https://www.flickr.com/photos/dynamicsubspace/15304145945 I really liked my iPhone 4S after I received it on October 14, 2011. It had tremendously long battery life (2-3 days between charges initially), and it had a lot of get-up-and-go for apps, games, and online activities supported by my then-unlimited AT&T data plan. However, my attitude towards my phone soured after 12-18 months. It began …
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Beware of Fake Canon NB-7L Batteries for the G10 and G11 Sold on Amazon Marketplace
I recently purchased what was supposedly an authentic Canon NB-7L battery for my Canon G11 camera from a seller with high ratings on Amazon’s Marketplace, but after opening the package, I discovered that the battery is significantly different than the stock Canon battery that came with my camera. This and other discrepancies lead me to …
Another Fantastic Apple Genius Bar Experience
I have had many experiences with Apple’s Genius Bar over the years since Apple first launched its chain of stores nationwide. I took my PowerMac G5 to the Northpoint Mall Apple Store in Alpharetta, Georgia, because I had to ‘pump’ the power switch three times to get it to boot after installing an nVidia 6800 …
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Adobe Flash Will Really Deplete Your Battery
After reading this post on Wired which reposts a review of the new MacBook Air from Ars Technica, I am going to uninstall Adobe Flash from my MacBook. As has been widely reported, Apple decided to not include Flash with the latest MacBook Air. The reason given was that it was better for consumers to …
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Increasing Your Battery Life on a MacBook
Laptop batteries are a fascinating work of engineering. They live, they die, and then they are resurrected. I have always struggled with prolonging each brief recharged life in my laptop batteries ever since my first Powerbook 145B back in 1993. Now I have a late 2008 aluminum unibody MacBook (MacBook5,1). I am a little displeased …
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