What can your mobile phone really do?

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Most people buy a cell phone (also known as mobile phones) to make calls and send an sms or two. Right?

Well that’s what you hear people always say, but what if they really knew what capabilities their cell phone had? Would they then start using more of the features or still just make/receive calls, send an sms and take the odd photo?

However, most cell phones do much more than that. Chances are, if you paid over R 3500 for your cell phone or currently paying more than R100 per month on contract, then your cell phone can do some, if not all of the following: Continue reading →

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USB 3.0 Technologies

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USB 3.0 Logo

USB 3.0 logo

SuperSpeed Logo

SuperSpeed Logo

What is USB?

USB basically is a port in your computer where you put in your memory stick (flash drive), external hard drive, mobile device, webcam, mouse, external card reader, keyboard, camera and so on. It is usually rectangle with a white strip. Your device connector looks the same but usually has a black strip and smaller so it inserts into the port. The current standard for USB is called USB 2.0 Continue reading →

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Netbook or Laptop? Or Smartphone? (part two)

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This is the second part in a series of articles concerning Netbooks, Laptops and Smartphones.

LAPTOPS:

Asus

Asus

HP

HP

HP

HP

What exactly is a Laptop?

A Laptop (or Notebook) according to WikiPedia is referred to as “a personal computer designed for mobile use and small enough to sit on one’s lap while in use”

In contrast to the previous article, we will not specifically deal with exactly what a laptop is, as many people understand the concept of laptops compared to your normal desktop computer. In recent years we have seen a boom in the Laptop market as prices became much cheaper with entry level models sometimes even going for as low as R2 999. However, with the advent and sudden popularity of netbooks, laptops seem to have stabilised entry level models at R4 999 and up. One reason still stands out though; in the last few years laptops have become much more powerful, more streamlined and lightweight and of course you don’t need to fork out over R10 000 for one anymore. A fact on the other hand remains that even though the gap is narrowing, laptops will never be on par with the desktop computing power and pricing at any given time. Continue reading →

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Netbook or Laptop? Or Smartphone? (part one)

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This is the first in a series of articles concerning Netbooks, Laptops and Smartphones

Dell Inspiron

Dell Inspiron

NETBOOKS:

Lately we all hear about this new term called “netbook”. Many people have different views on what a netbook is while there are  people who don’t even know that there is such a device. There are many reviews out there regarding netbooks and once again Theblog, instead of giving just another “review”, rather educates about these and different technologies out there. The end result is to make you as informed as can be to be able make the best possible decision when considering between the different options available out there.

What exactly is a netbook?

There are many ways to answer the above question. Lets take a look at the different ways it could be understood: Continue reading →

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Facebook on Windows Mobile

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There are many ways of accessing Facebook from your Windows Mobile based Cell phone and the increasing popularity of mobile browsers makes the choice even more wider. Most of these browsers give you the full screen experience that you would see on your desktop. However, you can also see specific mobile versions of Facebook or even specific browsers rendering of the popular social media website.

Desktop Version:

  • Accessed by entering www.facebook.com
  • Shows you exactly the full screen as you would see in any desktop browser on your computer
  • On certain mobile browsers it diverts to the Facebook mobile version

Mobile Version:

  • Accessed by entering m.facebook.com
  • Shows a stripped down version optimised for Cell phone usage and is mainly text based but also has scaled down images
  • Quick n easy access to updates n messages, low bandwidth usage, lower picture quality and text based

Now lets take a look at the following browsers for Windows Mobile:

Iris Browser:

Iris Browser
Iris Browser

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MXit for Windows Mobile – (User Review)

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For those of us who don’t know, MXit is a mobile chat application much like MSN messenger, Google talk, IRC, Mig33 and the like. It allows a user to send 1000 character messages for one ZAR cents, as well as various multimedia functions that can be carried out at a fraction of the price of using a service provider.

Most people are now probably aware of the fact that the well known South African chat application now comes in a Windows Mobile version. It has taken the team at MXit quite some time to ‘fully’ develop it, having launched their second version a few months ago, well before the latest Java version and exactly the same time as the I-phone and blackberry versions.

Windows Mobile Version

Windows Mobile Version

MXit for Blackberry

MXit for Blackberry

MXit Iphone

MXit Iphone

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Windows Mobile Games

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It is quite interesting to see the influx of Windows Mobile games suddenly out on the market. Traditional “gaming” companies like EA, Gameloft and Codemasters are all realising the potential mobile gaming market has to offer, especially that of Windows Mobile (specifically for the touch screen).

The current batch of games for this platform has left me impressed and craving to see more. Some of the games are in true 3D and give off the exact same graphics as PS1, such as Tomb Raider for example. Now this game is fully 3D (third person) and honestly makes u think you are playing the PS1 version on a small screen.

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Smartphone battery tips

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Smartphones

Various Smartphones available on the market

For those of you who own Smartphones and are always fed up with weak battery life, read this article to understand how your battery works and what uses up its power. Then follow my handy tips on how to save you those last few minutes of battery power to make that important call and to prolong your battery life.

Most Smartphones today have lithium-ion batteries giving them the juice they need. These batteries are the best because you don’t have to worry about losing valuable memory on your device when your battery runs dead. Continue reading →

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FNB Connect

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FNB logo

FNB enters the broadband/telephony market with their latest offering called “FNB Connect”. This product is then further broken down into “talk” and “surf”.

FNB Connect: Talk – Uses VOIP technology to allow users to use their existing ADSL line to make phone calls. Activation costs R49.00 (includes R49.00 worth of calls) and can be topped up from amounts as low as R20.00

FNB Connect: Surf - Allows users to use their existing ADSL line to buy data bundles to surf the internet. This is all voucher based and once activated at R69.00 (which also includes 1 gig of data), users can then buy data bundles (which does not expire) from amounts as low as R20.00 and up. Data is charged at R0.069  cents per MB

For more information click here to visit their official website.

Check out the FNB connect ad

Sameer Parker

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