How to Extend Your IDevice's Battery Life

 
When you get an iPad, an iPhone or an iTouch, you have made a sizable monetary investment in your technology. You're also relying heavily on the device's battery to keep running and connected. With the help of a few common sense tips, you can make sure your iDevice of choice gets the most out of its battery. That will prevent you not only from having to swear at your phone in the middle of a road trip, but also from having to pay Apple to replace it for you.

1. Keep it Out of the Light

Using your iDevice in direct sunlight for an extended period of time will hurt your battery, and make it harder to hold a charge (not to mention the overheating issues). Keep it at about the same range of temperature as your own body and you will be fine.

2. Turn Down the Brightness

By turning down the brightness on your screen, you will reduce the amount of battery that is used to keep it lit. You do not have to make it so dim that you have trouble seeing, but choosing the lowest setting that's still comfortable for you will help. In iOS5, Brightness can be found directly under the Settings app.

3. Use Wi-Fi Instead of 3G When You Can

Using Wi-Fi instead of 3G will enhance your battery life by about an hour, according to Apple. So, when you have the choice, take the time to connect to the Wi-Fi network for your browsing. The additional bonuses here, of course, are that it's faster and that you'll save your data download limits when you need it.

4. Keep Push Notifications to A Minimum

Every time you receive a push from an app, you are forcing what may be a sleeping phone to wake up, and that uses up your battery life. Since the odds are that your friends' Facebook statuses are not that critical, save the push only for the most important of information.
How to store your battery?
Keep your battery in a cool and dry storage area.
Do not fully charge your rechargeable batteries before storage.
Do not store your battery fully depleted.
Do not stockpile your laptop batteries and avoid buying dated stock.
Never leave a nickel-based battery sitting on a charger for more than a few days.
Always store a lead acid battery in full-charge condition.
Observe the open terminal voltage and recharge the battery as recommended by the manufacturer.

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Music Creation Software Compared - Garageband Alternatives

The amateur music production industry is pretty much dominated by the Mac program: Garageband. Garageband allows you to use loops, virtual instruments, and real instruments with a MIDI connection. This tool is great and simple, but it's for Mac only. Let's take a look at 2 other PC alternatives!

1. Propellerhead's Reason

Reason is probably the most advanced and in depth tool for music creation. It has the most amount of VIs and synth instruments I've ever seen, plus some cool drum loops too. And it makes for some really cool tracks! Click here for some indie house music made with Reason

The drawback is that it seems to be marketed for professional music producers. It has a *cough* hefty *cough* price tag of $449. Plus you need to dish out additional cash on a piano keyboard. I only recommend this program if you've got money saved up for a shopping spree (or a really good antivirus, *hint**hint*)



2. Acoustica's Mixcraft

I consider Mixcraft to be Garageband's cheaper (you have to buy a Mac for Garageband) more effective cousin. It works just about the same, except the user interface is even simpler! You can add virtual instrument tracks, drag in loops, and make your own loops in the same menu! It's also much cheaper than Reason, with ultra-low price tag (depends on what version you get.) You can also use MIDI instruments like in garageband. This is what I use, and I personally recommend it!

Password Management Made Simple

A problem that plaques PC and Mac users alike is the never ending chain of passwords we make when we sign up for internet services. But it really doesn't have to be that hard. There are some really helpful tools that will make and save unique passwords for you. Let's see how it works.

The first program we'll check out is called 1Password. This software really caught my eye because it's available for PC, Mac, the IPhone, the IPad, and Android phones. 1Password can:

• Automatically Save and Fill Web Site Logins
• True Integration With Web Browsers
• Support for Popular Web Browsers
• Strong Password Generator
• Rock-Solid Security
• Securely Organize Your Life With Wallet Items
• Secure Notes
• Stay Organized
• Get Access to Your Data Anywhere
• Automatically Keep Your Data in Sync on PCs, Macs, and iOS devices

Another password management tool I found is called Sticky Password.  It's for Windows only, and it supports these browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Green Browser
• Crazy Browser
• Enigma Browser
• Deepnet Explorer
• MYweb4net
• Maxthon 2
• Seamonkey
• Opera

Sticky Password is much more secure than using the traditional browser to remember your passwords. Each password that you register is sent to their database where it is encrypted. This protects you from identity fraud and hackers.

The last password management tool we'll discuss is RoboForm Pro. Whenever you add a password, it get's saved to it's "Passcards list" (which is stored in your computer.) Then you just use the RoboForm toolbar to log into any of the sites. Is RoboForm convenient? Yes. Is RoboForm safe? I'm not too sure about that.

IPAD 3?!?!

So, rumor has it that the IPad 3 is in development right now. Supposedly, it's going to have a 2048x1536 display. That's 2 times the size of the display of the IPad 2 (1024x768.) That's even higher resolution that a full 1080 HD video res. I can't wait to see what Apple has in store for it's newest installment in it's line of tablets.

For a full article on the IPad 3 from PCWorld, CLICK HERE