Friday, July 8, 2011

13 things I've learned

In this course I have learned...

How to build a website from scratch
How to create a blogger
How to post to a blogger
How to create different types of blog posts
How to create CafePress products
How to create a Privacy Policy page on my web site
How to submit URLs to a search engine
How to create an eBook
How to setup a PayPal account (sadly I've never had one before)
How to create a PayPal donate button
How to find and promote ClickBank products
How to advertise on my website
How to add a counter to my web pages on my website

13 things I've learned

In this course I have learned...

How to build a website from scratch
How to create a blogger
How to post to a blogger
How to create different types of blog posts
How to create CafePress products
How to create a Privacy Policy page on my web site
How to submit URLs to a search engine
How to create an eBook
How to setup a PayPal account (sadly I've never had one before)
How to create a PayPal donate button
How to find and promote ClickBank products
How to advertise on my website
How to add a counter to my web pages on my website

iPhone 4

Apple’s most recent invention has wowed nearly every iPhone user. People thought the 3GS was the next best thing and then Apple trumped itself again as it always has with the iPhone 4. Recently Apple announced that the new iOS 5 operating system will be released to iPhone 4 users for free making this product even more popular. Most iPhone 3GS users that didn’t have the luxury of picking up the iPhone 4 and planned on waiting until the 5 came out until Apple’s announcement of this new operating system now every iPhone user is rushing out to get their new iPhone 4. Here is a quick rundown on one of the most popular phones on the market…
When creating iPhone 4, Apple designers and engineers didn’t start with a clean sheet of paper. They started with three years of experience designing and building the phones that redefined what a phone can do. iPhone 4 is the result of everything they’ve learned so far. And it’s all contained in a beautiful enclosure a mere 9.3 millimeters thin, making iPhone 4 the world’s thinnest smartphone. All the breakthrough technology in iPhone 4 is situated between two glossy panels of aluminosilicate glass — the same type of glass used in the windshields of helicopters and high-speed trains. Chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, the glass is ultradurable and more scratch resistant than ever. It’s also recyclable. The 960-by-640 backlit LCD display boasts a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch, making it the highest-resolution phone screen ever. To achieve this, Apple engineers developed pixels so small — a mere 78 micrometers across — that the human eye can’t distinguish individual pixels. That makes text remarkably sharp and graphics incredibly vivid. IPS technology also provides excellent color and contrast from almost any viewing angle. iPhone 4 includes a built-in three-axis gyroscope. When paired with the accelerometer, it makes iPhone 4 capable of advanced motion sensing such as user acceleration, full 3D attitude, and rotation rate. Translation: More motion gestures and greater precision for an even better gaming experience. The iPhone 4 camera shoots gorgeous 5-megapixel photos and stunning HD video. And with its advanced backside illumination sensor, it captures beautiful images even in low-light settings. The built-in LED flash does double duty. When you’re taking pictures, it works as a flash. When you’re shooting video it can stay on to light up the scene. And on the front of iPhone 4, the built-in camera is perfect for making FaceTime calls and shooting self-portraits.

For a list of the top 25 Smartphone apps go to...
http://101smartphones101.blogspot.com/2011/06/top-25-smartphone-apps.html
http://101smartphones101.blogspot.com/2011/06/top-10-smartphone-apps.html
http://101smartphones101.blogspot.com/2011/06/rooting-and-jailbreaking.html
http://101smartphones101.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-personal-recommendation.html

Thursday, July 7, 2011

iPhone 3GS

Apple has trump itself time and time again with better and stronger iPhone devices one after another. The iPhone 3GS was one of the most durable and most sought out iPhones before the iPhone 4 came out. It has been so popular that Apple has elected to continue to sell the iPhone 3GS three years after its original release (very unusual for Apple). The 3GS packed a powerful punch and here is a quick rundown of Apple’s most popular product for nearly five years now. Keep applications open in the background. Organize your apps with folders. Shop for books in the iBookstore. The 8GB iPhone 3GS takes advantage of all the great features of iOS 4. And it starts at an amazing new price — just $49. Now you can run your favorite third-party apps — and switch between them instantly — without slowing down the performance of the foreground app or draining the battery unnecessarily. So you can listen to a ball game while emailing. Or receive a VoIP call while playing a game. Drag and drop to organize apps into folders on your Home screens and get fast access to your favorites. More than a full-color ebook reader, iBooks is also an amazing place to browse and shop for books anytime you feel like it.2 It works with PDFs that you can sync using iTunes on your Mac or PC. And you can customize iBooks to suit the way you read — adjust the brightness, change the text size, and more. On iPhone, making a call is as simple as tapping a name or number. And Visual Voicemail lets you play messages in any order — just like email.

Blackberry Torch

Blackberries have fallen off the face of the earth since Androids, iPhones and Windows 7 phones have hit the market. Blackberry’s used to own nearly 40% of the market share and now they have dwindled down to a measly 12%. Blackberry combated this recent decrease in market share with the release of their first ever touchscreen device which also couples with a full QWERTY slideout keyboard. Here is a quick rundown of Blackberry’s Torch…
With 8 GB of memory, expandable up to 32 GB with a microSD card, feel free to immerse yourself in all that inspires you. Use your fingers to pinch a screen for a zoomed out effect and expand two fingers to zoom in. Thanks to BlackBerry 6 and a large screen, you can experience a full-featured music player that allows you to see full album art and track listings in portrait or landscape. With a 5 MP camera with flash, continuous auto-focus and image stabilization, plus 11 photo modes and video recording, it's easy to capture those spontaneous moments. Bring your sources of inspiration together. Gather and filter all your social network and RSS feeds in one view. Or spread your own inspiration - update multiple social networks with a single post. Manage multiple open websites with tabbed browsing. Bookmark your favorite sites with branded icons and customizable names, and access them right from the home screen. Just a few of the great features from BlackBerry 6.2. For all it can do, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is remarkably easy to use when you've got the right tools to help with setup and using all the new features.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

LG Quantum

The past few posts have been quick rundowns but here is more of a review on a solid Windows 7 device that comes fully loaded with a full QWERTY slide out keyboard…
LG's first Windows Phone 7 device is the Quantum, which comes out swinging with a QWERTY keyboard and solid build quality. Is there enough to set it apart from the other WP7 devices? The LG Quantum is one of the few Windows Phone 7 devices to have a physical keyboard. As with its other smartphones, however, LG takes a decidedly feature phone approach to the Quantum. Did LG go far enough in shedding its feature phone funk to attract the more sophisticated smartphone crowd? The LG Quantum combines mostly good hardware with a solid smartphone operating system. Though it still looks a bit too much like a feature phone for my tastes, I am sure many people won't look at it that way. The Quantum is heavy and dense, but offers a roomy QWERTY keyboard for messaging and a fantastic display. The Quantum performed well at the basics (signal strength, call quality and battery life), and was fast and responsive throughout the user interface. Even the camera and video player stepped up to the plate and delivered a solid base hit. Microsoft's fledgling smartphone platform still has weaknesses, such as limited landscape support, and lack of cut-and-paste, but those are mostly forgivable for now. WP7's messaging toolset is excellent and there are already plenty of third-party apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace to get you started with social networking, as well as fill in other gaps within WP7.
Would I recommend the LG Quantum? Yes, yes I would. It's as solid a smartphone as any on the market, though it's not a quantum leap forward.

HTC HD7S

Windows 7 phones are fairly new but are truly starting to make a statement in smartphone industry. With plenty of phones arriving in the next six months, the Windows 7 phones will start to take a decent part of the market share away from the rest of the operating systems available on the market. The newest Windows 7 phone available today is HTC’s HD7S. It packs a powerful punch and is very similar to HTC’s Inspire 4G Android-based phone except it’s a Windows 7 phone. Here is a quick rundown of this brand new phone…
Windows® Phone, designed for life in motion.A glance and go experience delivers crucial info right on the Lock and Start screens, while integrated Hubs help you find what you love faster— like Facebook® updates integrated with your contacts in the People Hub.
Get into the groove with superior sound.A gigantic 4.3-inch screen puts you right in the action. Flip out the kickstand and rock to Dolby Mobile or SRS WOW HD™ surround sound stereo speakers and truly enjoy media on the go.
More movies, more music, more games. Unlimited music with Zune® Pass. Games from casual to extreme with Xbox LIVE.® Streaming movies with Netflix.® Whatever kind of entertainment you love, the HTC HD7S has it all.
The magic of HTC SenseTM on your Windows Phone. The HTC Hub brings you beautiful weather animations and handy tools to check stocks, take notes, enhance your photos, and more.
This phone is just a week or so old and still needs to make it’s name in the smartphone industry but I feel that it will be a very viable option for non-Android users and superior to most other Windows 7 devices.