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Author: todd

Tip: Windows Phone predictive text works when using a physical keyboard too (unlike Android)
I’ve used a number of Android phones with physical QWERTY keyboards over the years (starting with the original T-Mobile G1). Having come from the Windows Mobile world, I never understood why Google turns off predictive text when using the physical keyboard. It only works when using the on-screen keyboard. This was a great feature in Windows Mobile phones with physical keyboard. I recently review the LG DoublePlay (BYTE) and LG myTouch Q (aNewDomain.net) Android phones and noticed that predictive text is still not available when using their physical keyboards.
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January 13, 2012
Note to self: Save to Kindle for (Windows) PC available – great for reading documentation next to a PC
This is a very handy feature for all Kindle users. But, it is especially useful for people like me who often want to prop up a technical book/manual next to a PC for reference. Although I can already do this using, for example, GoodReader or iBooks on an iPad, doing so eats up the device’s battery and shuts off the display after some fixed period of inactivity. The e-ink Kindle, however, does not suffer from either problem when a page is left up on its display. The free app for Windows PC was announced on the Kindle Daily Post blog.

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January 12, 2012
[Video] Demo of Sesame Street augmented reality toys & Android tablet using Qualcomm Vuforia tech
The Sesame Street toy figures and play surface have Augmented Reality (AR) registration markers that are recognized by the software running on the HTC Android-based tablet used in the demo.
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January 12, 2012
Soft reset an iOS device to bump up the battery level percentage
Take a look at the two screen segment captures from my iPad 2 space two minutes apart. Notice that the battery level was reported at 95% at 7:24am. However, two minutes late, the iPad 2 reported 98% battery level despite the fact that I had not plugged it in to any power source to recharge the battery. So, what happened?
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January 12, 2012
Why Microsoft insists tablets run Windows instead of Windows Phone (Windows CE)
I’ve been wondering why Microsoft’s decision makers choose to use Microsoft Windows for tablets instead of the Windows CE platform that underlies Windows Phone. Windows CE was designed for devices like tablets that benefit from lower hardware requirements, lower power use, increased security, and instant on-off (suspend-resume). A Windows CE based tablet would be lighter and less expensive. More importantly, every piece of software written for a touch display. You could argue that the Metro-only ARM based tablets would have software designed just for tablet displays too. But, is a computer that can’t run “legacy” Windows software of much use? The point of using Windows is to access all the software available right now.

However, if you look at PC shipment numbers, Microsoft’s tablet strategy and statements like There’s nothing more important at Microsoft than Windows by CEO Steve Ballmer make sense (Network World).
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January 11, 2012
Preview of “Avengers Origins: Hulk” for iPad app – coming in Feb. 2012
Disney Publishing Worldwide announced a pair of iOS apps scheduled for release next month (Feb. 2012) that tell the origin stories of Marvel Comics’ Hulk and Avengers. The apps follow the 2011 release of The Amazing Spider-Man: An Origin Story app.
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January 11, 2012