The Princess Geek

The Princess Geek Tech Talk

Browsing Posts published in May, 2009

I’ve never thought that being a geek was a negative thing…maybe it’s because I think that being a geek only means a person who loves technology.  I’ve never worn a pocket protector, black glasses, or pulled my pants up above my belly button and I suspect that most tech lovers have never done those things either.

This article that I wrote on eHow is telling people who might be afraid of technology that they can find their inner geek and confront that piece of technology without calling their “favorite geek”!  We geeks love to fix your computer (or DVD player, or smartphone, etc), but we also love for you to join us in loving to learn about that piece of technology along the way!

How to Think Like a Geek

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As much as I love my iPhone, I was shocked when I was away from any kind of power source for a day and realized that I would have to do nothing with my phone besides a little internet surfing, a bit of texting, and a few necessary calls.

Since external battery packs aren’t as widely advertised as cases, I didn’t realize for a long time that they were available.  When I started looking, I was impressed with the variety of them, ranging in price from $40 to $100.  Check out my eHow.com article for some External Battery Pack options for your iPhone or iPod Touch.

How to Extend iPhone or iPod Touch Battery Life with an External Battery Pack

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If you want to pick a song and create a playlist containing songs similar to that favorite song, read this article on how to create a genius playlist right on your iPhone or iPod Touch!

How to Create a Genius Playlist on Your iPhone or iPod Touch

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Twibes logoHave you heard about these new Twitter Twibes?  I find them great in getting together users who want to Tweet about a common subject.  Here’s all you need to get started with Twitter Twibes!  (I mentioned the 1st one in an earlier post.)

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iphoneOne of the greatest features of the iPhone is that you can add some incredible apps to your phone that will make your iPhone indispensible to you.  I’m amazed how many people that I meet who have only installed 1 or 2 apps and then forget how to do it.

Here are two articles that will walk you through the steps from either your computer or from your iPhone.  You will need to know your iTunes password!  The first one, I mentioned a few posts back, but thought it was worth mentioning along with the 2nd article on installing directly on your phone.

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This is a beginner’s guide to Cydia.  It’s a pretty easy application to use, but there are some not-so-obvious features, like deleting apps that you have installed through Cydia.  Check out my article if this is an area of interest for you!

How to Use Cydia for Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch

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Woman and cell phoneHere are a few new articles for you.  Twitter and Facebook have caught much of my attention lately.  It’s amazing to see how fast a social networking site can go from a virtual unknown to the general public, to becoming verbs that will probably be in the Webster’s dictionary by the end of the year!  Facebook did it last year and Twitter is doing it this year!

How to View Twitter and Facebook Status Updates in TweetDeck

How to Browse Twitter Twibe Groups

How to Play Scrabble on Your iPhone with Your Facebook Friends

Please share any comments!  I’d love to hear what you think!

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Here’s my newest article on How to Compare and Choose Between Apple iPhone and the Palm Pre! question-pre-iphone

Check it out and let me know if there are other features that you think are important.

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twitter-on-iphoneThe interest in Twitter has been skyrocketing in the last few months.   The concept of micro-blogging invites users to update whenever and wherever they are, which makes an iPhone application a natural fit.  Unfortunately, lots of developers have recognized that fact and have presented us with dozens of choices of iPhone Twitter clients.

I have been documenting the functionality each of the major Twitter apps for the iPhone and have found that not one of the available apps covers all of the features requested by users.  Twitterers are forced to either use several different apps or just settle for one that fits best.  I have written an article on eHow.com that helps the reader identify some of the functionality and which type of app that might work best.

How to Find the Best Twitter Application for the iPhone

I didn’t think it was the right format to recommend specific applications by name, however.  Maybe I’ll do that here, if there is any interest!  Let me know in the comments if you want me to name names!

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