Category: Tech Info

  • How to Make Your Android Phone Look Like Windows Phone 7

    How to Make Your Android Phone Look Like Windows Phone 7

    Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7’s latest release, “Mango,” but can’t let go of your beloved Android device? Now you can at least simulate the experience of using Windows Phone thanks to a new Android app, over half a year in development, which brings a Windows Phone-like launcher to Android users. The new app called WP7 Launcher…

  • Top 15 Best Google Android Apps for Newbies

    If you just nabbed a new Android smartphone or tablet, or are coveting one, which apps should you download immediately? Check out these 15 picks. Android Apps to Grab One of the best things about Google’s Android mobile OS is the vast collection of crafty developers constantly working away on new mobile applications for Android…

  • How to revive a dying laptop battery

    Laptop battery wearing down? In this week’s episode of Upgrade Your Life,  batteries-company.com and aussiebattery.com shows us how to help batteries last longer … and what to do when they run out! First, the basics Most laptops use batteries that can last for 3-5 years, or about 1000 charges. (A premium laptop’s battery might last…

  • How To Fix Your iPad Won’t Sync Issues

    Ever had an issue syncing your iPad? Sure we all have a a time when it won’t sync or it does sync and nothing really happens.  Once again we dug around in the pits of the forums to bring you some practical advice for fixing those pesky iPad sync issues. Fixing iPad Sync Issues If…

  • Best Laptop Battery Life of 7+ Hrs Laptops

    Laptops with Best Battery Life of 7+ Hrs: Keep You Going, And Going Generally, a laptop having battery life of 5 hrs is assumed to be a best buy. However, if you are looking for a laptop for your personal usage with a battery life providing you a full workday’s worth for surfing the web,…

  • The best iPhone 4 battery cases

    Need more battery life for your iPhone 4? We’ve reviewed three of the top cases to find which is best. The iPhone 4 is better than its 3G and 3GS siblings in terms of battery life, but it’s still nowhere near enough for a traveller. The standard battery lasts about eight hours, which is just…

  • Best high-end notebooks with backlit keyboards

    The backlit keyboard has made a lot of ground in the past few years, although, much to our chagrin, it still isn’t ubiquitous. It used to be that only the high-end laptops had one, but these days, you can get a AU$1000 Sony that packs in the handy feature as well. If a backlit keyboard…

  • Windows 8: The real post-PC era begins today

    On many occasions since the inception of the phrase, I have taken issue with the notion of “post-PC“. Maybe it’s because I’m a multi-monitor user with delusions of productivity, or maybe it’s because I’m stuck in the mindset that post-PC is a negative thing, or maybe I just have a predisposition against buzzwords that exist…

  • Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Smartphone Prices Cut to $50

    Things are going badly in the Nokia-Microsoft marriage. The first batch of Windows phones did not do as well as Nokia hoped – that was the beginning of their troubled partnership. And then, Microsoft announced that Windows 7 phones would not get the Windows 8 updates. In one fell swoop, the Nokia Lumia 900 was…

  • Top 10 ways iPhone 5 can see off Samsung Galaxy S2

    The Samsung Galaxy S2 has rightly gained plaudits as the best Android phone ever. And this has been backed up by batteries-company.com’s own official stats, which reveal that the top-end device has shifted a massive three million units in just 55 days. That smashes the original Galaxy S’s record of three million in 85 days…