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WiFi Automator & Battery Saver Works

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I saw WiFi Automator & Battery Saver in Marketplace the other day and the dev was nice enough to provide me with a demo to test. The results? Big smiles. The app automatically turns on your wifi when you’re in a known wifi area, turns it off when you’re out of the area and it … Read more

Social Connectivity Gets Real With the Samsung Reality From Verizon Wireless

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Hey Look, another phone announced today, this one for Verizon..

Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), today announced the Samsung Reality(TM) is now available. The sleek and stylish Samsung Reality, available in two color options – Piano Black and City Red – sports a three-inch touch screen display, full horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard, customizable widgets, and multiple messaging options.

The Samsung Reality supports Samsung’s unique TouchWiz interface, which offers specially designed widgets that allow customers to customize and personalize their phones. The Communities widget allows customers to update social networking sites, post pictures and upload videos to YouTube(TM) and other Web sites instantly. The Samsung Reality also features one-touch widgets, which provide instant access to favorite Web sites on the phone’s full HTML Web browser.

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Nokia N8. Connect. Create. Entertain.

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So it’s been officially announced, the Nokia N8 is here, sort of.. at least it will be here later this year for a little under $500.

The Nokia N8, Nokia’s latest smartphone, intuitively connects to the people, places and services that matter most. With the Nokia N8, people can create compelling content, connect to their favorite social networks and enjoy on-demand Web TV programs and Ovi Store apps. Available in select markets during the third quarter of 2010, the estimated retail price of the Nokia N8 is EUR 370, before applicable taxes or subsidies.

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The WP7 Refresh

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Clarity Consulting has again shown a demo of a concept WP7 app. This time the focus was to show the power and beauty of WP7. They actually show an existing iPhone app for Comcast and show what it leaves on the table. Let’s look at them side by side. Here’s the current app for the … Read more

WP7 Silverlight Porting Takes 90 Minutes

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So a dev made a photo gallery using the Metro UI in Silverlight and then decided to port it to WP7.  How long did the port take? 90 minutes. And of that time. a half hour was spent porting and an hour was spent adding the app bar, back navigation and optimizing performance. And the … Read more

Engadget is pissing me off all over the place.

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I read a lot of news.  I read an abnormal amount of mobile phone news specifically.  Kind of how I started writing here in the first place.  Everyone who reads news online usually has a handful of sites they use for reliable and up to date news.  My morning reportoire includes MobilityDigest.com, WMPoweruser,  and Engadget.  Engadget is by far the largest of these sites (backed and owned by AOL/Time Warner) so they typically have the biggest news leaks out of the three.  I usually follow their Mobile World Congess coverage and other major press events.  None of this bothers me.  What does bother me is the enormous ground-dragging brass balls those guys must have to present themselves as a total mobile news source with this kind of obvious app prejudice.  

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Wet cell phone? No problem With DRY-ALL’s Wet Cellular Phone Emergency Kit

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Every time I look at that title I see Dry-Wall for some reason and not Dry-All… I don’t know why..

Anyway, if you’ve ever dropped your cell in the toilet, I’ve got a friend who’s done it several times now, it’s not fun trust me on this, you’ll want to try and save it..maybe, I guess it all depends on what was in the toilet.. But, if you’ve ever dropped your cell phone in the water, be it whatever body of water it may be, I’m sure you’ve panicked and figured you’d be buying a new phone. You could have tried the rice drying method too, I know people have saved their phones with rice. Now though there’s a product specifically designed to save your wet cell phone called Dry-All. It’s basically a zip-lock bag of moisture absorbent beads that you stick your phone in for about two days and supposedly your phone will be dry and working like new. The cost is only $9.99, which isn’t bad at all considering many of our phones can easily cost several hundred dollars, and spending $10 to save that phone would be money very well spent.

It’s not just for phone though, it can be used for other small electronics too..

Read on for the full PR:

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More Details on the “Perfect Fuze”

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In my post from a few weeks ago, I indicated that I had finally attained what I considered to be a perfect set-up for my Fuze. A commenter asked what precisely that set-up was, so I thought such a query deserved another posting.

I’ll start with the basics and then go deeper into the phone.

ROM: NRG 235557 (there is now a 23563). This rom is the cutting edge of WM6.5. It is beautiful, stable, and fast. Battery life is mixed.

Home screen: Co0kie’s Home Tab (CHT) v1.7 (now up to v.1.7.1. This mod was the key as it allowed tremendous modification of the home screen and, most importantly for me, gave me the real estate to have have the first row of Quick Links visible on the home screen. His mod also allowed me to jettison my iPhone Today mod (with Manila Today Page). I absolutely hate the WM Start Menu set-up, so iPT allowed me to have easy access to my most used apps in a simple, page-sliding app-launching format. But with CHT Quick Links mod, I now have the same ease without the extra weight of another app.

Slider icons: I like Badger’s slider icons. More interesting and colorful.

Taskbar icons: The default taskbar icons are pretty bland. I use this one from Reefermattness. Nice colors and easily readable.

Start-up animation: Simple and elegant start-up animation.

Arranging Start Menu: If you like to arrange your Start Menu (I do for all the little apps and tweaks that I use infrequently), this is a must.

Weather: Unless you live in a big city, you need this app to include your city or town in the Weather tab.

Below the break, I have listed all of the apps and tweaks I installed. To find them, just do a search on xda-developers-Raphael/Fuze forum.

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Know Your Moon Phase With Deluxe Moon

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The Moon is our closest celestial neighbor and the most prominent object in the night sky.

Although the Moon is so much smaller than the Sun, it strongly affects everything on the Earth, including many aspects of your life. Not only tides and animals are affected by the Moon, but also it influences human emotions, relationships, blood pressure an even finances.

Many forms of life on Earth depend on the Moon movement. If you keep track of it, you will soon discover some amazing relationships. This knowledge could help you make your life better!

 

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