After the Nexus 4 was only available for a short time in Germany - which led to general displeasure among potential customers - a second batch is now available in the US at ...
Continue readingUMTS: Save data volume with proxy
Since I currently rely on the scarce data volume of one gigabyte per month (currently with a Fyve card, as there was still credit on it), I naturally try to be as economical as possible with the data. Already before ...
Continue readingSurfing with Congstar - my experiences
After the move, M-Net has not yet switched a "real" DSL connection, so I currently only have access to the Internet via 3G/EDGE. Since Congstar uses the T-Mobile network, reception is no problem - using Speed Manager ...
Continue readingAmazon Cyber Monday 23 - 30 November 2012
This year, Amazon is once again hosting the so-called "Cyber Monday", a fireworks display of offers, in which 1,800 lightning deals with over 750,000 products are offered within the 8 days. Amazon has been organizing Cyber Monday in Germany since 2010 - ...
Continue readingHeadphones: Beyerdynamic MMX 300 against Ultrasone Pro 450
Looking for a good, but not too expensive headphones for the office, I came across the Ultrasone Pro 450. At home, I use a Beyerdynamic MMX300 headset, but a second pair just for work was not really ...
Continue readingiPhone Home Button vs. lighter fuel
I am actually satisfied with my iPhone 4, but there was a problem: the home button no longer responded reliably, sometimes I needed several clicks until the button responded. All tricks to calibrate the ...
Continue readingApple releases iOS 6.0.1 with bug fixes for iPhone 5
Apple has fixed bugs with iOS 6.0.1, which affects the iPhone 5 in particular, but also works on older devices. First of all, nothing has changed in the Maps app, but WLAN support has. The changelog: Software updates ...
Continue readingLG Nexus 4 smartphone introduced
Besides the Nexus 10, Google has introduced a new Nexus smartphone that is produced by LG. The key specs: 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 1,280×768 pixels, Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core SoC with 1.5 GHz, and 2 GB of RAM. As ...
Continue readingFreeNAS 8.3.0 with ZFS v28 released
FreeNAS 8.3.0 has already been released on Friday. The main new feature is ZFS version 28 (compared to ZFS v15 in FreeNAS 8.2.x - which is no longer being developed because the underlying FreeBSD 8.2 ...
Continue readingGoogle Nexus 10: Data and images surfaced
On Monday, Google will unveil the Nexus 10 tablet, weather permitting, and give the well-known Nexus 7 a big brother. The device, which according to a report from BriefMobile has a resolution ...
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