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Mar 25
New Samsung Galaxy S5 Available Now
Samsung Galaxy S5
Cellular Carriers Are Taking Pre-Orders for Samsung Galaxy S5 and will start shipping on April 8 2014 Available Now
If you are like me than you have already Pre-Ordered your phone and just waiting for it to show up in the mail. If you have not than you can Pre-Order from your Carrier or from Samsung.com
Samsung Galaxy S5 Price Tag: $649.99 and 2-Year Contract $199.99
Available in Charcoal Black and White
One thing that we have not seen yet is Samsung Galaxy S5 32GB or even 64GB phones. It appears that at the moment only the 16GB version will be available and time will tell if Samsung will release a 32Gb or 64GB Phones. I personally don’t think that Samsung will be introducing any bigger phones just because Galaxy S5 Supports up to 128GB MicroSD if external memory so do you really need more than 16Gb of internal memory when all your Music, Photos and Videos are stored on external memory card.
There is a chance that Samsung will be releasing their 32GB version sometime later this year, perhaps just in time for Christmas. Previous specs indicated that 16/32GB will be available but as far as we know Samsung will not be releasing it at this time
For full specs Click Here
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Feb 26
Comcast and Time Warner Cable TWC merger Deal
Comcast announced that it wants to merge with TWC in a $45.2 Billion deal.
Comcast and Time Warner Cable are currently the two biggest cable and internet providers in United States. Many believe that the merger would eliminate competition when it comes to TV and internet providers as the only other competitor is Verizon. If the two companies merge than the deal could be better for consumers or worse. Comcast Customer satisfaction has fallen over the years and prices have increased. The new deal could rise prices of internet and TV service and that is the biggest worries for current and New customers.
Comcast assures the they will maintain current pricing a service speed but the agreement will expire after certin number of years and Comcast will be able to do what they wish
Time will tell if the deal will hapen or if it is going to be a bust.
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Feb 24
Samsung Galaxy S5 Specs & Features – Available worldwide on April 11 2014
Samsung Galaxy S5 Official
Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S5 Phone will be available for purchase on April 11 2014
Samsung Galaxy S5 Features
- Download Booster Double the download by using LTE + WIfi
- Water & dust resistant
- Hart Beat Sensor for Fitness
- Finger Print Scanner To make secure payments
- Private Mode
- Kids Mode
- Home button
- 5.1in Full HD screen
- 12 hours of video playback
- 3840×2160 Resolution (UHD)
- 16GB and 32GB options
- 10GB of usable internal storage on a 16GB Device
Samsung Galaxy S5 specs
- Dimensions: 142mm x 72.5 x 8.1mm
- Weight: 145g
- Processor: 2.5GHz quad-core application processor
- Operating system: Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
- Display: 5.1-inch FHD Super AMOLED (1920 x 1080)
- Memory: 16/32GB microSD slot up to 128GB
- Camera: 16 megapixels (rear), 2 megapixels (front)
- Battery: Removable 2800mAh
- Standby time: 390hrs, talk time: 21hrs
- Wi-fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac HT80, MIMO(2×2)
- Other features: NFC, IP67, Dust and water Resistant, Bluetooth 4.0
- Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, Hall, RGB ambient light, Gesture(IR), Finger Scanner, Heart-rate sensor
FULL SPECIFICATIONS OF GALAXY S5
TYPE
Galaxy S
Form Factor
Bar (Candybar)
Color
Charcoal Black
OS
Android™ KitKat 4.4.2
CPU TYPE
2.5GHz Quad-Core
Display
1920 x 1080 Pixel, 432 ppi
5.1” Full HD Super AMOLED™
Size & Weight
5.11 Ounces
5.59″ x 2.85″ x 0.315″
Camera
2 Megapixel (FRONT)
16 Megapixel(REAR)
4x Digital zoom
FEATURES
Auto Focus; Dual-Camera; Dual-Recording; Geo-Tagging; HD Playback: Full HD(1080p); HD Recording: Full Ultra HD(2160p); LED Flash; Online Image Uploading; Photo Editing; Sharing Capabilities: AT&T Locker, Bluetooth®, Buddy Photo Share, ChatOn, Email, Flipboard, Gmail™, Google+™, Group Play, Messaging, NFC, Picasa™, S Beam™, S Memo, Samsung Link, Share Shot, Wi-Fi Direct™; Shot Modes: Auto, Beauty Face, Shot and more, Panorama, Virtual Tour, Dual Camera, Download; Slow Motion Recording; TV/Video-Out: HDMI, Samsung Link, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi®; Video; Video Editing; Zero Shutter Lag
Battery
3G: Up to 480hrs (20 Days) STANDBY
4G: Up to 480hrs (20 Days) STANDBY
Up to 29 Hours TALK TIME
3.85 Volt, Lithium Ion, 2800 mAh
Up to 77 Hours MUSIC PLAY
Up to 14 Hours VIDEO PLAY
3G: Up to 11 Hours; 4G: Up to 12 Hours; Wi-Fi: Up to 13 Hours INTERNET USE
Memory
2 GB RAM, 16 GB ROM INTERNAL MEMORY
Up to 128GB SDHC/SHD SD CARD
Network
LTE: Bands 1/2/3/4/5/7/17; HSPA+/UMTS: 850/1900/2100MHz; GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz;
Audio Format Support
Audio Streaming; Compatible Music Files: 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, IMY, M4A, MID, MIDI, MP3, MXMF, OGA, OGG, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF; MP3/MP4/Music Tones; Music Player; Ringtones, Polyphonic: 64-note poly
Video
Compatible Video Files: 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, M4V, MKV, MP4, TS, WEBM, WMV; Video Player; Video Streaming
Fun and Entertainment
Downloadable Content; IR Remote Control; S Translator; S Voice™; Samsung Widget Gallery; Wallpapers, Animated; WatchON™
Business & Office
Enterprise-Ready; Corporate E-mail/Calendar/Contacts; Microsoft® Office-compatible; Mobile Device Management; OCR/Business Card/Photo Scanner; On-Device Encryption (ODE); SAFE™; SAFE with KNOX; Virtual Private Network
Messaging Options
Email; Picture Messaging; Text Messaging; Video Messaging
Calling Functions
Airline Mode; Call Block; Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC): M3; Multitasking; Picture Caller ID; Speakerphone; Speech-to-Text; Text-to-Speech; TTY; Voicemail; Voice Recognition
Sensor Type
Accelerometer; Barometer; Geomagnetic; Gyro; RGB Light; Finger Scanner; Heart Rate Monitor
GALAXY S5 FEATURES
Bluetooth® Profiles: A2DP, AVRCP, DI, HFP, HID, HOGP, HSP, MAP, OPP, PAN, PBAP, SAP; NFC; Wi-Fi® Hotspot: 10
WI-FI
USB 3.0
Bluetooth® 4.0
GPS NAVIGATION
PREMIUM CAMERA
NFC
NOISE CANCELLATION
Accelerometer; Air Gestures™; Air View™; Barometer; Geomagnetic; Gyro; Proximity; RGB Light; Samsung Traditional UI; Smart Gestures; Smart Pause™; Smart Scroll™; Smart Unlock; TouchWiz®; Finger Scanner; Heart Rate Monitor; Widgets
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Feb 24
Update : Available April 11 Samsung Galaxy S5 Leaks Just Hours Before Official “Unpacked5” MWC 2014
Samsung Galaxy S5
Samsung Galaxy S5. Available to the public on April 11 2014
What looks at this point is that Galaxy S5 will be just a little smaller them Galaxy Note 3. So that’s how they going to fit all those pixels.
Some specs/features that have been confirmed.
Download Booster Double the download by using LTE + WIfi
Water 7 dust resistant
Hart Beat Sensor for Fitness
Finger Print Scanner To make secure payments
Private Mode
Kids Mode
Home button
3840×2160 Resolution (UHD)
I am sure there a Allot more to come soon as Samsung finally releases all the info
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Feb 17
7 Port USB 3.0 Hub with 4A Power Adapter Review and USB 3.0 missing Driver Fix
7 Port USB 3.0 Hub with 4A Power Adapter Review and USB 3.0 missing Driver Fix
Technology moves fast and the most popular device we use are powered and used via USB port.
Because I recently bought a USB 3.0 Flash Drive and Memory card reader that runs un USB 3.0 and learned that USB 3.0 has transmission speeds of up to 5 Gbit/s, which is 10 times as fast as USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/s) before taking into account that USB 3.0 is full duplex whereas USB 2.0 is half duplex, giving USB 3.0 the potential total bandwidth if utilized both ways to 20 times that of USB 2.0.
Now that I had few USB 3.0 devices I wanted to have a way to easily access the ports without pulling my PC tower to plug in my Flash Drive. So I searched online and found A 7-Port USB 3.0 Hub.
I found one on eBay for $25. It’s a USB 3.0 7-Port Powered Hub. The reason I said powered is because It comes with A power supply. There are bunch of hubs that come without a power supply however you need to understand that USB devices consume power and USB port provides limited amount of power. With few USB devices plugged in into a USB hub you will noticed that your computer will throw a warning indicating that some of your devices are not working properly or will show other indication stating that there is a problem. This error or device not working properly is a result that all available power has been used and you need to turn off one or more devices from your hub. This is where powered hub comes is and fixes that problem by providing additional power to your USB Devices.
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When you purchase a USB HUB especially like mine 7 Port USB 3.0 you will need that extra power especially without addition power you will not be able to use all 7 Ports.
The USB 3.0 Hub that I purchased is a NO name USB Hub. The box states that it is Win/Mac Compatible and that it supports windows 7.
When I finally got it I was so excited and I will be able to plug in all my devices and any future devices I will have. This particular Hub has 7 ports, Light indication that indicate when a device is ON and a ON/OFF switch for each port just in case you want to leave your device plugged in but you don’t want it to be used. The Hub came with USB 3.0 2 feet cable and 4A power supply. The thinks that it did not come with was any CD or manual. No big deal Right? Wrong!!!
I quickly unpacked it and plugged it in to a USB 3.0 in the back of my PC and connected the power supply to AC outlet. The computer recognized that it is a Hub and started to load Drivers but after one minute a notification came up stating that the device was not installed correctly.
The box stated that this Hub supports Windows 7 but the problem is that I have Windows Vista Professional 32Bit installed on my system. I automatically knew that the problem is that I need to find a driver for this Hub.
After spending some time on the web I was able to find something similar to what I was looking for.
I found a Driver On Lenavo website USB 3.0 Driver for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), XP – ThinkPad which I installed and my USB 3.0 Hub Started working.
If you are need a driver for your USB Hub than CLICK HERE to Download USB 3.0 HUB Driver directly from Lenavo Website.
You can try one from Intel CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
You can try one from Via Labs (slow download) CLICK HERE TO DOWNLAD
I hope this fixes you USB 3.0 Driver problem.
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Jan 29
Apple Vs. Samsung Vs. LG Smartphone War 2014
Apple Vs. Samsung Vs. LG Smartphone War 2014
This is another year that we are waiting for big rivals like Apple and Samsung to release new Flagship Smartphone.
It is certain that all 3 companies will be coming out with new phones this year, so which one will win us over.
Samsung will be announcing a new Flagship phone Galaxy S5 in March 2014. There were a lot of talks that Samsung will have the new OLED Flex Screen that was announced during CES 2013 but the new rumors suggest that it is unlikely. New rumors suggest that Samsung will be using QHD display instead of flexible OLED. That’s a bummer since LG announced that there 2014 phone will be G Flex, slightly curved phone. Lets not rule it out just yet because Samsung will likely introduce two phones this year and just maybe one of the will be include the Flexible screen As that would be a game Changer for Samsung.
Apple will introduce a new IPhone 6 this year around September, October 2014. There are rumors and more rumors that Apple will have bigger screen. It is almost certain that it will as the current IPhone 5S and 5C screen is little to small for a current Smartphone. There are also rumors that just like Samsung it may have up to 3 different sizes coming out in third quarter of this year. Will The new Iphone have Flex Screen? It is possible but also unlikely. It is assumed that the flex screen will be introduced by both companies in 2015.
LG wants to shine this year with what they call it a G Flex Phone. The new concept is defiantly cool but will it win the consumer? Probably not. It is still questionable how well build the phone is as it might be subject brake because of its bend shape. It is unlikely that LG phone will be able to Compete with Samsung or Apple but it just might come in a third place. Time will tell.
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Jan 28
Confirmed: Apple IPhone 6 Will Have Larger Screen
Will IPhone 6 Bigger Screen Save Apple ?
Numerous sources have confirmed that apple will have larger screen. However this is still not good new to share holders as Samsung Galaxy had larger screen for 2 years now. It is predicted that Apple shares AAPL Will lose value by 20-40% do to lack of innovations. Since Steve Wozniak has left Apple, there were no new innovations. Steve Jobs was able to take other technologies and combine them in his image to make something new. Now that Steve Jobs is no longer with Apple, Apple will have trouble coming out with something new as current Apple goal is to spent most of its time in courts fighting over patents.
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Jan 17
Samsung to Announce its new flagship phone Galaxy S5 in late March – Early April
There are a lot of rumors floating around we can almost bet that the new Samsung Galaxy S5 will be releast around March or April. Samsung tends to release a new phone every year so this time it should not be different.
What we know so far:
- Galaxy S5 will have new improved screen.
- More megapixel camera
- Most likely a new design
- Rapid Charge battery which will allow charging a battery in less than 2 hours
There is still no confirmation that the new galaxy S5 will have flex screen, but I a confident that it wall as Samsuhng has already created few prototypes with Flex Screen and was showing them off in 2013
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Jan 09
Did you ever wanted to sell on eBay and make a lot of Money? It is simpler than you may Think.
Did you ever wanted to sell on eBay and make a lot of Money? It is simpler than you may Think.
I have been selling on eBay for 12 Years now. Since I started EBay has changed in a lot of ways, something became better and some worse.
The biggest think that eBay has changed in 2013 was a new Policy providing Buyers 100% satisfaction or your money back. In another words “Customer is always Right”.
If you are a buyer that that is a good news for you. If you are a seller then it’s another story. As a seller I found that there is a lot of EBay buyers that abuse the system resulting a huge loss for the seller.
Another thing that eBay introduced was the new Fee Policy, Regular sellers pay 10% fee from final sales price including shipping, little lower sales fees for eBay stores.
I will leave all the details for my next article but in mean time if you want to start selling on eBay than you are in luck.
I have created a YouTube video for you to make it ever easier. Just click on the link below and you will be selling in no time and making your $1000+ mounthy
START SELLING NOW – YOUTUBE VIDEO
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Dec 23
Buyers frustrated with EBay and now even the Sellers – What this means!
Ebay
Buyers frustrated with EBay and now even the Sellers – What this means!
EBay has come a long way in last 3 years, new policy changes, basically changes to the way EBay does business o every day bases.. I myself am a eBay seller and I do allot of my shopping on eBay as well and I don’t like what is happening on both ends.
As a seller I feel like I am just getting taken for a ride by eBay. EBay decides everything to favor EBay. No matter what you do or not do, their actions are always the actions that reflect best on EBay.
Few biggest changes is that the Buyer is always right, PayPal is the only way of payment and increased fees. Buyers think that only the seller pays the fees, and that is partly true, but what buyers don’t realize is that those fees impact buyers in many ways.
Sellers bay on average 12% fee on a sold item. The fees varies from item to item but here is the basic brake down.
Fee for listing a item: $0-$2.50
Sales fee on item: 6-10% of final sold price
Shipping fee: 6-10% on total shipping cost charged by seller
PayPal payment fee: 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction, 3.9% transaction fee plus a fixed fee based on currency received.
So lets get a visual on the fees. So lets say I am selling a new IPhone 5S and I normally is costs $600 for a new one without a contract.
So I want to sell it for $600 as well and I will ship it priority mail for $9 + $7 + $16 for signature and insurance. Then I need to pay the fees if It sells
Listing fee: .75 + (final sales fee 10%) $60 + (Shipping fee 10%) $1.60 + (PayPal payment processing 2.9% from $616(total money transfer) $18 = an the total is
$79.35 in total fees. That is a lot!!!
New Life Auctions has created fee calculator that you can play around and determine what your fees are
So what does this mean to A Buyer. If I am selling a item I am selling it to make profit, not take loses, so what I will do is increase the price in order to offset my cost of fees. I may not sell a item fast as I originally wanted but evenly I will sell my item at a higher price. What a lot of buyers don’t realize that you sometimes pay more on eBay than just going to your local store.
What you are also seeing is that more and more big companies start to sell on EBay, kicking small sellers of as they can no longer compete.
In few more years you will see that the only sellers on eBay will be Tigerdirect, Best Buy, Buy.com and so on.
If you have been on eBay for the last 10 years I am sure you noticed that there are no more great bargains on used electronics. The only thing eBay is still good is on buying electronic accessories.
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