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What to look for when buying second hand cell phone?

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:54:26 -0500

Question
Cell Phones, Apple, iPhone 4
Hi.

I'm thinking of getting a used iPhone 4, so I wonder If you guys can give me some tips what to look for?

For instance what are the weak spots of the device, how to do a quick battery check, can there be any hidden problems that need some advanced knowledge to spot and...

What will be changed in Apple iPhone 5?

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:03:15 -0500

Discussion
Cell Phones, Apple, iPhone 4s
Hiya, iPhone 5 is rumored to be announced August/September and there are a lot of rumors about its hardware and design (the last one being brand new A6 cpu).

It is interesting for me to see, what do you think Apple will upgrade specs-wise?

which mobile is good for metatrader 4 software

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:42:22 -0500

Problem
Cell Phones, HTC, HD2
pls guide me

AUX hook up ?

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:20:18 -0500

Question
Car Head Units, Sony, DSX-S200X
The Sony DSX Car "Digital Media Player" do not have any analog AUX.

Is there a way to play my Blackberry or connect any other device via a mini plug connection (headphone out of device to AUX in of the DSX) ?

Recovering data from a HDD with lots of bad sectors

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:26:53 -0500

Question
Notebooks
Hello, recently I've replaced my notebook hard drive due to lots of bad sectors in one of the partitions. Acronis was able to clone my C: drive, so I've got recover data from my D: drive. So how do I do that? I've tried the windows copy, tera copy and few other copying apps and stiil the whole process...

Windows 7 boot error - Windows failed to start.

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:28:02 -0500

Problem
Operating Systems, Microsoft, Windows 7
I just got a weird Windows 7 error - when switching the notebook on, it gives me a black screen with "Windows failed to start" and a couple of suggestions how to fix that.

Screenshot of the error: http://i.imgur.com/7Uqg3.png

I followed the instructions and clicked Repair...

Is this a good camera?

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:54:44 -0500

Discussion
Cameras, Nikon, COOLPIX P100
I tried this camera at the local market ( I tried Canon sx20 IS too) and I like Nikon's pictures more...they were more 'realistic' . I want to ask if any has tried this camera and what are his impressions for it?

Why boomboxes are still in produce?

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:52:47 -0600

Discussion
Mini Sound Systems
I mean who is buying this things...we are not in 80's. And most of them have a n i/pod/pad/phone....dock

good motherboard for this CPU

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:01:12 -0600

Question
CPU, Intel, Core i7-950
Hi gadget fans...I have a question. A friend of mine will be assembling a new PC, and he is wandering which Mobo is good for this CPU. He will use only one GPU (nVidia - if that matters) and 4 GB DDR3 of RAM. I know that it's important to have a good compatibility between components so what are your...

Anti-Virus software on a mac?

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:09:27 -0600

Discussion
Operating Systems, Apple, Mac OS X 10.6
I'd be happy if you share your experience which anti-virus software you use to protect your Mac, as well as did it help preventing it being infected. I'm using ClamXav, which is a free anti-virus, but will probably consider changing it for extra peace of mind.