A Week with My Samsung Captivate

By On July 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Android, Gadgets

Well, I’ve had my Samsung Captivate for a week.  Probably one of the most useful purchases I’ve made in quite sometime.  This will be real brief but in the past week I have done pretty everything on this phone.  I have paid bills, balanced my checkbook, listened to Little Brother’s entire album discography, [...]

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Rooting Your Samsung Captivate & Removing AT&T Bloat

By On July 20, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Android, Android Development

First of all -> all the credit goes to ‘chaoscentral’ for the rooting procedure and ‘maerlim’ for instructions on removing the “features” added by AT&T.

Disclaimer:  I am not responsible for any damage that may occur to your handset or your life following the procedure laid out here.

How to root

Download the [...]

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Samsung Captivate Quickie

By On July 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Android, Gadgets

I am on my lunch break typing this post on my Samsung Captivate.  Just a few quick observations.

The Captivate is a very quick device. However as I soon found out, installing too many Widgets will slow things down.  You can definitely shoot yourself with all this freedom. The Android Market is full [...]

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Samsung (Galaxy S) Captivate Hands On/Review Roundup

By On July 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Android, Technology

If you’ve been following me, you’ll notice I am somewhat biased towards the Samsung Captivate coming to AT&T on July 18th $199.99.  Just thought I would list all of the review and hands-on articles and videos that debuted this past week.

Phonedog – Unboxing SlashGear – Unboxing TechnoBuffalo – Unboxing Mobileburn [...]

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