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The future of computing looks terrific

novo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:21:48 +0000

Our faith in innovation has been restored thanks to the genius of one man. Barton Smith has created a future mobile operating system concept that changes depending on your geographical location. It’s called Locus OS for location based operating system. It’s designed for a tablet-like mobile device, but we envision even more uses. You create “Panels” within Locus that vary from “driving” for GPS, to “living room” for a media center, to “studying” for all your office software.

Quite frankly, it’s beautiful. Check out the video to see this awesomness:

Locus OS Interface from Barton Smith on Vimeo.

We might dare to say this is one of the most innovative design concepts we’ve seen in a decade.

:: Locus OS

Tags: device, Future, Locus, Mobile, Operating System

5 ways to maximize your battery life

novo — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:21:43 +0000

Whether it’s a laptop, iPhone, or your mom’s meatloaf, these tips will help increase the life of your batteries.

1. Dim your display – Your laptop or mobile device should come with an option to lower the brightness and dim the screen. This is an easy and effective way to dramatically increase the life of any battery.

2. Unplug – When your device is not in use, unplug it. Keeping your device plugged in for long periods of time can cause deterioration to a battery’s capacity. Prolonged deterioration will destroy your battery life in no time.

3. Drain. Recharge Completely. Repeat. – You can keep your battery lasting longer by draining it to its lowest point and then plugging it in to recharge completely. This will help prevent capacity deterioration and allow you to keep your battery lasting longer.

4.Remove unwanted programs – Remove all the programs you no longer need or use. We have a neat little way to do just that. This will help prevent junk software from running in the background and tying up your device’s processing power. The less your device has to do, the longer your battery will last.

5. Enable Power Saver Mode – Most modern devices come with an option to maximize power. This should automatically dim your display or set it to dim after a certain amount of inactivity. For Laptop users, Snow Leopard and Window 7 come with power saver plans. These can be easily selected through Mac system preferences or Windows control panel. Enabling power saver mode on your device should be the easiest way to maximize your battery life.

Tags: battery, device, extend, increase, life, maximize, Mobile

Google makes phones. Finally.

novo — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:56:39 +0000

The Google Phone has arrived. The Nexus One seems to be a combination of the Motorola Droid and the HTC Eris. It includes the hardware features that made the Droid popular along with the sleekness of the HTC Eris.

Our one complaint so far is the lack of a physical keyboard. For those of you who absolutely hate onscreen keyboards, this phone is not going to be for you.

You can buy it outright from Google for $529.00 or go through T-Mobile for $179.00. Verizon customers will have to wait until Spring 2010, but you can always purchase the Droid if you can’t wait that long.

Meanwhile, take a look at the Nexus preview:

Tags: Google, Nexus, One, Phone

Droid system update! Delightfulness ensues!

novo — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:39:54 +0000

We finally received our Motorola Droid operating system update. We’re pleased to announce it didn’t blow up our phone! Furthermore, it actually improved several issues. We noticed a speed improvement, reliability improvement, and our apps seemed to cuddle with each other better.

If you’re an android user, we highly recommend updating your phone as soon as it politely asks you to do so.

Tags: Droid, Motorola, System, Update

The war for Middle Earth has begun…

novo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:07:06 +0000

Hilarious, and so very true.

Not hilarious, and Luke Wilson?

Instead of spending time making comeback commercials, AT&T should spend their capital on not dropping everyone’s calls. It’d be brilliant.

Tags: AT&T, Cell, Phone, Verizon, Wireless

Sidekick Update: T-Mobile bribes users with $100 gift card

novo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:27:07 +0000

Dear valued T-Mobile Sidekick customers:

We are thankful for your continued patience as Microsoft/Danger continues to work on preserving platform stability and restoring all services for our Sidekick customers. We have made significant progress this past weekend, restoring services to virtually every customer. Microsoft/Danger has teams of experts in place who are working around-the-clock to ensure this stability is maintained.

Regarding those of you who have lost personal content, T-Mobile and Microsoft/Danger continue to do all we can to recover and return any lost information. Recent efforts indicate the prospects of recovering some lost content may now be possible. We will continue to keep you updated on this front; we know how important this is to you.

In the event certain customers have experienced a significant and permanent loss of personal content, T-Mobile will be sending these customers a $100 customer appreciation card. This will be in addition to the free month of data service that already went to Sidekick data customers. This card can be used towards T-Mobile products and services, or a customer’s T-Mobile bill. For those who fall into this category, details will be sent out in the next 14 days – there is no action needed on the part of these customers. We however remain hopeful that for the majority of our customers, personal content can be recovered.

Sidekick customers can continue to visit T-Mobile Sidekick Forums (http://www.t-mobile.com/sidekick) on a regular basis to access the latest updates, as well as FAQs regarding this service disruption. The Forums also offers tips and suggestions for rebuilding content on your device.

Via :: Boy Genius Report ::
:: Boy Genius Report Home ::

Tags: data, loss, Sidekick, T-Mobile, users

It’s not like you NEEDED that data right?

novo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:46:34 +0000

T-Mobile customers who lost any data stored on Danger’s servers will probably never get it back. It’s okay though! It’s only the year 2009 and it’s not like major companies implement backup strategies anyway right? Who backs up data? I mean am I right??

It should be interesting to see if this causes a mass exodus of people to ditch their sidekick in favor of a more modern smart phone. Come to think of it… who even uses a Sidekick these days? I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen anyone use one of those monsters. Well, someone out there must be…

Thanks T-Mobile! Looove youuuu!

:: T-Mobile Forums

Tags: data, loss, Sidekick, T-Mobile, users

Verizon HTC Touch Pro 2 out today 9/11/09

novo — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:14:56 +0000

$200.00 after $100.00 rebate. A much better deal than all other Touch Pro 2 carrier offers.

:: Verizon HTC Touch Pro 2

Tags: 2, HTC, Mobile, Phone, Pro, Smart, Verizon, Windows

Sync your bookmarks in Chrome for extra flavor!

novo — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:57:13 +0000

And why shouldn’t you add some bookmarky zest? Firefox users have been doing it for several months. Clearly, this is not for amateur chefs!

In their latest installment of web-browser-feature-catchup, the developers of Chromium finally announced the ability to sync your bookmarks across computers using Google Chrome.

Unfortunately, it’s a little more complicated than that. You’ll need to get the latest Dev Version of Chrome. To activate this feature, you must launch Google Chrome with a dash of tech skills. You’ll need to right-click your Chrome shortcut, select Properties, then add –enable-sync after chrome.exe” in the Target line.

Once this is done though, deliciousness ensues. After you restart Chrome, click the tool Wrench and select ‘Sync my bookmarks.’

You’re now officially syncing your bookmarks across computer lines using your Google account and that, friends, is no sloppy hamburger.

Bottom.Paratus: This feature is clearly a tinch more complicated than Firefox’s Weave, though it’s certainly a step in the right direction. No need to worry though! We’re sure this will be made standard in future builds of Chrome.

:: Bookmarks Here, Bookmarks There, Bookmarks Everywhere

Tags: Bookmarks, Chrome, Google, Sync