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How to Activate Assistive Touch on Your iPhone, iPad

You may not know this, but if you have damaged your iPhone/iPad home button and it no longer works iOS offers a software fix in the form of AssistiveTouch. Enabling this accessibility feature on your iPhone or iPad will allow you to continue using your faulty device, or can simply provide a useful alternative if [...]

How to Transfer Contacts to Your Android Smartphone

Getting a new Android smartphone is always exciting, yet can be challenging; at first, we struggle to get to grips with our handsets – literally. We don’t know how to hold them properly, we can’t type texts as quickly, and we navigate haltingly through widgets, complaining about the interface, lamenting the tired, faithful old phone we moments ago javelined [...]

How to Use Voice Controls on the Nokia Lumia

One of the most talked about phone features at the moment is Siri, the voice control assistant on the iPhone 4S. This has its problems – location based services do not work particularly well outside of the United States and it can have difficulty understand some stronger accents (particularly Australian and Scottish). But even so, [...]

How to Use Android Beam on the Galaxy Nexus

Along with dual core processors and 1080p video recording, Near Field Communications (NFC) has been one of the much talked about features to make an appearance on smartphones in 2011. NFC is not yet available on the iPhone and, even though it was introduced on Android Gingerbread phones like the Galaxy S2 at the start [...]

How to Save Money with SIM Only Deals

Taking out a new phone contract can be expensive, particularly with top of the range phones, with a high monthly fee that you will be tied to for the course of 18 or even 24 months. Perhaps you are happy with paying £30 or £40 a month now, but what if a few months down [...]

How to Read Other People’s Text Messages

This video demonstrates a way to retrieve and read text messages from other people’s phones, even if they have been deleted from the device. The process relies on a new piece of cell phone spying technology designed specifically for the purpose of scanning and copying message data from a cell phone SIM card. In this [...]

How to Choose the Right Phone Contract

So you have had your eyes on a new phone that is being released and you have decided to take out a contract for your desired handset. If you have not had a phone contract before then you may find it confusing as to what to go for. Spending more money will generally give you [...]

How to DIY upgrade your iPhone Earbuds

If like us you love your iPhone but hate its standard ear-buds then this is the guide for you! Many people upgrade to better fitting and sounding models but then miss the iPhone buds mic and control button. The obvious solution then is to keep the in-line controls from the iPhone but fit your favourite [...]

How to Choose a Suitable Smartphone

You’re sick of your old handset and your contract is nearly up, so what is the best way of choosing a new phone? Well there are a number of things to consider when picking a new device and most of it depends on what you use the device for yourself. So have a think about [...]

How to Save on Phone, Cable, and Internet Service

Everyone knows that you can save money on cable, phone, and internet by bundling services through the same company. However, there are other ways to save on each of these luxuries. Here are a few tips to help you lower your phone, cable, and internet bills. Phone Service There are many different things you can [...]

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