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Sprint’s latest Samsung Galaxy S Android smart phone, known as the Epic 4G, is without a doubt the Mercedes-Benz of Droids available on the market today. The phone is one of the most versatile phones on the market. As many have already pointed at, cutting-edge functionality always has a price, and the Epic is no exception. With a pricey 4G data plan and the initial upfront cost of the phone, it’s a drain on the old bank account. But considering what you get with the phone, it might just be worth it.

Let’s take a look at the specs. For starters, the Android phone sports the fastest CPU on the market, an ARM Cortex A8-based chip codenamed Hummingbird. It also boasts a muscular PowerVR SGX 540 GPU which supports OpenGL ES graphics. Both processors are integrated into a system-on-a-chip package that allows the Epic to display extremely great picture quality and provide a fast web browsing experience. With a healthy 512 MB of RAM backing up a speedy 1 GHz processor, the phone handles just about anything you can throw at it with ease.

In terms of design and layout, the PDA phone marries a full QWERTY keyboard with a 4.0″ AMOLED capacitive touch screen underneath a layer of nearly unbreakable Gorilla Glass. It’s also the thinnest Android phone of it’s size at just 0.56″ thick. The smartphone comes standard with a 16 GB microSD storage card, though that can be upgraded to a 32 GB card if you really need the extra storage space. It supports Bluetooth 2.1 and also features a 5.0 Megapixel camera with auto-focus for 720p HD video recording, as well as a forward-facing VGA camera for video calls.

On top of the trusted Android operating system, it features the popular Samsung TouchWiz 3.0 User Interface. It’s one of the most convenient navigation set-ups available in the Android ecosystem, and makes for a pleasant and intuitive experience. The 4G network promises download speeds of up to 10 Mbps, and early tests have shown that to be entirely possible with the Epic. True 4G speeds may not be in effect immediately for most consumers, but Sprint’s 3G EV-DO network isn’t bad as a fallback for when you’re outside the 4G coverage area.

Overall, the Epic 4G one of the top phones in the ever growing market. There are already a slew of accessories and cases available online to accommodate what is arguably one of the best phones in the world. Despite the nearly bulletproof Gorilla Glass touch screen, you may want one a screen protectors for your handset, just to cover the bases. This model looks like it has all the makings of another cult favorite like the original T-Mobile G1 and the Motorola Droid. If you’re willing to shell out a little extra for the performance, the Samsung Epic is the gold standard for Android phones everywhere.

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The Galaxy S series has consistently brought quality phones to the market, with options available to each major US carrier. T-Mobile not just have the Galaxy series’ Vibrant, but is now going to have the G2. The new G2 combines nearly every good feature to the Galaxy S series phones.

The G2 phone has several great features that can be compared to the Galaxy S series. It faithfully delivers a 5-megapixel camera and full wireless capabilities (Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 b/g/n). Most new phones have these features, but it’s good to have the basics covered. The G2 has 4 gigabytes of internal memory, more than the Epic 4G and Fascinate’s 2 gigabytes but short of the Captivate and Vibrant’s 16 gigabytes. It has a microSD card slot expandable up to 32 gigabytes, matching the Captivate and outpacing other series phones. Information about T-Mobile G2 accessories options are promised soon. Extra chargers should of course be included, and standards like official cases are expected. For prices, other Galaxy S phones range from $59 (Captivate) up to $649 (Epic 4G), but the G2′s price is still under wraps. Specific rates are heavily affected by the associated plan. Hopefully the G2 will fall competitively into this range.

There are some minor drawbacks to the phone though. The phone is actually heavier than any other Galaxy S phone, but only by a single ounce (6.5 ounces versus the Epic 4G’s 5.5). The screen is 3.7 inches (diagonally), which is a surprise since every other Galaxy S phone is 4 inches. That’s not a huge difference, but some may dislike the decreased size. The last negative might be more significant. The G2 has an 800-megahertz processor; all other series phones have a 1-gigahertz processor. The latter is almost expected for modern Android phones, so the slower processor is a bit perplexing. Numbers can mislead, so users may not notice or care about the difference.

The G2 offers some great features. It does have 4G, joining only the Epic 4G among series phones. Theoretical download speeds reach 14.4 mbps (as stated by T-Mobile), and practical speeds should be fast enough for nearly anyone. (Data coverage can be viewed at T-Mobile’s website.) Fans of Android will love this: the G2 is one of only a handful of phones shipping with Android 2.2 (Froyo), and it’s the only Galaxy S phone that has Froyo preinstalled. It will have Flash support and the most updated, efficient Android OS. The G2 also offers a full QWERTY keyboard; the only other series phone with this is the Epic 4G. Phone keyboards are a watershed issue, but for what it’s worth, those who have gotten a sneak peak of the phone claim that the keyboard is easy to use.

The phone continues a line of excellent phones, now offering two great Galaxy S options to T-Mobile customers. This is just an amazing phone for anyone, and it’s the perfect Galaxy S phone for those who want 4G, a physical keyboard, and the most up-to-date Android OS.

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Congratulations for choosing the Samsung Fascinate for your smartphone! You’ve picked a phone which gives you the the whole world at your fingertips. This phone won’t be giving you the ability to make calls and send text messages, you’ll also be able to capture and view photos and video, listen to music, send e-mail, browse the Internet, and take advantage of thousands of applications that are available for the Fascinate’s Android operating system.

Having such an amazing phone, you’ll want to keep your phone safe and protected. Consider protecting the body of your phone with one of the many cases available from a number of vendors. There are cases of all shapes and sizes, and they include features such as clips and zippers. There are waterproof cases, leather cases, nylon cases, and even gemstone-covered cases as well. There are cases that cover the entire phone and ones that leave the display and buttons exposed for easy access. Samsung Fascinate cases come in almost any color or material, so you can have fun personalizing your phone!

Aside from choosing a case to reflect on your personality and preference, you’ll also want to keep your screen protected as well. No one wants to have a scratched and cracked display on their phone. Unfortunately, anything can ruin your phone’s screen, such as everyday objects like keys and pens. However, there are several screen protectors available to keep your phone safe from scratches, nicks, and cracks. Since Samsung Fascinate screen protectors are made to fit, you won’t need to measure or cut! You can even purchase screen protectors in packs of two or three, so you can replace the protector if it becomes soiled or damaged.

Now that your Samsung Fascinate is protected from everyday wear and tear, you should think about the ways in which you’ll be using the phone and purchase appropriate accessories. If you travel often, you might want to purchase an additional wall charger to take with you on trips. You may also want to have a car charger available for road trips or just to charge your phone during your daily commute. If you use your Fascinate a lot, or if you really enjoy the Android’s available apps, you may also want to keep a spare battery on hand to make sure that your work (or play) can continue with minimal interruption. Finally, you might also want to keep an extra USB cable to keep your phone updated, as well as syncing and downloading files to and from your phone.

Beyond covering your basic smartphone needs, there are a number of other accessories available for you to take full advantage of your phone’s features. Headphones and ear buds are great to have when you want to listen to music or watch video; there are thousands of brands and styles available. And if you want, you can even purchase external speakers so you can blast your music for everyone to hear! No matter your taste or your needs, there are Samsung Fascinate accessories available to let you make the most of your new phone.

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There are many different ways to make your computer faster out there, but once you have that handled there really is a limited amount of things that you can do to increase your productivity. One of these things being to simply make your applications quicker to get to. Think about it just for a second – how much time could you save if you were able to get to your applications quicker?

How much would you save if you were to add it up for a whole week or how about a month? I’m willing to bet that for the average person it would add up to a lot and even if it didn’t, being able to get to your programs quicker is just much more convenient. The user interface is something that you use frequently – you might as well spend some time to make it as convenient for you to use.

To being, let’s start off with the quick launch (if you not sure, the quick launch is that little group of icons that are right beside your start button). If you don’t see a little group of icons right beside your start menu, just right click on the taskbar and select Properties and then select Show Quick Launch to get them there. Now, in order for you to do anything you are going to have to unlock the quick launch. To do that, just right click on the task bar and select the Lock Taskbar option. By now you should be able to see some dotted lines which will allow you to resize it the quick launch window. Now all you have to do is to just find the top 3 applications that you use the most and then go through your All Programs list in the start menu and right click on their icons and select Copy. To add them, just go to your desktop, right click and select Paste. Now you should now see a copy of that icon on your desktop – all you have to do now to complete this is to just drag it into the quick launch area and the icon should be in bottom right hand corner next to the start menu (you can delete the shortcut that you copied to your desktop now since you will not be needing it). So every time that you start up your computer or just log on you don’t have to look all over the place those 3 programs – there right in front of you.

Now the start menu can also be of use to you when you are looking around for your applications. If you click on the start menu you will notice a faint horizontal line on the left hand side. Everything that is above this line is permanently there unless you manually remove it and everything below this line is programs that you have most recently used. What you’re going to want to do here is to add 3-5 programs that you use regularly to the permanent (the top part) of the list. Just go to All Programs on the start menu, right click on the program icon and select “Pin To Start Menu”. Do this for all 3-5 programs that you want to add to your start menu. Now you have your main 3 programs on your task bar and the other 3-5 regularly used ones on your start menu so you don’t have look around your computer to find where they are.

To take it to the next level you can spend some time cleaning up your desktop. A messy desktop can really slow down your ability to find what you are looking for. Delete all files that are unnecessary and put all important files into folders that are organized. You should really only have shortcuts to your applications and maybe a few important folders on your desktop.

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Have you ever actually thought about what is slowing down your computer? Well I’ll let you in on a little secret – it has to do with your operating system and how it runs. As much as your computers operating system tires to be faster it really just doesn’t get the job done. What happens is that your comptuer will start to slow down within time. Why? Well, one of the biggest things is that after using your computer for a few months junk start to build up on it.

In order to make your slow computer run faster, you need to remove this junk and then it will go faster. The more junk that you have on your computer the slower it will go, it’s that simple. The best way to remove these forms of junk is to do proper maintenance tasks on your slow computer so that it will run faster.

So where do you start? One of the best places to start is with your hard drive. Your hard drive stores all of your files and if it fails, then you loose all of your files. This is why keeping your hard drive in a healthy state is critical. To do this we are going to use a programs that comes build into Windows.

Click Start, open My Computer (if your using Vista just click on Computer), right click on the C: and select Properties. In the Properties window, select the Tools tab and then click on the Check Now button. In the Check Disk window, select “Automatically Fix File System Errors” and also select “Scan For And Attempt To Recover For Bad Sectors”. Click start and if it says that you need to perform a restart, just restart your computer and when you come back it will launch the program.

By using this specific program on your computer what you are doing is forcing your computer check it’s hard drive for any potential problems that might occur or are currently dwelling on your computer. Then what the program does is it tries to fix these problems so that in the long run they will not develop into larger problems which might get out of contorl. These types of problems tend to occur as a result from when your comptuer encounters some from of a prblem like it freezes or if you did something like turn off your computer suddenly.

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Registry cleaners are special software programs that help resolve problems with the Windows operating system. These software programs will help in removing items that are either unwanted or redundant and in this way restores the Windows registry to its proper state. Though it pays to use such software, there are nevertheless many that argue that they are not necessary or even useful.

Registry cleaners are used to solve problems related to the elimination of configuration data from the Windows registry, especially that information that is no longer required or wanted by the Windows operating system. The data to be removed can be information that has been left behind by software that has not been uninstalled and it can also be information that is redundant or even settings that malware use to do damage to the computer. Cleaning up the registry will help in picking out unnecessary values which will then be repaired or even deleted.

These cleaning programs provide many benefits but the most notable benefit is that of helping to ensure that your computer runs more efficiently after the cleaning has been affected. The registry holds much complex and voluminous information that cannot be searched by manual means.

This is where specialized software can be helpful as it automates the entire process of searching out invalid entries as well as any missing references to files or even broken links. Once this information is located it can then easily be resolved through use of the correct registry cleaning software.

Correcting registry keys that are invalid can prove to be very beneficial which is why such software programs are much in demand. Some of these cleaners can also do other services such as backing up the hard drive and also restoring certain functions that will help to restore the registry to a state before any changes were made. This is especially useful when some changes are made but which are undesirable and so it is necessary to restore the registry to its original condition.

If you are constantly adding or removing programs from your computer then using such cleaner software programs can prove to be very useful.

There are a few downsides to using such software as well. The biggest such downside is that the cleaner does not address the severity of the fault and can easily flag an error (erroneously) as being critical when in actual fact there is nothing serious wrong. So, before using such software, it makes sense to determine whether using such programs is desirable or even necessary.

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It is easy for anyone to understand that there is a large variety of registry cleaners that can be purchased to treat computer problems. Different programs will be able to offer varying options for the treatment of the problem. But if you are not experienced with these types of programs, you may be unsure about what you should use. Some of the accompanying information may be able to help you understand the use of these programs further.

For the most part, when there are repeated issues occurring on a computer, it is likely because of the registry. This can happen when there have been numerous programs installed into the computer, which later edit the registry in some format. If the registry never updates after the deletion of these programs or there are too many conflicting keys in the registry, it results in problems.

In order to treat the problem, registry cleaner programs were created. Though all of these programs will claim to make solving the problem easier, you are not going to get the same options with all of them. There will be various approaches and solutions as you examine different types of programs. Because of this, you need to research about what each program can offer your computer before you decide to buy it.

Some computers may require an in depth cleaning of the registry. In these cases, you might find that you will need to use the program repeatedly to help you solve all of the problems. If you are using more professional or reliable software, you might be able to pick and choose settings that will allow you to get everything in the first run.

All registry cleaner programs have to perform a scan before the real cleaning can happen. If no scan is occurring during the use of the program, then there is no way of knowing what the registry problems are. You might want to opt for using a cleaner that can tell you about specific problems after each scan. This will allow you to know what programs you should avoid using in order to prevent the problems from occurring again.

It is very important that you are able to choose a registry cleaner that is trustworthy. You need to understand that even though there are many cleaners available for use, not all of them are going to give you the best results. You will likely come across a number of programs on the internet that also claim to be cleaners but are disguised malware.

For anyone that has been experiencing repeated crashes on their computer, using a registry cleaner can be a great help. Registry cleaners can be a helpful method for solving computer problems, but they are not always able to fix every problem that you are experiencing. If you continue to have issues, you may want to have a technician examine your computer.

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If you have switched over from XP to Vista you surly will have known by now that Vista is much slower. This lack of speed has to do with Vista dedicating a lot of its resources to trying to “look pretty”. Making the operating system look nice is great and all but when it comes time to actually get some work done it can be a huge problem. In this article I am going to show you two quick ways to make your Vista perform a it faster but you are going to have to be willing to sacrifice some of Vistas looks in order to get more function. Keep in mind that there really is no point in having your computer look really nice since you are the only person that is really going to be seeing it.

If you are using the Home Premium, Enterprise, Business or Ultimate more likely than not you have the Aero effect turned on. This effect is designed to make your computers windows have a glass like effect that looks cool. It also allows you to have Windows Flip 3D which is just a fancy version of the Alt + Tab combination which allows you to cycle through your currently opened programs. If your not sure what the Flip 3D is, just open a few programs, hold down the Windows Button and press the Tab key a few times – that’s Windows Flip 3D. Now hold down the Alt key and press the Tab key a few times – that’s the old way of cycling through your programs. Here’s how to get rid of the Aero effect:

Click Start, click on Control Panel and on the left hand side make sure that the Control Panel Home is selected. Click on Appearance and Personalize, click on Personalize, click on Windows Color and Appearance and at the bottom select “Open classic appearance properties for more color options”. Now in this new window under the Color Scheme drop down box select Windows Vista Basic. Click Apply and then OK. This should turn off the Aero effect.

One of the biggest features that Vista has that is pretty much useless is the sidebar. Unless you are actually using the Windows gadgets on the sidebar regularly then its probably best that you get rid of it. It literally serves no purpose to the average user except to make your computers desktop look nice. Here’s the process:Right click on the windows sidebar icon in the System Tray and select the properties option from the drop down menu ( if your not sure what the system tray is, its that little group of icons in the bottom right hand corner). Now, in the Windows Sidebar Properties dialog box uncheck the box that says “Start Sidebar when Windows Starts” and select Apply and then OK. Now just right click on the Windows Sidebar Icon in the system tray again and select Exit.

By doing both of these things you have now given yourself some more resources to use which in the long run will make your computer faster.

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Why is your computer slow? Well the answer to that question is beyond the scope of this text but I will tell you that it has to do with your computer building up junk in many different areas in time. The more of these areas that you clean up the faster your computer will be – it’s that simple. Take a look at registry cleaners – they are designed to clean up all of the junk and inefficiencies that build up in your registry to make it faster. The only problem with registry cleaners is that they focus on one area of your computer which will only give you so much of an advantage while there are many different areas of your computer that need to be cleaned. This is why using registry cleaners really aren’t a complete solution to making your computer faster – they only clean one small area while there are many different areas that need to be either cleaned or tuned for performance.

Your computer operating system uses RAM as a temporary working area for files and programs but sometimes those files that are being used in RAM are going to also need a temporary working area. This new temporary working area is a folder on your hard drive called the Temp folder. When your files in your RAM are done using the Temp folder Windows will automatically delete everything in that folder. The issue happens when your computer freezes, hangs or you end a program. All of the files that were in the Temp folder are still in there and they haven’t been deleted. This may not sound like much but after time these files can add up to a lot and start to slow your computer down. Here is how you get rid of them:

For those of you that are using Windows XP start off by simply closing all of your running files and programs and then clicking on the Start button. next, click on Run and type %Temp% in the little box that appears and then hit the enter button. Whats going to happen now is that you’re going to get another window that will show you what’s in the Temp folder. All you have to do now is to just delete everything that you can in that folder. If for what ever reason it says that you cannot delete a certain file, just skip it and then just move onto the next file.

For those of you that are currently using Windows Vista, close all of your running programs and files, click Start in the left hand corner of your screen and type Run in the start menu search box. A small Run window should comes up now. Just type %Temp% and hit enter. Now what you are going to want to do is to delete everything that you see in that folder. If there are some files that you cannot delete that are in that folder, then just ignore them and move onto the next one.

By cleaning up your Temp folder regularly you are first freeing up your computer of hard drive space which will make it run faster in the long run (it will have less files that it will have to manage) and your computer will also have less internal errors.

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Why should you be worried about spyware? That’s actually a really good question. See, spyware is a form of malware that is used to log information on someone without them knowing. Some of the most common things that are logged are things like usernames, passwords, credit card information and even bank account information. Malware is software that is also installed on a users computer without them knowing but is designed to damage your computer (this is why the mal in malware stands for malicious). Since spyware is a piece of software that runs in the background of your computer, it will take up your computers resources and this leads to it slowing down your computer.

Overall the point that I’m trying to make here is that spyware is bad and you should be protecting yourself against it at all costs. I personally use two different pieces of software to protect myself against spyware. One prevents spyware from ever getting into my computer and another is used to find and remove spyware that already on my computer. I suggest using both as you will get a much better level of protection.

The first is called MalwareBytes Anti Malware and is a free program. Once you have installed it on your computer perform a full scan to fully scan your hard drive. I highly recommend doing this as it will go through each and every single file on your computer individually to make sure that it is not infected. Once a full scan is done and you plan on doing another scan in the future, quick scan will be sufficient. There is only one downside to using the free version of this software- you have to manually update it by clicking on the update button. If you are interested just do a Google search for them.

The second piece of software that I use is called Spyware Blaster. This is the program that I use to protect my computer by preventing malware and spyware from getting in. Notice the difference here: one program is used to scan and eliminate malware/spyware and the other tries to prevent it from ever coming in. Just download and install the program and it will provide you with full protection. With this program you are also going to have to manually update it, but hey its a lot better than paying for it.

What most people don’t know that is that if your computer is infected with spyware it can drastically slow down your computer. This is why it is critical that you take care of your computers health as much as possible.

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