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  • How-to: figure out the best value iPhone 4 contracts in the UK

    How-to: figure out the best value iPhone 4 contracts in the UK

    Posted on June 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Choices, choices. Do you get the 16GB or 32GB iPhone 4? The black one now or the white one a little later? We can't tell you which variant of Apple's next phone will hold its value best over the coming months, but we can try to clear up a bit of the fogginess surrounding price plans on offer from UK networks. Orange and O2 are the first to drop handset pricing and full contract details, but they haven't made it easy for the discerning buyer, with each carrier offering more than a dozen options. Vodafone, T-Mobile, Three, and even Tesco Mobile are set to follow suit in the coming days and weeks, but we thought we'd get the ball rolling with the pair we have now.

    P.S. -- And just as we publish this, Voda has gone official with its tariffs. We've now broken them down into a more digestible format as well. Just for you.

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    How-to: figure out the best value iPhone 4 contracts in the UK originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • How to stick a USB charger into your Camry

    How to stick a USB charger into your Camry

    Posted on June 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Instructables has an interesting instruction set for adding a USB port to your car’s dashboard, thereby avoiding the “wall wart” that comes with most USB-charging devices for the car. Obviously you’re only sticking an old USB charger into the dashboard and cutting a hole for the port, but it definitely adds a touch of class [...]

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  • How to create your own Micro SIM card using a chef knife and some scissors

    How to create your own Micro SIM card using a chef knife and some scissors

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    We told you you could shave down your old and busted SIM cards and turn them into minty fresh Micro SIMs, didn't we? An industrious Londoner by the name of John Benson has gone and proven that concept with the help of some cutting implements and an original Micro SIM to use as a reference. His saintly patience resulted in his being able to negotiate the Vodafone SIM you see above into his iPad 3G (imported from the USA) and riding the waves of Voda's network as if Apple never decided to encumber its portable device with a silly new standard. The 3FF (Micro) SIMs and the bulkier original ones are electrically identical, so there's no threat of harm by using them interchangeably, though we can't say the same thing about the tools that get you there. As always, we advise trying to rope someone else into doing the work for you -- less chance of hurting yourself that way. Hit the source for more.

    [Thanks, Brandon]

    How to create your own Micro SIM card using a chef knife and some scissors originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 May 2010 08:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Help Key: Syncing and sharing on the iPad

    Help Key: Syncing and sharing on the iPad

    Posted on April 4, 2010 | No Comments
    I did a quick exploration of the syncing and sharing features for the iPad and found them slightly confusing but, ultimately, robust. Here are a few issues/findings I think you’ll be interested in: No PDF support – You can drag ePub files over to your iPad and they will appear in the reader. However, you will [...]

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  • How-To: Manually update your Verizon Droid to Android 2.1

    How-To: Manually update your Verizon Droid to Android 2.1

    Posted on March 31, 2010 | No Comments
    It's here. It's finally, finally here. After countless rumor-fueled false starts and delays, the Android 2.1 update has finally started rolling out to Verizon Droid owners. Unfortunately, it's only been rolled out to around 8,000 Droids at this point -- and considering that there are purportedly at least a million of these things floating around, that means the majority of people are still waiting for their update. Are you one of them? Fear not, friend! We've got all the details on how to manually update your Droid to the official, Verizon-and-Google-blessed build of Android 2.1.

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  • Tip: Use packing peanuts to hold nails and screws in place

    Tip: Use packing peanuts to hold nails and screws in place

    Posted on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Using a foam packing peanut to hold a nail or screw in place is brilliant. I like to think of myself as a pretty mild-tempered person but any time anybody’s asked my wife about the most angry she’s ever seen me, she always tells the story of when we first moved into our apartment here in Boston and I went around the house hanging our window blinds. Shoulda used peanuts.

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  • PSA: How to filter out iPad news using Google Reader

    PSA: How to filter out iPad news using Google Reader

    Posted on January 28, 2010 | No Comments
    In case you missed it, Apple announced the long-awaited iPad yesterday. And while there's been no shortage of coverage by just about every technology-related blog on the planet, perhaps you'd like to be able to use Google Reader without every third post being about the device. If so, there's a very simple search trick you can use to filter out all the iPad-related hoopla.

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  • Palm and Sprint issue statement acknowledging Profile backup issue

    Palm and Sprint issue statement acknowledging Profile backup issue

    Posted on November 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Even in a world full of racket, it seems that the squeaky wheel still gets the grease. In yet another blow to this whole "cloud" agenda, a vocal segment of Palm users began to notice that information transferred from their online Palm Profile was only a fraction of what it should have been. Today, both Palm and Sprint have issued a joint statement acknowledging the issue and promising to work much, much harder in order to avoid having something like this ruin your life once again. To quote:
    "We are seeing a small number of customers who have experienced issues transferring their Palm Profile information to another Palm webOS device. Palm and Sprint are working closely together to support these customers to successfully transfer their information to the new device."
    Between this mess and the T-Mobile fiasco, we're pretty certain we're being forced to stay on the manual backup bandwagon for the foreseeable future.

    [Thanks, Mike]

    Palm and Sprint issue statement acknowledging Profile backup issue originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Help Key: How to use Windows Remote Desktop Connection to connect to computers without user passwords

    Help Key: How to use Windows Remote Desktop Connection to connect to computers without user passwords

    Posted on November 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Gather round, everyone. Gather round. I’m going to show you a trick that 98% of you will never use. But for the 2% of you that actually use the information contained herein, I hope you’ll consider removing at least part of the CrunchGear staff from your “People to Punch” list. Why? If you’re like me, you have [...]

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  • T-Mobile posts Sidekick contact recovery instructions

    T-Mobile posts Sidekick contact recovery instructions

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments

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    That Microsoft / T-Mobile tag team has been doing a pretty decent job of cleaning up the disaster area left by the Sidekick data loss, and now the first item on the recovery menu is ready for collection. Sidekick users can hit up the My T-Mobile webpage to download their contacts and then restore them either to their Sidekick or whatever device they've replaced it with. Extensive how-to instructions are available at the read link, which also furnishes us with the reassurance that "Microsoft/Danger continues its efforts to recover pictures, calendar entries and to-do lists, which may be available in the future."

    [Thanks, Abe G.]

    T-Mobile posts Sidekick contact recovery instructions originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • How-to guide details PS/2 keyboard-to-iPhone mod, just for you

    How-to guide details PS/2 keyboard-to-iPhone mod, just for you

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments

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    Oh sure, we've seen hacker after hacker brag about their success in connecting some sort of keyboard to Apple's iPhone, but have any of them bothered to take the time to explain the process behind the magic? Exactly. The man behind AwghBlog, however, is a kinder, gentler soul, and he's found the time to detail in quite specific terms how he connected a legacy PS/2 keyboard (you know, the one you're not using any longer) to Apple's cash-cow of a smartphone. Best of all, the guide actually explains how to build a PS/2 keyboard-to-iPhone converter, so you're not necessarily tied to a certain board. Hit the read link if you're down for a weekend project.

    [Via MAKE]

    How-to guide details PS/2 keyboard-to-iPhone mod, just for you originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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