparison

With the introduction of the iPhone 4S, I’ve been keen to see how it compares to one of Samsung’s flagship devices, the Galaxy S 2.  Of the many aspects of both phone to compare, I was most interested in which had the batter camera in terms of both videos and photos, so I tested them [...]

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