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Use your Samsung Galaxy S III as a DSLR Viewfinder and Controller

Android Smartphones and DSLRs, too pieces of modern consumer technology that have made breakthroughs in each of their respective industries. Now the two can be united with the right cable and a little bit of software: The typical DSLR has a pretty small LCD display, which had users and developers wondering if there was some way to [...]

Read the full article → November 21, 2012 Applications

Tip: Computer not recognizing Galaxy S II in Kies mode but fine in mass storage mode

Don’t you hate it when technology doesn’t work? Although Kies is a nifty little piece of software that has been getting me through all my syncing needs for quite some time now, we get hundreds of reports a month stating how users are having issues. There are some obvious fixes (Turning off debug mode: Menu [...]

Read the full article → February 16, 2012 How To

How To: Fix Samsung Galaxy S II WiFi Connection Problems

It’s come to our attention that there are a fair amount of Galaxy S II owners who are having some difficulty getting their phones to connect to their WiFi routers reliably or at all. There has been quite a lot of discussion across the interwebs about whether the problem is a hardware vs. software, or [...]

Read the full article → January 16, 2012 How To

Play your Galaxy S II on an iPod/iPhone dock with a Male micro USB to female Apple 30 pin adapter

It seems like multiple times I’ve found myself at a social gathering where we need a DJ to play some tunes, but the only set of speakers in the house are Apple iPod docking station. If it weren’t for Apple’s pesky, proprietary 30 pin connector, we could simply hook up our Android devices to all [...]

Read the full article → December 30, 2011 How To

How To: Transfer files between your computer and Galaxy S II using Bluetooth

Although it might make more sense to transfer files using Kies–via WiFi or USB–what should you do if you are stranded in a location with no WiFi and you happened to forget your USB transfer cable as well? Fear not, their is another option! Connecting your phone via Bluetooth takes a little bit of work, [...]

Read the full article → December 22, 2011 How To

How to: Type on your Samsung Galaxy S II using a computer keyboard

Have you ever had those days where you felt like your thumbs were burnt out from sending out text messages all day? Wouldn’t it have been nice to just connect a keyboard to your phone? Well… if you had a bluetooth keyboard you could, but chances are that you don’t. But fear not! I’m sure [...]

Read the full article → December 19, 2011 Applications

How To: Transfer Data via USB on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Upon trying to transfer some of the new screenshots I had taken in our How to take screenshots on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 article, I wasn’t able to get my laptop to recognize the Tab 10.1. There was no prompt on the tablet side asking if I wanted to “activate USB storage” as well. After [...]

Read the full article → September 2, 2011 How To

How To: DIY USB Host for Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

If you want to hook up USB flash drives straight to your Galaxy Tab 10.1 and have a penchant for tinkering, you should consider saving yourself $20 on the Samsung USB host by making your own. User pokey9000 over at the XDA forums has given us all the information necessary to build our very own [...]

Read the full article → August 31, 2011 How To