Typically these screen protectors are made of plastic. However, folks at Spigen have an interesting solution. They've launched a screen protector made of tempered glass to protect iPhone's screen from damage and scratches.

The tempered glass screen protector is 0.4mm thick and apparently three times stronger than regular PET film. Spigen claims that sharp objects like knives and keys will not scratch their tempered glass screen protector. They have also shot a video to prove it.

The glass screen protector also comes with an oleophobic coating that prevents fingerprints just like iPhone's LCD screen.

Thinking of giving your computer better performance?  Have you upgraded the RAM in your computer but not seen much of a improvement? Well if you have a newer model computer that supports SATA connections you can jump on the SSD (Solid State Disk) bandwagon.  Some of the key benefits are:

Startup Speed – Boot times are dramtically decreased and applications load much faster. Example: I replaced the hard drive in my dell studio 1747 and my boot time went from 30+ seconds to 12 seconds)

No Moving Parts – Yup, you got that right no moving parts so if you won't have to worry about the death of a drive head killing your new hard drive.

Temperature – Since you don't have a drive that spin at 60+mph your system should run cooler.

Battery Life – This goes with Tempature, no moving parts, your system doesn't have to work as hard to process the same data.  Extending your battery live is a huge plus.

Practically indestructible – If you accidently drop your laptop it is very likely that you won't kill your drive, do that with a spinning hard drive when you have found that your drive has a head failure or even worse a drive that shatters.

Now the downside to a SSD, the Price.  At this time here are the SSD drives that I would use: 

1. Intel 510 Series 120 GB SATA Version 3 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive - Retails for 241.00 As of 1/27/2011

2. Intel 320 Series 120 GB SATA 3.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive - Retails for 187.00 As of 1/27/2011

3. OCZ Technology 120 GB Vertex 2 Series SATA II 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G - Retails for 134.99 As of 1/27/2011

There are several others out there that maybe better than these but at this time these are the ones I liked.  Keep in mind the ones listed are the 120GB versions, you can find a smaller drive cheaper but just remember to make sure it is enough for your needs.  You can find more drives by clicking on the store at the top of this blog or clicking here.

Have you ever accidently deleted a file off your computer and emptied the recycle bin just to go dohhh.  I am going to show you some great free tools that you can use to recover you files, I would call this your first line of recovery.  Don't carry it to some computer service for this, try it yourself!   I have listed the software in order of which I would try, so see what you think maybe it will save you some $$ on data recovery!

1st Program
               Recuva,  - pronounced "recover" is a freeware utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Windows Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses! Like all other Piriform products including CCleaner, Recuva is free for both commercial and personal use. More info here

2nd Program 
            UNDELETE 360 is one of the best programs to use for restoring accidentally or unintentionally deleted files from your computer, regardless of storage medium.  Built on a very fast and efficient algorithm, the program will browse, search, and recover files that have been deleted as a result of an accident, a virus, or software and computer failures.  Undelete 360 can recover files deleted from computer hard drives, USB/thumb drives and memory sticks, the memory cards used in cameras, smart phones, and other devices, pen drives, and more. The program supports both file recovery and folder recovery. Best of all, Undelete 360 is 100% freeware: No ads, no beg screens, no time or feature limits. It is completely free for you to use and enjoy.

3rd Program:
            TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.13 is a free data recovery utility. It was primarily designed to help recover lost data storage partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally erasing a partition table). TestDisk can be used to collect detailed information about a corrupted drive which can then be sent to a tech for further analysis.

TestDisk has features for both novices and experts. For those who know little or nothing about data recovery techniques, TestDisk can be used to collect detailed information about a non-booting drive which can then be sent to a tech for further analysis. Those more familiar with such procedures should find TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite recovery.

PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from Hard Disks and CDRom and lost pictures (thus, its 'Photo Recovery' name) from digital camera memory. PhotoRec ignores the filesystem and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media's file system has been severely damaged or re-formatted.

Tip #1 Watching movies on your ipad from a SD Card, Yes it is possible!

Most people don't know about this but you can watch movies from a SDCard on your iPad or iPad.  But to be able to do this you will need a few items besides a ipad:

• Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit (MC531ZM/A)
• SanDisk 8 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card SDSDB-8192-A11

Tip# 2 Taking Screenshots of your iPad screen:

http://noelflash.com/ipad-tip-how-to-take-a-screenshot.html

Tip# 3 – Using a USB Keyboard on your iPad

If you happen to have a Usb Keyboard laying around and the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit (MC531ZM/A) you can connect it up and not have to fight the on screen keyboard

Tip# 4 – Hidden Virtual Keys

The iPad virtual keyboard has some hidden features that can be a major help as shortcuts to your typing. Here are just a few of the shortcuts you can do:

When entering an URL or Email address, press and hold the .com key and you can then choose to append .net, .org, .us, and .edu to the address
Press and hold any letter or symbol on the virtual keyboard and you will be presented with several new and helpful options.

Tip # 5 –  Avoiding application exits

If you should press the home button by accident while in a app you are forced to quit the app, a useful method for you to avoid this application exit is to just keep holding down on the home button without letting go, that tells the iPad you didn't mean to close it.

Tip# 6 – Closing applications running in the background

When you close a app on the ipad with the home button it usually stays running in the background this could eat up processing power and battery life, you can easily close out (kill) open apps by:

1. Double tapping the home button, this will bring up the multitasking bar.
2. Now press and hold on any one of the apps in the list until they start dancing around.
3. Now just tap the the red circle on the app and that will make it quit.

Tip# 7 Connect your iPad to your HD TV

You can connect your iPad 2 to your HD TV by using Apple Digital AV Adapter , or the plain old Apple VGA Adapter . The iPad 2 supports video mirroring, so your entire home screen will be displayed on the TV.

Tip# 8 Find my iPad

http://noelflash.com/ipad-tip-track-down-a-lost-or-stolen-ipadiphone.html

Do you have a ipad 2 and are looking for some protection for it, well i have the best protection for the money.  As many have heard Otterbox makes really nice cases for iPads, iPhones and they actually protect the device a lot better than some other solutions I have found.  When I purchased my new iPhone 4s the very first purchase was the otterbox for it and that thing has saved my phone many times.

Now for my review on the Otterbox ipad 2 case, The one I am reviewing is the Defender Series case which normally retails for about $80 but you can find it here cheaper.  The sale price at the moment is 50.00 which is $20.00 more than the ipad 2 smart cover that many people buy but keep in mind the smart cover only protects the screen when closed but if you drop it there is no protection.  This version of the defender case is 20 percent lighter than its predecessor for the original iPad 1.  Now this case isn't a slim case, its more on the bulkier side but that is because it offers multiple layers of protection and a clip-on screen cover that will turn into a stand that has two adjustable heights, one for typing and one for watching.

The only downside I have found with this case is they are a little difficult to put on but can be done in a few minutes, just have to make sure you get the snaps in place.

If you are looking for a slightly cheaper case for your ipad 2 you could look at the reflex series

I often hear with new iPad owners that they hate typing on the screen while using it and it would be nice to have a keyboard. Well Apple offers a wireless keyboard solution at the prohibitive price of about $70 plus shipping but you can actually create your own simple iPad keyboard for less then $35.

You will need to componets to make this work, 1 a usb camera conneciton kit (See below)  You maybe able to find these on ebay for about 6 bux but i haven't seen any made by apple for a while now.  (2) a USB keyboard, chances are you already have one of these sitting around but if not you can go to your local computer store or amazon to pick one up cheap.

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Well the jailbreak is out now, for all those who want to try it you can head over to iphonehacks to get the full how to but thought i'd share.

Somethings you should do before trying to jailbreak your device.

1. Backup your device

2. Download the following

Download iOS 5.0.1 ipsw for iPad 2
Download 1OS 5.0.1 ipsw for iPhone 4S
Download iTunes (10.5.3)
Download Greenpois0n Absinthe for Windows
Download Greenpois0n Absinthe for Mac

Now follow the tutorials over at IphoneHacks.com

1. Make sure you device is running iOS5, you can check this by going to Settings, General, About and look for the version, you need to have 5.0 or better (Mine is using 5.0.1).

2. Turn on iCloud (if you have setup your device yet it you will get prompted for this) Tap on settings and then tap iCloud.

3. Customizing the settings for iCloud – Tap the settings icon and select iCloud and tap the On/Off switches to enable individual services including Photo Stream, Documents, Find My iPad/iPhone, and more.  (I only sync Photos and Find My iPad/iPhone)

4. Enable Automatic Downloads - To enable automatic downloads for your music, apps, and books, tap the Settings icon on the Home screen and select Store.

Have you ever heard about the URL Scheme of Safari? URL Scheme for safari lets you to open any app directly from the safari. This trick is basically used by the developers to open their apps directly from Safari. If you want to open Youtube app from Safari, Write down "youtube://" and it will redirect you to the YouTube app on your App. Similarly some are the examples given below:

 

• Itms-apps:// – This opens the app store in your iPhone.

• maps:// – Opens the Maps app.

• sms:// – Opens the compose window of the Messages app.

• music:// – Goes to the currently playing song in the Music app.

• youtube:// – Opens the YouTube app.

• itms-books:// – Open the iBooks app

Now, How this trick will work with Siri? We will actually make a contact including the URL's for different apps and when you will ask the Siri to show the contact it will open up all the details of the Contact including URL's. you can open any app by tapping on the URL.



1. Make a contact by the name of "Shortcuts".



2. Create Multiple text fields containing these URL Schemes. You can use any URL Scheme as shown above.



3. Open Siri and say" Show me Shortcuts Contact"

 

4. All URL's will be shown. You can click on any URL to open that app.



You can also open different options in an app by using this trick. For example, Name a contact 



"Facebook Shortcuts" and add different Text fields with the following URL's 

• fb://profile – Open Facebook app to the user’s profile
• fb://friends – Open Facebook app to the friends list
• fb://notifications – Open Facebook app to the notifications list
• fb://feed – Open Facebook app to the News Feed
• fb://events – Open Facebook app to the Events page
• fb://requests – Open Facebook app to the Requests list
• fb://notes – Open Facebook app to the Notes page
• fb://albums – Open Facebook app to Photo Albums list

Than open Siri and say: Show me Facebook Shortcuts, Click on any shortcut to open it. 

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