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5 Ways To Use Your Phone To Help With Finances

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Your phone is probably your favorite gadget. You use it to talk to people, wander through Facebook, and play your favorite games. But did you know that you could use your phone to really help out with your finances as well?

If you want to start using it this way, check out these following five tips: seek out information about the financial market in general, use apps that you can download to help balance your basic budget, set up financial warnings and updates from your bank, use apps that work through positive affirmations with you, and use news updates to help with financial decisions.

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Seek Out Information About the Market

Use your phone’s search function to learn about the market. By being able to research the truth, rumors, lies, or outright fabrications, you’ll be increasing your knowledge of finances as well as increasing your chances of making good decisions. Information did not used to be this available at any time so easily, so it only makes sense now to be a skeptic as often as possible whenever money is involved. [Read more…]

Which Should You Get, the iPhone 6 or the Galaxy S5?

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When it comes to smartphones, we all know that the war is raging between Apple and Samsung, despite the fact that there are countless other phones in the market. And when it comes to the point, Apple fans and Samsung fans are just as passionate about their preferred brands.

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If you’re on the fence in the matter, and you’re looking at buying a new phone in the next months, then it’s not unlikely that you’re looking at either the iPhone 6 or the Galaxy S5. It’s rather difficult to decide right now since the iPhone 6 is not out yet, but should you wait for it or simply go for the S5?

Here are some things to consider, which may help you decide.

Disclaimer: I am an Apple fan, although I have used Samsung phones as well. While writing this post, I have made every effort not to let my bias affect things. True story.
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Top Mobile Devices for Business Use

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Businesses today are fully embracing the latest technology to successfully achieve their goals and reach out to a wider target audience. While the conventional desktop computer remains to be the primary tool in the offices, mobile devices have also become very useful owing to the great benefits they provide not only to the owners but as well as to customers.

It’s a reality that business professionals these days bring along with them various mobile devices. These can include the laptop, tablet and smartphone. This is a confirmation of the 2011 prediction of Microsoft Tag that mobile internet use will surpass desktop internet use by 2014. Also this year, experts are seeing increasing mobile adoption by consumers thereby bringing more changes to the marketing strategies of business organizations.

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The smartphone, however, is the most handy of them all as it can easily be held by the hand and kept in the pocket. Here then are some of the best smartphones any business should consider using. They’re great to own and ideal for business use. [Read more…]

Google Nexus One vs Google Nexus Prime

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When Google released its flagship smartphone product the Nexus One, it received rave reviews and has continued to be a player on the portable device market. Now two models removed from the original, we see how the Nexus One stacks up against the yet to be released Nexus Prime.

Dimensions and Form
• Google Nexus One – 119 x 59.8 x 11.5mm, 130g
• Google Nexus Prime – Unreleased

The minimalist shape and chrome build of the Nexus One has been a popular aesthetic with many critics. The screen uses up the majority of space, and this always improves the look of portable devices. The touch-sensitive buttons and fluid track ball juxtapose nicely with the overall countenance. It’s patently obvious that Google is fond of the design, as the Nexus Prime shows little alteration in this regard.

Winner: Draw

Display Screen
• Google Nexus One – 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 480×800 pixel resolution
• Google Nexus Prime – 4.7 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel resolution with Samsung PenTile Matrix Technology

While the builds are similar, the Nexus Prime’s significantly larger screen sets it apart from the Nexus One. Despite the quality of the Nexus One’s 252 pixel per inch AMOLED screen, it is hard pressed to compete with what is rumored to be the first 720p smartphone. Other features likely to be included are multi-touch and an accelerometer sensor.

Winner: Google Nexus Prime

Processing Power and Memory
• Google Nexus One – 1GHz Qualcomm Scorpion processor with Adreno 200 GPU, 512MB RAM
• Google Nexus Prime – 1.5GHz dual core TI OMAP4460 CPU and a PowerVR SGX540 GPU, 1GB RAM

The Nexus One was potent for its time, backing its 1GHz Scorpion processor with an Adreno 200 GPU and 512MB of RAM. Yet as we begin to see dual core processors become standard in tablets, it isn’t surprising that the architecture would eventually find its way to smartphones. The Nexus Prime is said to boast a brawny 1.5GHz dual core TI OMAP4460 processor supplemented by a PowerVR SGX540 GPU and 1GB RAM, revolutionary for a device that fits in the palm of your hand.

Operating System
• Google Nexus One – Android 2.4 Gingerbread
• Google Nexus Prime – Android Ice Cream Sandwich

The Nexus Prime once more is the beneficiary of a next generation upgrade, as the smartphone will roll out with the much anticipated Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Currently, the Nexus One runs Android 2.4 Gingerbread, yet it too will reportedly be upgrading to the next generation software.

Designed for both tablets and smartphones, Google has stated that Ice Cream should end the fragmentation that has occurred with its various iterations such as Gingerbread and Honeycomb. Ice Cream combines the best of these operating systems in a more efficient, app and multi-tasking friendly experience, including enhanced Javascript and Open GL graphics acceleration. Browsing promises to be much smoother than on the clunkier Gingerbread, and Google has also indicated Ice Cream will have voice and facial detection software included.

Winner: Draw

Camera
• Google Nexus One – 5 MP primary camera
• Google Nexus Prime – 5 MP primary camera with 2560 x 1920 pixel resolution, 2 MP secondary camera

The Nexus Prime is reported to have a 5 megapixel primary camera that is capable of full 1080p HD video capture. In addition, the camera should come equipped with the usual features, such as auto-focus, digital zoom, and a secondary camera for video calling, but the video capture is DVD quality.

Winner: Google Nexus Prime

Conclusion
As the newer model, the Google Nexus Prime is naturally the more advanced device. Yet the difference between the two models is staggering, considering the dual core processor, the 720p display, and the 1080p video capture in the Nexus Prime. For Nexus One owners, truly this is a case where the cost of an upgrade is justified.

Article written by Sarah Richards from MobileBroadband.net. Sarah writes on a wide range of broadband topics including 3 broadband reviews.

Onkyo to Release Remote Control App

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Onkyo is a company that has built a well respected brand based on high quality, high fidelity audio equipment. It’s considered as one of the top brands to consider if you’re looking to build an audio setup. Onkyo has introduced some innovations in the audio equipment a number of times but their newest innovation comes left of center – a new remote. [Read more…]