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Seidio battery report
I mentioned on July 20th how I'd installed a 3rd party extended battery from Seidio in my HTC Incredible smartphone, and immediately began seeing huge improvements in battery life. (Well, I should, given it's nearly 3x the capacity and did … Continue reading
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More ‘Droid goodness
I know the Kindle's been available for Droid-equipped phones for a while now. Barnes & Noble has finally jumped on the bandwagon with an Android app — essentially 'Nook for Android.' It installed on my HTC Incredible without a hitch, … Continue reading
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More on the HTC Incredible
After a couple weeks worth of use, some more observations on my new HTC Incredible smartphone: Although the 1300 mAh OEM battery is way underpowered for a phone with these capabilities, it did hold up a little better than I'd … Continue reading
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Technowitchy goodness: the HTC Droid Incredible
HTC Droid Incredible. I haz one. I might post a more formal review later, but for now– Pros: Droid operating system (meaning the phone can be updated) Super fast and responsive More apps than you can shake a stick at … Continue reading
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For what it’s worth…
…I realized I had a ton of unprocessed comments in my 'pending' queue. Not a common occurrence for this site. Anyway, they were related to my custom edits on WordPress's new 3.0 Twenty-Ten template — I think I've gone over … Continue reading
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Vipre Antivirus Premium – recommended
After years of struggling with Symantec/Norton, McAfee, and Microsoft OneCare, last year I finally found what I consider to be one of the best PC antivirus products on the market: Sunbelt Software’s VIPRE Antivirus. At the time, my only complaint … Continue reading
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Review: Barnes & Noble Nook eReader
Okay… in lolcat-speak, as regards Barnes & Noble’s new ‘Nook’ eReader device, “I haz one.” For better or worse, I was in the first bunch to get one, having pre-ordered early enough to get first dibs. Better, in that I … Continue reading
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B&N Nook e-Reader
I haz one. Early Yule present and it just arrived today. Will play with it for a few days or a week or so, then post a review. For now? I rather like it. Glad I pre-ordered.
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Windows 7 2nd Impressions
Best OS upgrade experience since Windows 95 (many don’t remember what a huge step up that was from Win 3.1). Really solid, and not a single BSOD. I think I had Firefox crash once, but that was more likely due … Continue reading
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Windows 7 1st Impressions
The pros: Slick, noticeably more responsive than my previous Vista 64-bit installation. Some details are a little kludgey as I figure them out, but in general Microsquishy took nearly all the things I hated about Vista and made ‘em better. … Continue reading
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