Category: mobile

04/14/13 08:05- ID#57524

NFC Enabled Case for Galaxy Note 8.0 Tablet

Since samsung decided not to include 3g/4g it the US version of the galaxy note tab 8.0 I have to use my Galaxy note 2 phone as a mobile hotspot. I also needed a case for the Note 8.0 and didn't want to spend $50 on an ugly plastic one so I made one of my own from an old book, an old pillow case, an old towel, a dragon patch, NFC capable sticker and good old fashioned thread and needle. oh 4 and mix in an MFA.

In the end I I have an awesome, very lightweight case that also doubles as a toggle for the wifi hotspot capability of my phone. Simply tap the dragon with the phone and the phones wifi hotspot goes on or off.

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Category: mobile

04/14/13 12:40- ID#57516

Galaxy Note 8.0 Tablet

I decided to buy a Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet because I wanted to have a larger surface for taking notes with thr s-pen during meetings. I like the ipad but I really miss the accurate stylus when I switch from the note 2 phone to the ipad 4. The note 2 is good for jotting down ideas but the size makes in not so convenient for more complex notes.

This is my second midsize tablet and I have to say this one is far superior to the original nook, although the screen is now just a little too wide to fit in a pocket unlike the nook.

It has a 5mp rear camera. I forgot how crappy 5mp is compared to 8mp but its not like there is a better option on any other mid size tablet. The screen is also significantly crappy compared with the amazing screen on the note 2.

All in all its does what I want. Make paper even more obsolete.

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Category: mobile

03/19/13 02:07- ID#57392

How the spirit of St Patrick killed Terry's Phone

We just got him a new replacement phone and he accidentally humped this one down the chimney 40 ft to its death on St. Patrick's day. Of course it went in the one chimney hole that doesn't come out anywhere. We spent hours creating a contraption made of PVC pipes ducted taped together in order to retrieve it.

The weather was so torturous up on the roof today. Once that was all done there was a server hardware failure crisis at work. Nothing like this vacation I am supposed on.

Hump, hump, hump


Phone falls to its death, no one notices. Then spend a day looking for the phone, at the last minute tried on the roof and looked down the chimney after I saw the photo above.


Long day trying to save baby jessica from the well not knowing if she had survived or not.


She was dead anyways.


Even though we have insurance through AT&T, its $199 for a replacement. But strangely enough Discover card had a purchase protection plan that covers it, at least I think so - will know more tomorrow.

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Last Modified: 03/31/13 12:18

Category: mobile

03/01/13 05:49- ID#57308

Dear Samsung Customer Service

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Category: mobile

02/20/13 09:18- ID#57271

Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal Again

They need 5383 signatures more to reach 100,000 signatures by feb 23. If you care about hardware freedom and the ability to do what you want with electronics you purchase then please sign this petition to repeal the ruling that made cell phone unlocking illegal.

Update: more details redalertpolitics.com/2013/01/31/librarian-of-congress-criminalizes-unlocked-cell-phones/

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Category: mobile

11/11/12 09:47- ID#56884

The Galaxy Note 2 with Jellybean

I finally received my galaxy note 2 this weekend. It definately feels l I ke the future. The device is unbelieably fast. In fact it takes pictures instantaneously.

I seriously can't imagine having an iphone in comparison and its not like I don't have ios experience. I had 3 iphones and and ipad 3 with ios six.

The navigation voice on this thing is totally amazing. It actually sounds like a real person versus siri or the previous android navigation voice. It is literally the best TTS engine I have ever heard. Better than the AT&T naturally clear voices.

The only weird thing is the lack of a deducated search button and the fact that the home button is a physical button. Personally I prefer all capacitive buttons as the last physical home button I had on the iphone broke. I can't understand why they would remove the search button on a device that is so driven by search.

Here is the best overall review of the phone I have seen



It also was my first experience with jellybean All around an excellent experience.

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Category: mobile

09/18/12 11:50- ID#56778

Why I Hate the Iphone 5

Its not just because you can't change the battery or upload files in the browser. Its way more selfish than that. I hate it because now all of the regular folk are going to be on LTE and I am going to have to share the amazing bandwidth I have had for the past few months. Its just like how 3g was awesome till the iPhone 3g came out.

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Category: mobile

08/01/12 11:59- ID#56653

Samsung 32Gb class 10 micro ssd - yippie

I saw a great deal on a 32GB class 10, samsung, micro SD card on new egg in retail packaging. It was around $1/gb which a year ago was unheard of. You can't really buy these things on amazon because there is so many black market scanners so I turned to new egg. Now to back everything up from my old class 4 16gb card.

Altogether the phone has 54gb of space now.

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Category: mobile

06/29/12 09:46- ID#56578

Holy Shit LTE Rocks

When I was uploading those pics in the entries before this it took only a fraction of a second. It seemed impossible that it was so quick. I mean 4g hspda is fast but not that fast. Then I noticed my 4g symbol now says LTE next to it. This is precisely why I bought this phone instead of an iPhone - 16mbps+ down, 10 mbps+ up on the go, ya!

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Category: mobile

06/06/12 04:24- ID#56521

Ice Cream Sandwich on the Galaxy Note

Its seems pretty awesome so far. I am uaing the Only One ICS rom from

Some highlights:

• Android 4.04
  
• Tons of developer options
  
• The keyboard seems more intelligent
  
• There is S voice, the siri competion
  
• The UI seems really snappy
  
• They solved the washed out blacks in the display issue!!
  
• Cut, copy and paste plus select is awesome and accurate for once
  
• facial recognition unlock
  
• full disk encryption option
  
• ICS google chrome browser
  
• NFC is working but Google wallet still disabled :(
  
• The s pen note app is insane. It has many more options now. It is one of the best note taking apps I have ever seen.
  
• New task manager with screenshots of each open app.

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