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  1. B

    iPad mini iPad Mini as a giant iPhone?

    Hi everyone, I’m just curious if anyone here has tried using their iPad Mini as an iPhone alternative? Using the iPad Mini as a giant iPhone. If so, any tips, advice, concerns, etc? Thanks!
  2. sierramist

    Other What was your *best* iPhone?

    What iPhone stood out to you the most, and why? Just curious :)
  3. Ulfric

    Pine phone: An open source Linux powered smartphone.

    Pinephone Specs: * Allwinner A64 Quad Core SoC with Mali 400 MP2 GPU * 2GB of LPDDR3 RAM (another 3 GB model available right now) * 5.95″ LCD 1440×720, 18:9 aspect ratio (hardened glass) * Bootable Micro SD * 16GB eMMC * HD Digital Video Out * USB Type C (Power, Data and Video Out) *...
  4. W

    Smartphone holder for van

    For quite a while, our family has been using smartphone holder-brackets that mount on ventilation ports. Here is an example of a Kenu Airframe mount we use. We have a van with ports that have a vertical orientation (the dash is not sloped like many vehicles) and the holder-bracket can sometimes...
  5. W

    Smartphone wallet-cases?

    I'm shopping for bargains for a new smartphone. I live in a hilly area where cellular is spotty at best, so buying the latest bling-phone doesn't fit my budget. I want to buy a good protective case for my new phone (probably a Moto e5, e5 Play, or G6). I'd actually like the case to be a folding...
  6. W

    Stylus questions

    Last Autumn, I bought a Wacom Bamboo Duo stylus. I wanted a writing pen I could carry that looked reasonably solid and durable and one that had a good solid rubber tip for smartphone and iPad operation. Today, my fairly expensive pen broke. The clip on the cap broke off. This caps several...
  7. W

    Repairing a cracked smartphone display

    For about two-and-a-half years, I've owned a Motorola Moto G4 Play, kind of on the "small" end of phablets today. I went for over 2 years without a case, then one day recently I dropped the G4 and it now has a cracked display. The phone still works, but... This is my first smartphone. Not...
  8. W

    Video gear + iPad Mini / smartphones

    For about 15 years, I have been recording occasional video clips for once-in-a-blue-moon video projects. Here are my museum pieces: Canon Vixia HV40 (tape-based, HDV) Canon ZR20 (tape-based, standard def MiniDV) tripods various Audio Technica microphones Olympus LS10 presumer audio recorder...
  9. janeauburn

    How many of you came from BlackBerry?

    Or put another way, what was your smartphone history before iPhone?
  10. Zedcars

    Galaxy S8 Users Complain of Random Restarts

    There seems to be another problem with Sammy's latest flagship phone: http://www.zdnet.com/article/samsung-galaxy-s8-users-complain-of-random-restarts/ I wonder if this is going to be fixed quickly and forgotten about in a few weeks, or if it's a bigger problem. Seems to be still occurring...
  11. A

    Its true? former Mercedez-Benz car designer designed Smartphone.

    World's 1st smartphone UHANS U300 designed by former Mercedez-Benz car designer I really want it. please tell me which online shop selling the smartphone ?
  12. KoolKard

    App Update and Apple ID Mix Up

    If you back up multiple iOS devices on the same computer you may run into the problem of one device recognizing the Apple ID of another when attempting to update your Apps in the App Store. Before updating it will ask you to sign into to one of the other devices Apple IDs even though your phone...