Refurbished Apple Wireless iPad - Best iPad Apps For Your Kid - buyEtail Auctions

The iPad is a wonderful device for surfing the Web, watching movies, even getting work done.

But because it's so gosh-darned cool, kids can't help but beg to use the device  once in a while (or, you know, all the time).Here are a couple of the best apps for keeping your kids engaged while providing valuable educational or creative content.

Of course, sometimes your kids just want to sit down and play a game; we've got you covered on that front too.

Pet Bingo is a wonderful app for kids that are still picking up arithmetic. It combines math-based puzzles with "Nintendogs"-style pet gameplay





WWF Together is a beautiful app that will let your kids learn all about the world's most interesting animals in a format that takes advantage of the iPad's screen and touch controls.




source: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-best-ipad-apps-for-kids-2013-11#pet-bingo-is-a-wonderful-app-for-kids-that-are-still-picking-up-arithmetic-it-combines-math-based-puzzles-with-nintendogs-style-pet-gameplay-1
by Kyle Russell

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Refurbished Apple MacBook Pro - Hot Business Apps for Your Apple MacBook Pro - buyEtail Auctions

Just like the App Store for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, the Mac App Store allows you to download apps directly to your Mac. You can browse the apps by category and read developer descriptions and user reviews or search for specific apps. In order to access the Mac App Store, you’ll need to be running Max OS X v10.6 or later and download the latest Mac OS X update.

 Billings logical workflow and intuitive interface make quoting, invoicing, and time tracking simple. The program comes with 30 professionally designed templates for invoices, statements, labels and reports. You can also track overdue clients, partial payments, taxes, and retainers collected. Built-in business reports let you track mileage and other crucial financial information.

 

 Panorama Sheets combines the full power of a database with the familiar experience of a spreadsheet. All data entry, searching, sorting, data analysis and data manipulation is handled using a straightforward spreadsheet like interface. Data can be imported or exported to/from text files and spreadsheets, and can be printed either as a table or as mailing labels.

 eWallet is a digital wallet and password keeper that helps you protect your passwords, PINs, and bank and credit card information. It uses 256-bit AES encryption and employs time-out locks to keep your info safe.  It also allows you to synch your information between your Mac and iOS devices.

source: http://www.itbusinessedge.com/slideshows/show.aspx?c=86528&slide=6

 

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Refurbished Kodak ESP7 All in One Printer - Review of the Kodak ESP7 Printer - buyEtail Auctions

The ESP 7, the less expensive of Kodak’s slick all-in-one wireless printers (the other being the $299 ESP 9, which has a fax) has two major things going for it: it looks better in a home office than any of its competitors, and the ink is cheap and yields good low-cost prints. For faster speeds and quieter performance you can turn to other less attractive $199 printers. But if design, decent photo quality, and ink costs are priorities, the ESP 7 offers the best value

 

Design

The ESP 7 is, hands down, the sleekest business printer we’ve tested. Its glossy piano black finish and rounded edges are particularly ideal for someone who wants a printer that can blend into a home office. Its 3-inch LCD is larger than other printers’, and the tilt-out control panel makes for a more compact, less conspicuous design. What’s more, at 7.4 inches high, the ESP 7 has a lower profile than other business all-in-ones, such as the Epson WorkForce 600 or the HP Officejet 6500.

Another bonus: the ESP 7 has separate paper trays for larger paper (up to 8.5 x 14 inches) and for 4 x 6- and 5 x 7-inch photo paper. Both trays fully retract inside the printer, so you won’t see any paper sticking out. The only part of the printer, in fact, that sticks out is a retractable tray that catches outgoing prints. The front face also has slots for SD, MS, xD, and CF Cards, as well as a PictBridge port for connecting your camera directly.

The ESP 7 also has a much simpler interface than its competitors: just power and menu buttons, LED Wi-Fi indicator, a five-way navigational pad, Cancel and Start buttons, and a zoom rocker. We had no problem navigating the on-screen menus, although we spent most of our time printing wirelessly from a notebook.

Setup

Installing the ESP 7 and configuring its Wi-Fi connection was a breeze. Unlike other printers, you don’t have to pop in a separate printhead for the ink cartridges (not that this is difficult, but it’s refreshing to have one less step). Whereas companies like Canon, Epson, and others sell their colored ink cartridges separately (different ones for cyan, magenta, and yellow, for example), Kodak’s color ink comes in the form of one large color cartridge (the black ink is still sold separately). This makes installation quicker, but we do wonder what happens if you run out of one color before the others.

One gripe: the printer doesn’t come with a USB cable. Although the Wi-Fi setup, refreshingly, doesn’t require connecting the printer to a PC or router, it would still be nice to have a USB cable in case the network fails, or if the user wants a faster wired connection. Kodak sells a USB cable separately for $24.99, while other $199 Wi-Fi printers come with a cable included.

Performance and Print Speeds

We performed several printing tests, both over a Wi-Fi network and over a USB connection (you can also use the bundled Ethernet cable to connect it to your router or access point, if you like). Our test documents included a two-page Microsoft Word document; a six-page PowerPoint presentation, including photos and colorful graphics; a two-page PDF with lots of fine print; and two photos, printed on both 4 x 6- and 8.5 x 11-inch photo paper.

Over Wi-Fi, it took 44 seconds to print the Word document; 2:42 to print the PowerPoint presentation; 1:23 to print the PDF; and an average of 60 seconds and 2:20 for the 4 x 6- and 8.5 x 11-inch prints, respectively. On average, the printer took an average of 6 seconds to begin printing (the range was 4 to 8 seconds, with the Word doc taking the least time, and the PDF taking the most).

The ESP 7 finished a solid third with its average wireless printing time of 1:38, just a bit slower than the 1:36 average among five all-in-ones we tested. However, it’s worth noting that the Epson WorkForce 600 was twice as fast at 48 seconds.

The ESP 7 finished fourth among five all-in-ones printing over USB. These tests took 59 seconds (Word document), 2:43 (PowerPoint), and 1:18 (PDF), with an average print time of 50 seconds and 2:07 for the 4 x 6- and 8.5 x 11-inch photos, respectively. The average start time was also 6 seconds (the Word doc took 3 seconds to begin printing; the PDF took 7).

One of our biggest complaints about the ESP 7 is that it’s noisy, both while starting up and while preparing for a print job. However, we appreciated the convenient on-screen status box, which shows both a progress bar and percentage of completion. You can also see the ink levels from this box, and even click a button to order replacements. If you like, there’s also a built-in duplexer, which can print on both sides of a page to save paper and money.

Image Quality

When it comes to print quality, photos are the ESP 7’s strongest suit: 12-megapixel photos we took with the Nikon D90 and Canon PowerShot SD780 IS appeared crisp on both 4 x 6- and 8.5 x 11-inch photo paper. The colors were accurate, and we could have framed these prints to show them off. We have a slight preference for the Canon Pixma MX860’s photo quality, although it costs double per print versus the Kodak.

On the other hand, our black-and-white Word doc looked streaky, while the occasional letter in our fine-print PDF looked not exactly smudgy, but bold. Fresh off the presses, our photos and documents felt slightly heavy, but not wet or smudgy.

Ink Refills

The Starter Printing Bundle ($42.99) includes various sizes of Kodak’s Ultra Premium Photo Paper, as well as black and color ink cartridges. You can also buy these cartridges separately for $9.99 and $14.99, respectively. Kodak claims that a single page black-and-white page costs 2 cents, while a mixed-color page costs 7 cents. 4 x 6 photos cost 9 cents a piece, which is a bargain compared to the Canon MX860’s cost of 19 cents per 4 x 6 photo and 5 cents per black-and-white document page.

Other Functionality

In addition to printing, the ESP 7 copies and scans wirelessly. Unlike the other four $199 business all-in-ones we reviewed, it does not fax (Kodak’s $299 ESP 9 does, however).

Other features include one-touch copying, which doesn’t require the use of a PC; that’s standard across products in this class. The ESP 7 can make up to 99 copies at once, although its reduction/magnification range of 20-500 percent is wider than average (most other all-in-ones have a range of 25-400 percent). Its scan resolution of 2400 x 4800 dpi is also standard. The ESP 7’s paper tray holds 100 sheets of document paper at a time, which is on the lower end of normal (the Canon Pixma MX860, for instance, holds 150, and the HP Officejet 6500, 250, but the Epson WorkForce 600 also holds 100 sheets).

Software and Warranty

Living up to Kodak’s reputation for delivering easy-to-use products, the ESP 7 matches its simple interface with intuitive software for your PC. With the AiO Home Center Software users can do a variety of things, including edit and print photos. The task-oriented main menu makes the software easy to navigate, as do the fast, step-by-step wizards (we’d rather print photos with this program than, say, Windows’ Fax & Photo Viewer any day). It’s both Mac and PC compatible; the printer comes with separate installation discs for each OS. The ESP 7 has a one-year warranty, as do the print cartridges.

source: http://www.laptopmag.com/review/accessories/kodak-esp7.aspx
by Dana Wollman

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Refurbished Uniden Security System - Review of the Uniden Guardian G2720 wireless surveillance system - buyEtail Auctions

 

Uniden's Guardian G2720 security kit  homes or office surveillance systems as simple as possible to install and use. The kit comprises two wireless cameras, one 7in tablet-style monitor and a base for the tablet. Video can be monitored live on the tablet, over a home network, or over the Internet. You don't even have to know much about networking to get all that working either — it's very much plug-and-play. The quality of the video from the cameras is adequate, though video size is small in order to facilitate recording, and frame rates can vary depending on how good the camera signals are.

Setting up the Uniden Guardian is just a matter of finding appropriate locations and power points for the two cameras and then switching everything on so that they can be found by the base unit. You probably won't want to put the cameras too far from the base unit — when we placed the cameras further than 10m from the base unit, the frame rate ended up falling dramatically. The cameras can be fixed with screws up high on a wall or ceiling if they are to be used for security purposes, but because the cameras have external antennas that screw into the back, you'll need to make sure there is enough space for the antenna above the camera's mounting spot.

The metal stands on the cameras are adjustable; they have ball joints that allow for vertical and horizontal movement. This joint felt a little too soft and loose, and we had to really tighten the butterfly screw hard in order to make the camera not move at all from its desired angle. Each camera will need to be plugged into a wall outlet and the power adapters have about 4m worth of cable to work with. You can place the cameras outdoors as they are weatherproof, and they also have infrared LEDs, which means they can work at night.

As we mentioned earlier, you won't want to position the cameras too far from the main base unit. The specs say they can do 150m, but we found the range to be much less in our test environment at the office. The cameras run in the 2.4GHz frequency spectrum (using frequency-hopping spread spectrum and encryption), and they can, in some instances, cause interference to your wireless network (unless you are running a 5GHz Wi-Fi network). We noticed this after experiencing very slow file transfers (under 500KBps) to one of our laptops while the Uniden Guardian was on, and faster transfers (up to 10MBps) while the unit was off.

Using the Guardian kit isn't hard. The cameras are paired to the base station by default — we didn't have to do anything ourselves to connect them — and you can see video on the screen practically straight away. Up to four cameras are supported and viewable on the 7in screen at once. We were able to view our two cameras with ease and the beauty of the system is that it also allows you to record streams from these cameras directly to the base's SD card (a 4GB card is supplied with the unit).

The 7in tablet unit is very easy to use as the screen supports touch. It's resistive though, which means that sometimes you have to press firmly in order to get something to work, and we found that we did have to press quite hard most of the time (a new firmware was released to remedy this somewhat). You can simply press on each quadrant of video to make it full screen, and you can press on the menu button on the left to enter the system settings — not there are many — and also to enable Internet mode (as long as the base is connected to your local area network via an Ethernet cable).

The quality of the video from the Guardian's cameras was generally good during our tests, but quite small at 320x240 pixels — we couldn't find a way to change this. Because the cameras are designed to have a wide field of view, there is some distortion on straight vertical lines, which manifests as a slight curve. Microphones are also installed, and you can hear audio through the tablet if you tap on the camera to full-screen the view

that you want to listen to. Frame rates were smooth as long as we kept the cameras within a good distance of the base unit, but at the outer reaches of the range the frame rate dropped to less than one per second.

Night vision worked well to illuminate an area, but for the purposes of security, unless someone is quite still and close to the camera, it can be hard to make out facial details. Motion detection is supported, and the unit can start recording immediately when it detects movement in a scene. We found it to be a little too sensitive, even when the sensitivity wasn't on high. It would sometimes start recording when there was a change in the shadows or lighting of an area. You can also perform scheduled recordings.

Remote viewing of the security cameras is provided via an app called Uniden Guardian, which is available for both iOS and Android devices from their respective stores. To use this app, you'll need to make sure that the base unit is connected to your home network via Ethernet. You'll then need to venture into the settings to grab the device ID of your unit (which you'll need to enter into the app) and also set a security code. The process was fairly easy and we were able to view the security system on our phone, both over Wi-Fi and 3G.

The Uniden Guardian app in action over Wi-Fi.

There is a Web site through which you can also view the Guardian system on a PC (Uniden Video), which requires you to create an account and register your product on that site. However, it also requires an OCX plug-in and only works with Internet Explorer. We could not get it to display video at all during our tests. We used Uniden's email support to try and get a resolution, and while the responses were relatively fast (24-48 hours for each query) and generally helpful, we still couldn't make the plug-in work for us.

All up, if you want some basic surveillance of your home or business through a system that is very easy to install, and which will offer the possibility of remote viewing through a smartphone, then Uniden's Guardian G2720 is worth checking out. You don't really have to know much about technology in order to install and use this kit, and if you're a do-it-yourself type of person, you can have these installed in no time. They are good for outdoor areas, garages, and even inside the home or office, as long as you don't mind the way they will look perched up high in the corners of your rooms. We did experience some interference with our 2.4GHz Wi-Fi networks though, and we found the range of the cameras to be dramatically less than the quoted figure of 150m.

source: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/uniden/guardian_g2720_wireless_surveillance_system/435170/

by Elias Plastiras

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Refurbished Apple iPhone 5 Unlocked - Apple's Contract-Free iPhone Could Benefit Every Consumer In America - buyEtail Auctions

iPhone 5: Bigger Screen Adds a 5th Row of Apps (Photo credit: methodshop.com)

Apple’s introduction of an unlocked and contract free iPhone 5 may be a big thing in the United States, but for the rest of the world it’s business as usual. But it might herald a change in the US market that will benefit consumer choice.

Having consumers buy a subsidised phone on a two year contract has a lot of advantages for the network carrier, but having options in the pay as you go market, as well as SIM only deals and buying the hardware outright is something that is an accepted practice outside of the US.

In the run up to the launch of the iPhone 5 in the UK, SIM only networks such as GiffGaff saw their user base request the new nano-sim in preparation for the unlocked smartphone from Apple; pay as you go data plans in many countries are heavily tailored to data usage for smartphones; and there is very little to stop someone with a two year contract switching the SIM into another phone to see out the contract period. In America the carrier relationship is much more powerful. Handset costs are subsidised to a huge extent. Smartphones on sale for $50 are clearly not being sold at the true cost of production, but it’s the expected price. And if you want to end or switch a contract out, there is a high cost to pay.

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By opening up the smartphone market in America with more options for pay as you go users, Apple could have a positive effect on the whole ecosystem. Arguably the press from the American media drives the stories that promote the ‘winning’ smartphones, and that concentrates the story on the carrier, rather than the Lumias, Galaxies, and iPhones of the world.

Just as manufacturers are looking to have people locked into ecosystems, there is a secondary  battle to own the customer. With a reliance on subsidised hardware, the relationship remains with the carrier.

This is where Apple could help the rest of hardware manufactures. Tim Cook’s company does its best to grab user details, both through the iTunes setup and the billing relationship required for app and media purchases. Microsoft are making similar moves with Windows Phone to direct people to register via a Windows ID and set up payment for the Windows Store, and Google has the requirement for a Google account and payment details to fully engage with Android.

All of these relationship require nothing more from the carriers. In essence they become little more than data pipes while the fun stuff happens between users and ecosystems.

Carriers would likely prefer this not to happen, and the two year contracts and subsidies ensure people will return to buy their handsets from them because for many in the US there is no other valid choice. The rest of the world knows differently and the carrier model sits alongside the contract-free option quite nicely.

Opting out of a restrictive carrier grip is a choice the hardware manufacturers would love for the consumers to have. Every little step helps, which is why Apple’s move to supply unlocked handsets should be applauded.

 source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2012/12/01/apples-contract-free-iphone-could-benefit-every-consumer-in-america/

by Ewan Spence

 

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Refurbished Apple iPhone 5 - iOS 7 battery life: 6 simple ways to keep your iPhone powered up - buyEtail Auctions

iOS 7 is many things. It's vibrant. Very pretty. Not waterproof. And, unfortunately, iOS 7's battery life can quickly turn your iPhone into a very expensive paperweight if you're not careful.

But don't fret just yet, friend. There are a number of tiny options you can tinker with that, when taken altogether, can contribute to keeping your iPhone's little battery icon nice and green. Here, six of the easiest tweaks to preserve your phone's battery life.

1. Turn off background app updates

 

Remember when Sen. John McCain complained to Tim Cook about having to update his applications, like, all the time? Well, he got his wish! Unfortunately, having your apps automatically download new versions in the background can be quite the energy-suck. To disable it, go to Settings --> iTunes & App Store --> scroll down and toggle off Updates underneath the Automatic Downloads section.

2. Turn off AirDrop — except when you need it

(Just swipe up from the bottom to pull up the Control Center)

Anyone with an iPhone 5 and above can use AirDrop to quickly beam files to other iOS devices or Macs, but you don't need it on all the time. Thankfully, it's really easy to toggle on and off: Swipe up for any screen to bring up Control Center --> disable AirDrop.

3. Turn off Parallax

 

(My iPhone is too old to support this, but it's in the Accessibility tab!)

If you don't mind disabling your homescreen's 3D pop, you can turn off the gyroscope-utilizing Parallax shifter by going to Settings --> General --> Accessibility --> set Reduce Motion to On.

4. Switch off Auto-Brightness

 

Instead of donning sunglasses at all times, might we suggest turning down your iPhone's brightness to something a little dimmer, and therefore more energy efficient? First, turn off Auto-Brightness by going to Settings --> Wallpapers & Brightness --> toggle off Auto-Brightness. Then lower your screen brightness to something that can't be used to signal rescue helicopters. You have a flashlight app for that.

5. Switch off location services

 

GPS for Google Maps? Makes perfect sense. GPS so that Seamless can estimate where the nearest falafel joint is at all times? Probably not as essential. Turn off location settings for apps that probably don't require by going to Settings --> Privacy --> Location Services, and toggling accordingly.

6. Turn off WiFi searching

 

Chances are you only use WiFi at home and the office. To keep your phone from trawling for a WiFi connection when you're out and about, simply swipe up to pull up the new Control Center, then hit the WiFi button near the top.

 source: http://theweek.com/article/index/250098/ios-7-battery-life-6-simple-ways-to-keep-your-iphone-powered-up

by Chris Gayomali

 

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Refurbished Apple iPhone 5 and Apple iPad - What the Retina display means for you - buyEtail Auctions

The question is, what does the Retina display actually mean for you?

 

To start, it's worth defining what Apple means by Retina. In simple terms, it means that you can't distinguish between individual pixels at normal viewing distances. As such, the pixel density – measured in pixels per inch (PPI) - is the important factor in distinguishing a Retina display from a regular one. As the viewing distance changes on the device and screen size, the required pixel density for Retina changes.

So, the Apple iPhone 4s, which has a 3.5in, 640x960 screen, has a pixel density of 326ppi. This high density is required, because you hold the phone so close to your face when using it. With the new iPad, which has a 10.1in, 2,048x1,536 screen, the pixel density is 264ppi, as it's designed to be used from further away. The new MacBook Pro with Retina display has a lower pixel density of 220ppi, as it's designed to be used from further away again. As a comparison a standard 15.4in display with a resolution of 1,920x1,080 has a pixel density of just 147ppi.

What Retina means in practice is that text and photos look much sharper, because you can't see individual pixels, you can't see any jaggy lines, as you may do on lower pixel-density displays. For the best results applications have to be designed to at this kind of resolution. This means ensuring that high-resolution graphics and icons are available, as simply blowing up existing graphics and text loses quality and detail.

source: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/general/1292830/what-the-macbook-retina-display-means-for-you
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Refurbished Apple iPad - Simply the Best - buyEtail Auctions

Although the third-generation iPad remains the same on the outside (not a bad thing), it does bring a lot of improvements on the inside. First of all, it has a new screen resolution of 2048x1536 pixels, delivering an amazing for a tablet pixel density of 264 ppi. Another major improvement has to do with the processor of the device, which is now the so-called A5X - still a dual-core processor, but with a new quad-core GPU for outstanding graphics performance. The camera has also been given a boost and is now much more capable in terms of both photo- and video-taking.

Absolutely, if there’s one reason why the new iPad is such a feared competitor, it has to be none other than the crisp and super detail Retina display it’s bringing to the tablet. Although it’s hardly noticeable to visually see the superiority of the iPad’s Retina display from a far distance, it’s evident once we take a peek at our web site at a full zoomed out view. At times, the iPad’s display is simply surreal with its stunning visuals. When it comes down to it, however, the iPad has the eye candy to pique anyone’s interest from afar.

 

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Refurbished Apple iPhone 5 - 5 Reasons I'm Switching From Android To The iPhone 5 - buyEtail Auctions

I love Android—I really do. From my HTC EVO 4G to my Nexus 4, through rooting, modding and waiting patiently for the platform to find its feet, Android has never done me wrong. But my mounting frustrations with what I want out of a smartphone are leading me back to Apple's green pastures yet again. 

1. iOS 7

Plenty of tech pundits would dismiss Jony Ive's iOS 7 revolution as an iterative, superficial update, one with candy colors and a few tricks to make us go ooh. Me? I'll be leaping into its flat, bubblegum design with arms outstretched. Ever since Mathias Duarte got involved with Android (circa Honeycomb), I've been reeling in its design-geek friendly visual siren song. Now that Ive has lured iOS out of its visual dark age, I'm all ears. If I ever see the word skeuomorph again it'll be too soon. 

2. Google Voice Is Broken

For the past three years, since I moved away from New York, I've relied on Google Voice for 100% of my texts and calls. Ask any Voice user: that's quite a risk. And as much as I love clinging to the free VoIP platform and its mobile operating system agnosticism, the app just gets buggier and buggier. Sure, the Google Hangouts roll-in is on the way, but it's too little too late from my absolute favorite yet wholly stagnant app. iMessage, group texts and MMS, here I come! 

3. Camera

When I shoot photos on my phone, I intend to share them on Instagram, my favorite app in the known universe. But Instagram on Android has a serious image compression problem. Using a Nexus 4, I can take my brightest, most crisp shot into Instagram to share with the world... and see it butchered into pixelated oblivion. I do not make a habit of mincing pixels, but there's a systemic, unresolved brokenness to the Instagram for Android app that renders it nigh unusable.

Sure, a non-iPhone camera may have more megapixels and spec sheet bells and whistles on paper. But at the end of the day it's all about how your mobile hardware's image processing plays nice with apps—or if it doesn't. Apple's built-in image signal processor (ISP) is largely to thank for the iPhone's qualitative image superiority , and it should be better than ever on the A7—which I assume doesn't hold a grudge against Instagram. 

4. To 5C Or Not To 5C...

From the get go, I was drawn to the 5C, and part of me is still genuinely intrigued about the device in spite of the fact that its guts are very familiar. The iPhone 5C's unibody polycarbonate casing is like owning a Lumia without having to deal with a Lumia—or Windows Phone. Awesome, right?

Well, as much as my tactile reptile brain wants the 5C (Ooh colors! Smooooth!) I realize that the 5S, with its A7 chip, and sophisticated camera processing are way more the speed for any proper early adopter crazy person like myself. But this doesn't mean I'm not buying a Connect 4 case, okay?

5. Size—Simple As That

Every time I scratch my head wondering why everyone and their literal mom has an iPhone, I remember one simple anatomical fact: we ladies, on the whole, have smaller paws. I love Android to death—I've been modding my Android phones into unrecognizability for years now—but I can't hack the hardware to suit my medium-sized lady hands hand any better.

At the end of the day, if I can't reach all of my apps with a swift one-handed gesture, it's all for naught. My eyes prefer to drink in a wide 4.7-inch display like that of the Nexus 4 or the HTC One X (my last, last Android phone)... but my hands constantly fumble—and my phone teeters perpetually toward taking a nosedive.

It's often overlooked because it's just that simple, but the iPhone anatomically agnostic appeal is a huge part of its ubiquity. There are no flagship devices from Android that I can wrap my hand around comfortably. And that's a major nail in its coffin from this Android lover. Women aren't just a marketing segment—we're half of the population. 

source: http://readwrite.com/2013/09/20/5-reasons-switching-from-android-to-the-iphone-again#awesm=~omcCsN1f3cGM7q
by Taylor Hatmaker

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Refurbished Apple iPhone 5 - 10 Crazy and Unbelievable Apps That Deserve to be Banned From the App Store - buyEtail Auctions

Even with Apple's strict guidelines, a few unbelievable and mind boggling apps have made their way into the App Store. Here is a quick look at some of the most horrible, offensive and useless apps ever created for the iPhone and iPad.

#10. Pocket Heat

Release Date: January, 2010
Banned: Still available 
Download link ($0.99)

Pocket Heat used to drain your battery and overheat your iPhone to keep your hands warm, but now it's just a "faux heater" that does its "best to heat you up using nothing more than pixels and sound waves". It looks like Apple wasn't happy about people turning their iPhones into portable heaters based on the App's official App Store message to haters:

"To all the negative comments - the app used to create heat by using the GPS, accelerometer and other things. This is no longer the case as Apple would not allow that functionality in this instance. We apologize for the confusion, but our descriptions and updates have always told what the app does."

#9 Quests and Dungeons by Sikalosoft

Release Date: October 20, 2012
Banned: Still available
Download link(s) Quests (Free) Dungeons ($0.99)

Sikalosoft is the creator of the controversial Baby Shaker app (see below), and one of the worst developers still making iOS games. All you have to do is look at these screenshots to see why. Sikalosoft should be banned just for insulting Apple and Apple fans with these childish images.

#8. iAmAMan

Release Date: December, 2008
Banned: Still available
Download link ($1.99)

iAmAMan by IPS Pirates doesn't deserved to be banned, but it has ruffled a lot of feathers. The app allows men to track their girlfriend's menstrual cycle, and "helps to avoid misunderstandings and preserve your relationship." The app has received criticism for allowing the tracking of several women at the same time, and for claiming it can help men predict their girlfriend’s "mood" so they can "save money" on dates.

#7. I Am Rich

Release Date: August 5, 2008
Banned: August 6, 2008

Armin Heinrich's $1,000 app allowed frivolous iPhone users to download a glowing red gem that contained a secret rich person's mantra. The app's official description called it "a work of art with no hidden function at all". The app was pulled by Apple without explanation the day after its release. Android owners can now download it for free through Google Play.

#6. Sexy Bikini Fart

Release Date: August, 2009
Banned: unknown

This app did not just deliver bikini farts, it delivered "sexy" bikini farts from hot sexy girls who like to talk dirty. I'm not sure why Apple banned this one.

#5. Annoy-A-Teen

Release Date: August, 2009
Banned: Still available
Download link ($0.99)

This app promises to keep pesky teenagers off your lawn by transmitting "irritatingly high frequency sounds that most adults" can't hear. The app's users reviews warn of being ripped off. Even the screenshots of this app are offensive.

#4. Super Monster Bros by Adventure Time Pocket Free

Release Date: February 23, 2013
Banned: unknown

Super Monster Bros by Adventure Time Pocket Free (yes, that's the actual full name) is considered one of the worst games ever released for iOS devices. The game became an internet sensation after IGN posted a video about its absurd in-app purchases and blatant rip off of Pokémon and Mario Bros. The game asked players to spend up to $100 to unlock additional characters while ripping off some of Nintendo's most popular franchises.

#3. Pet Baby

Release Date: August 02, 2012
Banned: Still available
Download link ($0.99)

Pet Baby is not only useless, but it has to be one of the creepiest and loneliest apps ever created. The app allows you to turn your pet into a science fiction nightmare by merging its face with a human baby. I keep imagining some insane person with 200 framed human-cat hybrid images decorating their walls.

#2. Phone Story

Release Date: September 9, 2011
Banned: September 13, 2011

Phone Story claims to be "an educational game about the dark side of your favorite smart phone," but Apple didn't see it that way. Apple banned the app for violating their developer guidelines, but some questioned the validity of their claim. The game features four minigames where players must force children to mine coltan, and stop employees from committing suicide. It is debatable if this game is in poor taste, or really educating people as the creators claim it does. You can read more about the game at PhoneStory.org.

#1. Baby Shaker

Release Date: April, 2009
Banned: April, 2009

In 2009, Apple was forced to apologize for the Baby Shaker application after it gained negative media attention. It only took Apple a few days to pull the app, but the damage was already done. The game required users to silence a crying baby by shaking it to death. Here's Sikalosoft's (the developer of Baby Shaker) original apology for the game.

"Yes, the Baby Shaker iPhone app was a bad idea. "You should never shake a baby! Even on an Apple iPhone Baby Shaking application."

source: http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/972635
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Refurbished Apple iPhone 5 - 5 Totally Crazy But True Facts About the iPhone - buyEtail Auctions

No one anticipated the iPhone's meteoric rise when it was first introduced in 2007. Critics complained that, unlike the BlackBerry (remember those?), the touchscreen phone was too hard to type on. It was too expensive. It had to be on the AT&T network. Little did those critics know that, five years later, the rectangle with rounded corners would own the smartphone market.

The device's wild popularity has, unfortunately, grown so much that iPhone and iPad thefts rose 40 percent in New York City. Thieves love the Apple smartphone so much that they'll even snatch them from babies. This stat got us thinking about Steve Jobs's masterpiece and what makes it so special. So, as you clutch your device to keep it out of harm's way, read these five totally crazy — but true — facts about the iPhone.

The most expensive piece in the iPhone 4 costs a whopping . . . $28.50.According to research firm iSuppli, the phone's Retina display screen is the priciest piece of the iPhone puzzle. Together, the parts total about $200, although that doesn't take assembly, design, or branding into account.

Continue on for more facts and figures on the iPhone.

250 million units of iPhones have been sold to date. If all iPhone sales worldwide were concentrated in the US, it would be equal to nearly 80 percent of the entire US population.

Nine rare earth minerals are used to make the iPhone vibrate, play music, show color on its screen, and do all the cool things we love it for. Many of those minerals are concentrated in one place, and 90 percent of the elements are mined in China.

The computer chip that powers the iPhone is manufactured by Apple's greatest rival, Samsung. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer — as close asinside of your bestselling product, we suppose. In case you missed it, Apple filed a huge lawsuit against Samsung in June, claiming that the company violated patent law by using aspects of Apple's most popular mobile devices in its smartphones. Apple won the case, which might make the collaboration between the two companies to design and manufacture the next mobile processor a little awkward.

It took over 200 patents and 156 suppliers across three continents to make the iPhone. Everything from the look and feel of the phone to all of its individual parts to how precisely it's assembled was patented as intellectual property in early developments of the iPhone. In 2012, Apple released a complete list of its iPhone, iPod, and iPad suppliers, revealing the intricacies of assembling the products.

Tell us why you love your iPhone.

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Refurbished Apple Macbook Pro - Great App (Treat Yourself To The Best Password Management Ever ) - buyEtail Auctions

LastPass is one of the best password managers currently available, and it’s basic feature set is pretty hefty, and should be enough for a lot of people.

 

If you’re already a user of LastPass, then you’ll know that it’s a cloud service which has plugins for all major web browsers — Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera. The benefits of LastPass over your browser’s traditional password manager is that it’s available wherever you have Internet, and it doesn’t use any local storage so they can’t be sniffed off of your hard drive. It can also do plenty more, such as automatically recognize when you entered in a password, help generate a secure password, autocomplete or even autologin for you, add notes, and plenty more. 

However, if there’s so much you can do with it in its free version, what could possibly exist in the Premium version? Good question! With LastPass Premium, you get all the same great features, but now on all your mobile devices as well. In case you’re worried that your phone or favorite browser might not be supported, don’t.

LastPass Premium supports iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, Dolphin Browser, Firefox Mobile, Symbian S60, and WebOS. For all of you busy people who depend on your smartphones to stay in touch and get things done, LastPass Premium is more than likely to support your handset. Don’t forget that these aren’t limited to just phones, but devices in general that run any of those operating systems or browsers.

Thankfully mobile support isn’t the only additional feature in LastPass Premium. You can also get “IE Anywhere” which lets you access LastPass in Internet Explorer without the need for a plugin. The free version of LastPass allows Google Authenticator to be used as a multifactor authentication method, but LastPass Premium allows the use of “LastPass Sesame” (Windows only) which turns your USB flash drive into a multifactor authentication tool. If you have a YubiKey, you can use that as well. If you’re paranoid, you can use all three as you’re not limited to just choosing one.

With three outside sources of authentication needed (when set up) along with a killer master password, there’s no way anyone but you is getting to those passwords. Last but not least, LastPass guarantees that you won’t get any advertisements from them, and you’ll also get priority support with the Premium package.

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