CES 2012 predictions.

spr33 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:00:48 +0000

As my predictions last year turned out almost spot on, here are my predictions for this years CES:

Tablets. Again. This time they’ll be packing quad core processors and running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. New mobile handsets (again, mostly Android 4.0 ICS based with quad core processors) and 720p displays. 3D TV’s which [...]

Nokia Phone/Device database.

spr33 — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:52:51 +0000

After trawling through many a website looking for a list/database of Nokia phones, I thought it might be a good idea to have all of the info in one place for anyone to use. If any of the info is incorrect, be sure to leave a comment for me to correct it.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus / Android Ice Cream Sandwich – thoughts and review.

spr33 — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:16:59 +0000

Android Battery Saving 101

spr33 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:06:10 +0000

Making your Android device get through the day can sometimes be a struggle with tiny batteries, fast processors, huge data consumption and of course the fact that you never want to put it down. There are, however, ways of keeping your phone going that little bit longer. Here, I will show you a few clever [...]

Android Emulator – speed up.

spr33 — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:25:02 +0000

Having a hard time browsing through an Android based SDK in the Android Emulator? Here’s a quick tip on making the emulator perform a little bit snappier:

Reduce the resolution of the ‘skin’ in the virtual device section. For Honeycomb, I recommend choosing a custom resolution of 1024×768 (it’ll automatically scale it to 16:10).

CES 2011 predictions.

spr33 — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:31:22 +0000

CES 2011 is just around the corner, rumours are already running wild and leaks are already bombarding the tech blogs.

Here are my predictions of what will might appear at CES 2011:

Tablets. Lots of Tablets. (tablets will be mostly Android based (Honeycomb), packing Tegra 2 processors). 3D TV’s which don’t require glasses. 4K TV’s. [...]

Zune error code: 0×80070643 Fix.

spr33 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:24:05 +0000

If you receive this error code whilst trying to install or update your Zune player with Zune software version 2 or 3, please follow the following:

1. Check that your software isn’t corrupt.
2. Turn ON the Windows Firewall.

That is basically it. If you still have issues, leave a comment below.

Enabling Add-ons in Firefox 3 beta.

spr33 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:38:34 +0000

Having problems with your add-ons not working in the latest Firefox betas? The solution is simple: Nightly Tester Tools

The only add-on that doesn’t work for me is TabGroups, due to it not being able to do a secure update (which I guess is a good thing, the Firefox team have [...]

Downgrading Apple iPod Classic Firmware (1.0.2 > 1.0.1)..a quick update.

spr33 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:57:39 +0000

Apple has now released 1.0.3 firmware which includes several bugfixes to the previous situation. I can confirm that the menus are now faster and more responsive, photos load faster, shuts down correctly and there’s now a progress bar when ejecting.

Be sure to update your iPods firmware to this latest update instead of [...]

Downgrading Apple iPod Classic Firmware (1.0.2 > 1.0.1). UPDATED SIGNATURE LINK

spr33 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:19:33 +0000

Having read about issues facing the 1.0.2 firmware that’s been pushed out, here’s a quick guide to downgrading to 1.0.1.

*NOTE: Downgrading firmware will format your player, so backup your data before continuing. Also, this guide is solely for the iPod Classic.

Windows:

1, Firstly, reset your iPod. To do this, hold down the [...]

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