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Turn your Amazon Kindle into a phone

Calling and other phone features can be accessed using a Kindle Fire from Amazon. textPlus, the world’s leading Wi-Fi carrier is now offering downloadable mobile plans that come as an alternative to expensive mobile contracts, is now offering calling to the Kindle Fire.

by Anthony Muzonzini

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HTC One M8 camera hands-on video review

Yesterday we took an in-depth look at the camera and its features on the HTC One (M8), and today we were able to demonstrate the many features on the UltraPixel duo camera in our hands-on video, such as 3D effects, UFocus, filters and more.

by Loie Favre

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HTC One M8 camera test: this is how good it really is

One of the highlights of the HTC One M8 is the duo camera. We’ve written a lot about the two camera lenses found on the back side as well as its functions, but whether it can prove itself to be more than just a marketing stunt is the question that interests us here. Today we tested to see how well the post-processing works, what other things the HTC One camera can do, what is only a gimmick and what we think is actually of some use.

by Loie Favre

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How to fix the ”write to SD card” problem on KitKat

You may have heard that ability to write to the SD card. You may have even been suffering from this problem without even knowing it wasn’t related to your device. Basically, Google is limiting app access on the SD card to their own little sandboxed folder, meaning that one app can no longer write to another app’s folder.

by Kris Carlon

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How to unsend an SMS

Have you ever pressed send too quickly, inserted the wrong contact or made a funny and even embarrassing auto-correct mistake in an SMS? Well, you can easily unsend this SMS to avoid any awkward situations. Here is how.

by Loie Favre

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Blackphone: hands-on review and video [Update]

With the NSA and other news of spying circling the internet, it’s making more of us give security and the protection of our personal data a second and deeper thought. It’s with this matter in the forefront that Silent Circle came up with an innovative and clever plan to counter this rising concern: the Blackphone, one of the most interesting smartphones presented at the MWC this year. We were able to do a short hands-on review and shoot a short video of the high-security smartphone.

by Loie Favre

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How to use multiple devices on your Google account

If you’re lucky enough to own more than one Android device you’ve probably already confronted this dilemma: how to manage multiple devices on a Google account. Basically you have a couple of options, you can either use the same account on both devices, meaning that your Google content will be mirrored on both devices, or you can create an alternative account for the secondary device and manage your connections manually. Here’s how to do both.

by Kris Carlon

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How to flash ROMs on Samsung devices without a PC

If you like to jump on the latest firmware bandwagon as soon as the file is available or like trying out different custom ROMs, you’re most likely pretty comfortable with flashing your device. One of the downsides is that in order to get to this point, you need to have Samsung smartphone, a PC, and the Odin recovery software. Thankfully, a new mobile version of Odin has been released that helps users skip the whole PC part of the process and enabling users to do everything from their Samsung smartphone.

by Sterling Keys

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LG G2 Mini review: mid-range with strengths and weaknesses

After the official launch of the LG G2. At LG’s press conference in Barcelona, we had the chance to check out the G2 Mini and its new features for a first test.

by Johannes Wallat

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Sony Xperia Z2 review: a marginally better Z1?

Sony has just presented the Xperia Z1 flagship, and this is our Xperia Z2 review. As soon as you see the Z2 you’ll feel like you’re in familiar territory, and indeed you are. The Z2 looks an awful lot like the Z1 and follows the same Omnibalance design language to a tee. The experience is very similar too, so you won’t be seeing any major departures from what worked with the Z1. In this case, the Z2 really feels like an incremental improvement to the Z1 in many ways, with just a few eye-catching additions like 4K video and noise cancelling technology.

by Kris Carlon

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