In the end of 2010 a study was done showing than more than 50% of second hand cellphone (smart and dumb) sold on Craigslist, eBay and other channels had personal data on them.
It is a general (but WRONG) belief that doing a full wipe or your phone using the internal "Factory Reset" is going to make your data unavailable for the future owner of your device. Tools like Recuva and plenty of others will allow any user with a minimum of knowledge to retrieve most of your precious data.
Why is that? Let's me explain you quickly. When you "wipe" your device, you basically do the same as a quick... » Read More
If there is one thing I do at least once a week is re-installing my phone or tablet, trying a new rom or simply wiping it in order to have it as speedy as the first day.
Some of you may actually do the same thing and if you are familiar with what I am talking about you probably also know Titanium Backup or MyBackup Pro. Unfortunately those two tools are not free if you want to do batch backup and batch re-install of your apps.
One down side of using a application on you device is also the fact that you have you backup locally, if you loose your phone, your backup is gone and you can also... » Read More
For a very long time I have been looking for the perfect tablet for me,I tried the Apple iPad, the Acer Iconia A500, the Samsung Galaxy Tab (original) and the 10.1", the HTC Jetstream/Puccini (my biggest deception) and finally the HTC Flyer. I also has a chance to play with a Fujitsu Windows 7 tablet (a nightmare...). I tried all I could in terms of size, operating system, brands and I have to admit, even if I am so far satisfied with the Flyer, it is far from fulfill all my expectations. So HTC, Samsung, Acer or any other manufacturer up for the challenge here is what I dream about!
Fi... » Read More
For a while now, I have been looking for a good/cheap way to communicate with my family abroad. I have been trying a lot of software, some free, some very familiar and some not so good...
For this reason I decided to share here my personal experience and opinion on some of the tools available on the market and the functions they give you.
Let me spoil the suspense, NONE is perfect in my opinion but...
Viber: My personal favorite. Easy to use, this software use the cellphone to connect people so no need to create and give an id for your friends to find you, they will as soon as you jo... » Read More
Everywhere around the Internet, you'll be able to find the best apps ad widgets available for your android devices but honestly I dislike most of them.
Let's be clear, a lot of apps presented are good and can make you life easy and make you device fancy but my objective is not really the same. I want my device to stay as light as possible (cpu, battery life, user experience...) and my privacy to be respected.
On the privacy point, the more you add apps the more you take risks to have some of your information flying onto server you don't and will never have access to.
So now, let's get to it... » Read More
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