Posted on July 17th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The EVO 4G from Sprint has been a great phone so far during initial testing except for the fact that it sucks power like an air conditioner on a 105 degree day if you let it. I put together a few power saving tweaks that will help preserve your precious EVO 4G go-go juice. You [...]
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Posted on May 4th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Just as every smart phone claiming to be an “iPhone killer” has failed to dethrone Apple’s iPhone, every so-called “iTunes killer” has so far fallen short of expectations.
But a new music service from Europe might be the first legitimate iTunes contender. And it’s coming soon to the United States.
Spotify, based in the U.K. and available [...]
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Posted on April 19th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
It sounds too good to be true, and it just might be. An Apple employee reportedly left a prototype of the new iPhone at a bar, and it ended up in the hands of a gadget blog.
Photos of the fourth-generation iPhone prototype first appeared on the tech blog Engadget over the weekend. The site said [...]
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Posted on April 19th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Toyota Motor Corp. has announced a recall of 2010 model year Lexus GX 460 SUVs. The recall is related to an increased risk of rollover. The recall covers about 9,400 SUVs in the United States.
The automaker recently suspended sales of the luxury SUV after a report Tuesday by the magazine Consumer Reports. The magazine said [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Google plunged into the world of social networking on Tuesday, melding pieces of Facebook and Twitter into a new feature, Google Buzz.Buzz, which will work through the popular Gmail service, will allow users to post status updates, photos and links to members of their network — as well as pull in their activity on other [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
AT&T said Thursday that it will invest an additional $2 billion in its network in 2010 to make sure it keeps up with the growing demand from new smartphones and other 3G data devices, such as the Apple iPad, on its network.
During its fourth quarter 2009 conference call, Chief Operating Officer John Stankey said AT&T [...]
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Posted on December 30th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Consumer outrage about AT&T’s 3G service for iPhones is boiling over, but the dropped calls and spotty service reflect a greater lack of foresight in the wireless industry.Analysts say AT&T’s problems would have happened on any network that carried Apple’s (AAPL, Fortune 500) iPhone because of the overwhelming amount of data downloaded by iPhone users. [...]
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Posted on December 12th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
If you’re looking forward to parking a brand-new electric car in your garage soon, be prepared to spend some money getting that garage in shape.
Electric cars like the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt ideally use special “quick chargers” that have to be hardwired directly into high-power lines.
Installing the chargers is not like putting in a [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
OK, so after eight years and a lot of grumbling — Vista, anyone? — Microsoft has finally released a new operating system that people seem excited about.
Windows 7, which went on sale Thursday, promises a smoother user experience, multi-touchscreen capability and more seamless networking with other computers.
Early reviews have been good.
“We think it’s a far [...]
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