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7″ Android ICS tablet for less than $100 [birthday]

Friday, 2012.08.03 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Samantha got me a really cool little Android tablet for my birthday. 🙂 I will write more about it soon. But to start with, here are the specs: Size: 190*120*10mm, Weight: About 450 g. LCD Resolution: 7 inch 800 x 480 pixels. Output: Cable, HDMI & CVBS Output to HDTV. Touchscreen: 5 point. CPU: 1.Processor: A10 1GHZ-1.2GHZ (1.5GHz at Max) Multi Core. 2. PMU (Power Management system): AXP209. 3.GPU ( 3D Graph Engine): Mali-400 GPU @350MHZ. Camera: Front Camera 0.3MP,

Best Motorola Photon Extended Battery AND Case!

Wednesday, 2012.08.01 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Here is the best extended battery I have found for the Motorola Photon: Hyperion Motorola Photon 4G 3500mAh Extended Battery & Back Cover and here is a case that actually fits pretty well when the extended battery is installed! Solid Black Silicone Skin Gel Cover Case For Motorola Photon 4G I have found my battery life to be 2-3 days with fairly heavy use, whereas before the extended battery I was lucky to get a day’s use. 🙂 The price

iPad: Send Multiple Photos via Email

Monday, 2012.07.23 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Emailing multiple photos on my iPad: Apple Support Communitieshttps://discussions.apple.com/thread/3929904?start=0&tstart=01. Tap the box with arrow on top right of your album 2. Select your pictures 3. Tap the Share button on top left to email pictures http://i1224.photobucket.com/albu… Send multiple photos at once on the iPad and iPhone | Macgasmhttp://www.macgasm.net/2010/06/29/send-multiple-photos-ipad-iphone/If there’s something the iPad excels at, it’s the Photos application. Being able to show off pictures in large resolution is a huge plus for the device, and… Top Search Terms:send multiple photos from ipad email

Reset the BIOS / Supervisor Password on Acer Aspire One AO722

Monday, 2012.07.23 J.D. H. 4 comments

Question from reader M.H.: Hi J.D., Thank you so much for those great step-by-step memory upgrade instructions. As you obviously know much more about the AO722 than I do, I was wondering if I could pick your brain on something. As I’ve forgotten my computer’s BIOS supervisor password, would you be able to let me know how to clear it or otherwise get into my BIOS? (that is, other than sending the netbook back to Acer and paying them over

Toshiba Satellite F01N unknown device / pci simple communication controller [driver download]

Monday, 2012.07.23 J.D. H. 6 comments

Q. Hello, I have toshiba satellite c850 fo1n “unknown device and pci simple communication controller” not working can you help out? A. Sure! If your device manager is showing a yellow question mark for unknown device F01n as well as the simple communications controller on the Satellite C850, that problem should be solved by the following driver download: [download id=”10485″ format=”1″] (Intel Chipset Utility for Toshiba Satellite laptops, both 32 bit x86 and 64 bit x64) NOTE: this driver may also work

Projector recommendations

Friday, 2012.07.20 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Update: there is a new 1080p ViewSonic projector that would also be a very nice choice. It is called the View Sonic PJD6553W and it replaces the PJD6531w. A good friend asked for a projector recommendation late last year. He needed to replace a failed projector and here was my recommendation: First starting with criteria, then ending with specific model recommendations. CRITERIA These criteria are based on my desire for the new projector to be as good or better than the old projector in

How to calibrate Motorola Photon extended battery

Thursday, 2012.07.19 J.D. H. 4 comments

2012.07.20 UPDATE: So far the battery life with the extended battery is simply phenomenal! I recently purchased a Hyperion extended battery for my Motorola Photon (about $18 on Amazon). Mugen is another popular brand of extended batteries, however, they seem to be $60+. So for now I am pleased to try out this lower cost battery and see how it performs After switching to an extended battery it seems that the Photon will report that the battery is running down fairly quickly

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PayPal.com is down this morning, not available

Thursday, 2012.07.19 J.D. H. Leave a comment

PayPal.com is down this morning for at least some users: Hopefully the issue will be resolved soon! Other posts today about similar issues: Is Paypal down? – Discussions – Site Help – Etsy Teamshttp://www.etsy.com/teams/7718/site-help/discuss/10639538/Paypal down, paypal printing unavailable, other issues… Top Search Terms:paypal down (5)is paypal.com down (2)is paypal down 2012 (2)september 2012 paypal down (1)is paypal down 11/5/14 (1)is pay pal not working april 17 2013 (1)is paypal down august 19 (1)is paypal down march 11, 2013? (1)is paypal