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How to Preserve Your Smartphone’s Battery Life

How to Preserve Your Smartphone’s Battery Life

If you own a smartphone, you know how stressful and annoying it can be when your beloved device dies on you in the middle of the day, leaving you disconnected and out of touch. Luckily, there are simple ways to stretch your device’s battery life. 1. Don’t put your phone on vibrate. Vibrating consumes power ...

8pen Improves Android Typing Experience

8pen Improves Android Typing Experience

Last week, after a fit of frustration with Swype, I decided to download 8pen as the new keyboard for my Android phone. 8pen, much like Swype, relies on you pulling your finger along the screen rather than hitting individual letters. However, it reorganizes the keyboard layout so that, instead of a QWERTY keyboard, your letters ...

Making the Most of Your Dumbphone

Making the Most of Your Dumbphone

Dumbphones - more than just a high-tech doorstop. Image courtesy of Flickr user JSFauxtaugraphy. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.Not everyone has a smartphone. It’s true! Though they are excellent devices, and can even be productivity-boosters for the savvy student, they are expensive--and parents

“Where Can I Get Free Wallpaper and Ringtones?”

“Where Can I Get Free Wallpaper and Ringtones?”

Got a question? Ask us: dear@hackcollege.com HackCollege reader Wayne asks: I just recieved my phone and accidently erased all my wall paper and ringtone’s,I do not mind paying for them but after 4 hours playing games with the jerks on the other end of the phone and nothing they told me to do worked ,so ...

Got a Question?  Text Google ChaCha!

Got a Question? Text Google ChaCha!

While Google SMS has been around for years now, a similar service from ChaCha has only been around for a few months. And… It’s quite awesome. If you’re used to Googling for everything, then you already know how ChaCha works. Send any question via text message to CHACHA (242242), and a human (guide) will search ...

Where’s My Cell Phone? .com

Where’s My Cell Phone? .com

The perfect solution for finding your misplaced cell phone is to call it. From your landline. From your roommate’s cell phone. From a friend’s cell phone. But if you’re single and alone and no one’s online, there’s WheresMyCellPhone.com. Simple

Create and Send Ringtones without Registration

Create and Send Ringtones without Registration

We’ve covered this topic before (See: Mobile17), but audiko is just so much better. No registration required! Simply navigate to audiko.net, upload your .mp3 file (or paste a link to it), cut it exactly how you like it, and then download it (to your PC or simply visit the link via your cell phone). Did ...

30+ Uses for Your Camera Phone

How often do you use your camera phone to take pictures? Simple. Not enough! Here’s a quick list of several uses for your camera phone: Try taking a picture of the take-out menu at your favorite restaurant. Save paper. And snap a picture of the business hours. Is it your birthday coming up? Walk around ...

Syncing Your Cell Phone’s Calendar with Google Calendar

We’ve already discussed how to make Google Calendar the perfect secretary by texting and exporting new events to it. Now what about syncing your cell phone’s calendar with your Google Calendar, allowing you to access your Google Calendar right from your cell phone? This is where GooSync comes in to play. GooSync is an easy ...

Access Your Computer from Your Cell Phone

Access Your Computer from Your Cell Phone

Now I’ve never run into the problem of running to class late for a presentation and then forgetting my files, but maybe you have. Or maybe you’ve had lunch with a friend and then wanted to show them this video you have on your computer, but neither of you had the time to go up ...

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