When importing all of your CD’s into your iTunes it’s always a little annoying when you go to transfer your music to another media type (like your mobile phone) and the iTunes standard file will not play!
Well fear not people, we are here to help.
The MP3 format is the de facto standard of digital music [...]
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Quick Tips: Importing a CD to MP3’s on iTunes
Quick Tip: Updating the software on a Nokia N97
The mobile phone industry moves fast, so fast that most of the time the mobile phone that you purchased all sealed and new, probably has an out of date software version installed. Now with that in mind, Nokia have installed a Software Updater in all of its recent Symbian devices.
So we at the Gadget Helpline [...]
Quick Tip: Resetting your iPhone/iPod Touch
Whilst on holiday abroad last week one of our editors Apple iPhone 3Gs crashed and had the black screen of death- After a bit of fiddling and a lot of cussing at the apparent dead iPhone, we discovered that a simple reset can solve the issue. This helpful tip will save you going down a [...]
Blu-Ray jargon busted
Fact: Blu-Ray HD technology is now affordable, but that doesn’t mean that it makes sense to everyone. So we at the GadgetHelpline have compiled a list of Jargon busting information to help you get to know and possibly buy a new Blu-Ray disc player.
Blu-Ray
Blu-Ray Discs (or simply BD) is the name of a next-generation optical [...]
The GadgetHelplines top 5 Bluetooth devices
At the GadgetHelpline we like Bluetooth technology, now this isn’t just because we are one of the UK’s leading authorities on Bluetooth usage and compatibility, but because we hate wires. Bluetooth technology has been around since 1999, and barring the strange name (Bluetooth is named after the Danish king Harald “Bluetooth” Blaatand who unified Denmark [...]
Microsoft Windows 7 Investigates ‘Consider Replacing Your Battery Error’ on Laptops
According to news from Channel Register, a number of users who have upgraded their laptop PCs to Windows 7 from Vista have complained that they have seen a radically shortened battery life when using their new operating system.
During Window’s 7 beta cycle last summer, a few users did report similar problems, however since the launch [...]
Which Web Browser is Best?
There are so many web browsers to choose from on the Internet, most of them free to download, easy to use and quick to load pages. But the real challenge is finding the one that shines above them all, the best cross-platform browser there is.
Meaning we won’t review Internet Explorer… because it’ll only work on [...]
End those Android email woes with K-9 Mail
If like many, you are frustrated with the many problems presented when trying to use the standard Android Mail client (e.g.- not being able to permanetly delete mails from the trash). You might want to try K-9 Mail as an alternative.
K-9 is an open source mail client for Android originally based on the standard Android [...]
Getting MP3 album artwork on your gadget
Here at the GadgetHelpline we get alot of gadgets through our doors and we get to play with and support a whole variety of toys and tech. Now one of the most frequent features is the ability to play MP3 tracks on a gadget. Long gone are the days that you would need a separate [...]
How to Prevent Windows 7 Black Screen of Death
A Blue Screen of Death (or BSoD), giving you a friendly notice that your computer has encountered a critical system error, may not be news but a Black Screen of Death definitely deserves a mention.
Some Windows 7 users have been faced with a completely black screen after logging on to their system. The problem has [...]
