Know Your Mobile review the iPad model of Spotify, a music streaming service that is taken the world by storm. One member of the Know Your Mobile team has been a Spotify premium subscriber for 6 months, but was dedicated to ending the subscription this month resulting from using Spotify much less and less on the iPhone. For office use the desktop atmosphere was proving more than enough. The opposite cause for cancelling was that due to the restricted storage space of a basic 16GB iPad, it was either fill it up with music imported from iTunes or endure the iPhone Spotify app. Given that this specific iPad spends most of its time in landscape mode and being moved round a house and in inns, the idea of using a low-res and portrait-solely app had very little appeal. Read the rest of this entry »
May 20th, 2012 | Posted in Apple, iPad, Review | No Comments
About compare the forthcoming ZTE Era to Samsung’s latest, the Galaxy S3. Era – 7.8mm thich, different dimensions TBA; Galaxy S3 – 136.6×70.6×8.6mm, 133g. The Samsung Galaxy S3 seems to be very completely different from its predecessor. Where the Galaxy S2 opted for a ‘sweet bar’ shape with solely barely rounded corners, the Galaxy S3 has gone the whole hog on the curvature entrance with a much more channelled shape. Sadly, there’s one thing less compelling about it consequently, in part it’s because we discover the shape boring, it doesn’t give the handset any actual distinctive qualities. The other much more serious issue although, is the supplies used. The plastic right here is extremely off-placing with a excessive sheen end and a tacky feel. We have not dealt with the ZTE Era but so cannot vouch for whether or not or not it is an improvement on the Galaxy S3 on the construct quality. Nonetheless, we’ll stick our neck out and say the press pictures make it look pretty snazzy on this department. Read the rest of this entry »
May 20th, 2012 | Posted in Android, Review, Samsung, ZTE | No Comments
The value of a cell phone is not only determined by the brand and type. However, as well as important data and confidential, or even historical value attached to it. Imagine if you lost your phone or even stolen. Half off? Is there a way to trace? There are some applications “anti theft”. One is “PhoneBACK Mobilephone“. When the phone changed hands and the “hands of ignorant” change their SIM cards, applications PhoneBACK secretly send a message to a specific number that we specify, for example, your backup number. After learning the new number of the offender, you may be maneuvering to track it down, or make arrangements to mobile phones can be returned, with the promise of such reward. Read the rest of this entry »
May 15th, 2012 | Posted in Applications, Tips&Tricks | No Comments
Conserve the battery of the phone can be done manually. The way I usually do is to lower the screen brightness and speed up the sreen-saver timeout at 4 bars battery left. Then when the battery level has dropped to 3 bar, I was back down the screen brightness level becomes darker and more accelerated time screen-saver timeout. In addition, I also cover some of the applications running in the background like ShoZu, etc..
Of course not possible if I do it manually every time, so I used the application of RavenSoft called Battery Extender for s60v3. This application will do everything automatically at a predetermined level of the battery to maximize battery power remaining. Read the rest of this entry »
May 10th, 2012 | Posted in Applications, Tips&Tricks | No Comments
Did you know that now you can update the IOS 5.0.1 without synchronization? Yes, it looks like Apple is starting to make the movement “keep it simple, stu ** d” with the added features of the IOS updates without having to be connected to a laptop or computer. Having tried it myself I concluded that the IOS 5.0.1 update without synchronization is much easier than the conventional way of update. Besides, with an update directly through the iPhone / iPad / iPod you the installation file into smaller ones. This is because only the latest update to be downloaded unlike ever before where Apple requires you to download the full installation file IOS. Even so, any way you choose is up actual return to your needs. If you keep up and install the latest IOS then you should choose to update directly through the iPhone / iPad / iPod. However, for those who rarely perform IOS update and want to do a “leap” for example, from IOS IOS 4.0.1 directly to 5.0.1 then you should download the installation file first and then complete IOS update. Ok, no strings attached much longer I’m sure you wanted to know how to update the IOS 5.0.1 without synchronization that I wrote on this occasion. Read the rest of this entry »
May 9th, 2012 | Posted in Apple, iPhone, Tips&Tricks | No Comments
If you happen to’ve been monitoring goings on within the smartphone world it may well’t have escaped your notice that the Nokia Lumia 900 has a new giant-screen rival in the Samsung Galaxy S3. There are some pretty outlandish claims being made about the Android phone with regard to specs, however how’s it prone to stack as much as the Windows Phone champ in real world terms?
Both the Nokia Lumia 900 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 will launch in the UK over the approaching weeks, and both bear the burden of being the champions of their OS platforms – Windows Phone 7.5 and Android 4.0 respectively. It is a veritable clash of the titans already then, but they’re also huge phones in a very literal sense. Nonetheless, the Nokia Lumia 900′s sizeable 4.three-inch AMOLED screen (the largest screen Nokia has ever produced) appears dwarfed alongside the Samsung Galaxy S3′s 4.eight-inch example. Read the rest of this entry »
May 8th, 2012 | Posted in Nokia, Samsung | No Comments
The Nokia Lumia 900 might be out this month, so we thought we’d stack it up against its older, smaller brother the Nokia Lumia 800 and see where the variations are. When the Nokia Lumia 900 first revealed itself at the beginning of 2012, it was evident that it shared a lot of its DNA with the trailblazing Nokia Lumia 800. That’s no bad thing both – the Lumia 800 is a contemporary design classic. However do not let that fool you – the Nokia Lumia 900 has numerous improvements and variations when stacked in opposition to its brother. Listed here are the 5 essential areas you want to know about. Read the rest of this entry »
May 7th, 2012 | Posted in Nokia, Windows | No Comments
Technique Analytics research claims Samsung is now the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer by quantity. Strategy Analytics has released its figures for Q1 2012 period, and it is a consequence for Samsung and Apple. In line with data from the impartial analysis and consulting agency, Apple and Samsung accounted for 55 per cent of the overall smartphone shipments.
Smartphone shipments as an entire elevated forty one per cent yearly to 145.three million units. The figures show Samsung overtook Apple, with more 44.5 million smartphones shipments, in comparison with the 12.6 million from the identical quarter in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
May 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Rumors, Samsung | Comments Off
When a major news entity like CNN launches an app on the Windows Phone market – and with the backing of Nokia itself through the Nokia Collection – it is worth taking note. How does the app stack up as a information instrument? Read on for our full review. The US doesn’t have its own version of the BBC, however the closest factor to it in terms of reach and status would have to be CNN. The originator of 24 hour news is a highly effective pressure on the earth of reports reporting.
That is why we’re eager to check out this CNN information app for Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone. Can it stand up to the likes of The Guardian app? Read the rest of this entry »
May 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Applications, Nokia, Review | Comments Off
Strategy Analytics released knowledge for Q1 2012 and it confirmed a lot of attention-grabbing things. Namely that Nokia had been knocked off the top spot after being usurped by Samsung. Actually, Nokia dropped down to 3rd place under Apple. Apple and Samsung combined now represents 55 per cent of the entire smartphone market worldwide, which is basically moderately impressive, while Nokia has reached a new low by way of market share. Read the rest of this entry »
May 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Rumors | Comments Off