Most people encounter PayPal as the simplest way to settle an eBay bill, but it’s evolved over the years into a complex online payment system that’s particularly suited to smaller organisations. You can harness the power of PayPal to transform the most basic website into a simple online shop, or even use it to accept card payments when you’re out and about using a mobile phone app. Find out how you can make PayPal work for you with minimal set-up with these handy PayPal tips. 1. Account types Before you can use PayPal for anything more than simply buying something using a credit [...]

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SanDisk has announced a massive upgrade to its microSD line-up, with the arrival of the SanDisk Mobile Ultra 64GB microSDXC card. SanDisk isn’t the first to announce this type of capacity in the microSD format – Kingmax earns that crown – but it will be the first to market for a whopping $219.99 (£139). Thanks for the memory The new cards use the SDXC format which was only announced back in 2009. Because of this, there are little-to-no phone manufacturers that have come out to say their handsets support the format – most are compatible with the less capacious SDHC variant. Given [...]

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We’ve managed to nab some time with a weird new phone: the Samsung Galaxy S Plus. We’re not sure that we can even call it a new phone, as it’s essentially the Samsung Galaxy S with a slight tweak under the hood. The phone itself bears a striking resemblance to the original Galaxy S – it’s the same chassis if we’re honest, apart from the fact the rim around the edge is now a glossy chrome rather than the darker silver offering we were treated to before. The rest of the phone is almost identical, with the weight ever so slightly lower than its predecessor, which [...]

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HTC has finally launched an official Desire Gingerbread update, which will update the HTC Desire to Android 2.3.3. There’s a pretty big catch, though. This is not your traditional “over the air” update that’s all nice and easy. Instead, users have to download and install Android 2.3 on the HTC Desire manually. Also, HTC has issued a lengthy disclaimer alongside the Desire 2.3.3 update, in which it claims this is a slightly hard thing to do and that it is “not for general public use” and that the company “disclaims liability” should anything go wrong. However, [...]

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The new iMacs have the super fast Thunderbolt port and Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge Core processors which makes them, well, pretty awesome. What’s not awesome? Apple has made upgrading the hard drive on the new iMacs damn near impossible. Other World Computing is reporting that “the Apple-branded main hard drive cannot be moved, removed or replaced.” They say it’s because Apple has altered the SATA power connector from a standard 4-pin configuration to a 7-pin configuration. And since hard drive temperature control is regulated with this cable and Apple’s [...]

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If you try to update your iDevice to recently released iOS 4.2.1 then you will encounter the Error Code 1013 which is widely reported at Apple Support Discussion forum by the users who already have faced the problem during upgrading iOS devices to iOS 4.2.1. Although, the iOS 4.2.1 bug is reported to Apple but no fix has been released at the moment. But, if you want to fix the Error 1013 during the upgrade to iOS 4.2.1 then follow the guide written below. Mac Users Guide to Fix Error 1013: 1- Navigate to Applications > Utilities and launch Terminal 2- Type the bold text command sudo nano /etc/hosts [...]

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The Android 2.2 upgrade situation on the Galaxy S has been a veritable rollercoaster of emotions for owners recently, owing in no small part to the seemingly final firmwares that have been briefly posted and pulled from the company’s servers in parts of the world over the past couple weeks. Nordic countries have already sample the goods, but Sammy says that a “new” firmware update will be available in early November in the UK and should hit “all operator versions” of the phone (presumably including the Vibrant, Captivate, Epic 4G, and Fascinate) by the end of [...]

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Good way to start Wednesday, indeed. Right on schedule (and not a minute too soon), the over-the-air Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) update for Motorola Droid X has started propagating the radio waves. We’ve received dozens of tips already, from those who both checked manually and received notification in the status bar. In addition to a new Android, there’s also improves visual voicemail with Bluetooth support, a refreshed mobile hotspot app, and a fix to prevent data connections from dropping as you move between WiFi and 3G coverage. Go on, check your phone now — and don’t [...]

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As it was speculated that during this week Droid will get the upgrade to Froyo, so Verizon has started rolling out over-the-air Froyo upgrade for Droid devices. New Features of Froyo for Droid: Improved overall speed Great Flash 10.1 integration Improved security options Enhanced browser performance A better Android Market New tips, shortcuts and help from a home-screen widget The ability to stream music from any desktop library (including iTunes) Web and native apps Better video recording features, including LED flash and better YouTube uploading Automatic syncing between desktop and mobile [...]

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This is the fact that iOS 4 runs slower on older iDevices, especially users of iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G reported that after getting upgrade to the latest iPhone OS their devices became slow. Now, if you want to speed up your iPhone 3G or iPod Touch 2G with iOS 4 then simply exclude all items from Spotlight Search on your device, to learn how to do that just watch out the video below. The tutorial below is not recommended for iPhone 4, 3GS, 2G and iPod Touch 3G because its not that much useful for those all.

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