All of the new features that have been added to the Apple iPhone 3G are great but wouldn’t you rather have a battery you don’t have to charge every 5 minutes? Sources say they are not sure if the battery life is any shorter on the new iPhone, but it may have to do with the faster Internet or all the new applications built in. But whatever the cause is, I have some simple tips to make your battery last a little longer, without sacrificing any of your precious web surfing time.

1. Lower the Brightness - The iPhone 3G is brighter than the original iPhone, but do your self a favor and crank it down to 10 - 20%. Go to Settings, then Brightness.

2. Turn off your Wi-fi - If you are not using your Internet constantly, turn off your wi-fi connection. Also, you should disable the new wi-fi network scanner. This will save some of your valuable power bars. I would do the same with your Bluetooth option. Go to Settings then Wi-Fi.

3. Only use 3G when you are ready - Just use EDGE when you are checking email, the weather, and other simple tasks. Turn on 3G when you are surfing, watching videos, or downloading apps. Apple should have made this happen automatically but they didn’t so try it out. Go to Settings then General then Network.

4. Don’t use vibrate when playing games - If the game allows you to turn it off, then that is one more way you can save a little juice. Most games you will not even notice when it’s off.

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Within in the next two years, Italian company V12 Design will revolutionize the way we use our computers. If you love your brand new iPhone, you will just go bananas over this new laptop. Well it is really not a traditional laptop; it is so much more than that! V12 designed this dual LCD computer called the Canova four years ago and is closely working with a US manufacturer to develop a Canova 2.0.

The picture to the right is of the original Canova, which was designed for artist and designers. It was constructed with carbon fiber and stainless steel. It had no underlying operating system but had a electronic pen so you could use it as a sketch pad, a writing pad or even as a electronic newspaper.

Valerio Cometti, the managing director and founder of V12, said in a interview “We developed a brand-new style for the second generation. We did stretch the potential of the Canova noticeably, making it able to do things no notebook has been able to do so far…” He also said it will support multi-touch input and have a built in Microphone. Cometti stated, “Voice recognition will become a more popular and widespread feature in these dual-screen notebooks.” Another great feature will be its e-book reader, where you can just flip the page like it is a real book. Great, no more little paper cuts!

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