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Protect Kobo Vox Screen and Case with Screen Protector and Case!

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:48:16 PST

You want your Kobo Vox to work and look new for many years to come. The best way to protect your Kobo Vox from damage is to use a Screen Protector, Case, and Bag for your Kobo Vox to protect it from scratches, drops, and dents which damages your Vox, and break it if the drop is high.

Getting a screen protector for the Kobo Vox would protect your Kobo Vox's 7 inch screen from unwanted scratches on the screen. A screen protector is a piece of clear plastic which you stick over your eReader Tablets screen, so fingernails, stylus, pens, and sharp objects don't scratch the screen since the thin piece of clear plastic shields your screen from sharp objects. The piece of clear plastic which comes with the Vox is only a temporary screen protector because it is not very sticky, so it falls off easily, and is not made with the best type of thin plastic for screen protectors without reducing performance when applied to your Vox's screen.

You can also buy a binder foldable case for the Vox to give it an extra level of Protection from scratches by using a case to protect the Vox's top, bottom, and sides from scratches and dents. Plus, it would make your Vox look more Stylish, and feel more like a personal organiser or book.

There are also decal decorative vinyl skin which you can stick on the Vox to protect the bottom and bezel of the Vox's cases from light scratches while customizing the look and feel of your Kobo Vox's eReader Tablet. Your Vox also will have a cool look to it which makes it look more unique from other Vox's.

Using a Netbook or laptop bag to carry your eReader Tablet around town, and protect it from dents, drops, water, dirt and dust by using a padded laptop bag to carry your Vox around town.

Favorite Games + Apps For Kobo Vox Color eReader Tablet

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:44:45 PST

The Kobo Vox color ereader is compatible with a lot of Google Android apps since it uses the most popular version of Google Android which is Google Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread as its operating system. The Kobo Vox has a 800 MHz CPU, 512 MB of RAM, and 8GB of storage which is fast enough for installing and playing most games and apps made for Google Android.

Google Android has one of the largest App and game libraries for mobile devices like smartphones, Tablets and eReaders.

This means if the App or game works on your Google Android phone, it would work on the Kobo Vox eReader in most cases.

My favourite games for the Kobo Vox are Angry Birds series, Fruit Ninja, Gravity Guy, and Cut The Rope which are all available from the GetJar marketplace for free which comes bundle with the Kobo Vox.

Angry Birds is a game where you use a sling shot to hit green pigs which are behind a wall, or rocks. There are currently three games in the Angry Birds Series: Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, and Angry Birds Season.

Fruit Ninja is a fun game where you swipe the screen to cut flying fruit while avoiding bombs, and cut as much fruit as possible on the screen.

Gravity guy is a side scrolling game where you tap on the screen, so Gravity guy can walk on the ceiling, or floor to avoid objects while running away from a white soldier with a gun.

Cut The Rope is a fun game where you have to cut the rope in the level, so the candy attach to the bottom drops into a monster mouth.

I also found Tetris, Checkers, Tic Tac Toe, Air Hockey, Krazy Kart Racing, and pinball which are very fun games I downloaded at Get Jar app store for Kobo Vox.

The Kobo Vox comes bundled with a eBook Reader, rdio, Press reader, Globe2Go, video player, music player, dictionary, e-mail, dictionary, picture gallery, and many other apps which work pretty well.

My favourite 3rd-party Apps for the Kobo Vox is Dolphin HD Mobile Web browser, and Opera Mini Web browser for Android.

Dolphin web browser is a fast easy to use web browser which is kind of like Google Chrome user interface, and has gesture shortcuts for better web surfing on a mobile device. Dolphin also features a back and forward on screen button which can make browsing the web easier for newbies to Tablets.

The Opera Mini Web browser is great for viewing picture rich websites since you can set the picture file quality to low to save bandwidth and battery power when Opera is loading pictures on a website. It is also a fast and easy to use web browser like Dolphin HD Web browser.

File Expert is an App for managing, and looking for files which you loaded to your Vox.

The SlideIT keyboard app for Andriod is pretty good since it lets you adjust the size, style, and behaviour of your keyboard easily, and the auto-suggestion is pretty good for SlideIT.

I heard SwiftKeys is also a pretty good third party keyboard for Android. It has auto-prediction and word correction as well. Swift keys also features customisation like SlideIT.

You can sideload other apps which you downloaded with your Google Android cell phone with the Google Android Marketplace by using a MicroSD memory card to transfer the APK files from your phone to the Vox from your phone or the internet from websites.

If you live in the US, you can download the Amazon App store to download even more apps from Amazon Android app store. However, the Amazon App store does not work for users who live outside of the US.

Web Browsing + Wireless Wifi Experience on the Kobo Vox Color eReader

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:28:15 PST

The default web browser on the Kobo Vox Color eReader is the Google Android Gingerbread web browser which is pretty good for visiting mobile sites. The 800MHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, 8GB storage, and 802.11N Wifi adapter found on the Vox is great for browsing most websites online quickly, and download files online to latter transfer to your laptop, or desktop by using the Vox's USB transfer cable. The 7 inch screen, thin case and light weight of the Vox makes it great for carrying around in a bag or purse. I also notice it is easy to read text on the browser because of the sharp screen and bright back light. The 7 inch screen is big enough to display most popular websites like YouTube, Wikipedia, Facebook, Google, and Twitter without the need to zoom in or scroll a lot. The Vox can play YouTube and DailyMotion videos without the Adobe Flash Player add-on if you use the mobile version of Youtube at m.youtube.com . Videos will be played in Full Screen High Quality by default in YouTube mobile.

The Kobo Vox also comes with the bookmarks with the mobile version of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, so easily accessing the mobile version of popular social networks are simple.

Rdio, PressReader, and Globe2Go also comes bundled with the Vox, so you can listen to music, read magazines, and newspapers streamed to you from the internet easily.

The WiFi performance of the Kobo Vox is also very good. The Kobo Vox connects a lot faster to my older Wireless router which uses 802.11G in a few seconds which is a lor faster then my laptop which sometimes take minutes to connect to WiFi.

The Vox also features a 802.11N Wireless wi-fi adapter which means it can detect wireless networks which are farther a way, and have a better range for the Wireless signal. 802.11N can achieve speeds of 300 megabits per second or higher, and longer range. This means if your Wireless router also has 802.11N your speed and range would be very fast and long. But, If you still use a 802.11G router then the speed and range will still be good, but not as good as a N router.

When I use the Vox, it never disconnects me from my home router while I use it.

Downloading eBooks, .APK installer files for android, and media files are also pretty fast.

The default Google Android browser is good enough for browsing 1-3 websites at a time on the same browser.

However, using Opera Mini could be better since you can set Opera mini to compress images to low or medium quality on a website to use less bandwidth and load faster, and you will save a little bit of battery power since you won't need to download image files which are as big, and Wifi uses battery power on the Vox when on. Opera is a tab browser, so it is easy to switch to different websites. Opera also has a back and forward and other buttons found on desktop browsers to make browsing the web on a tablet easier for Newbies. YouTube, and most video sharing sites do not work well in Opera for some reason.

Dolphin Browser HD, and Maxthon Mobile Android browsers seem to work better for Multimedia rich sites, or sites that do not display well on Android, Opera, and other browser. I prefer Dolphin Browser more since it's user interface looks similar to Google Chrome user interface, and Dolphin seems a little more fast and easy to use then Maxthon. Maxthon has customisable themes, and more settings if you care a lot about customisation.

Opera Mini, Dolphin HD, Maxthon, and other mobile browsers are available for download for free at the GetJar Android Marketplace, or online at their websites.

You can also side load APK files with the Internet, USB cable or a Micro SD card to install other 3rd party web browser, or web apps which are not available in GetJar marketplace.

You can also use SlideIT which is a 3rd party keyboard app for Google Android on GetJar to replace the default Android keyboard if you find the Android Keyboard hard to use when typing in searches or website addresses in mobile web browsers.

When using your Kobo Vox for web browsing, and wi-fi is on the battery life is about 3-4 hours on low brightness. By removing un-needed apps like the Rdio, search, clock, and Kobo app from your desktop to the trashcan, you can increase the battery life a bit because fewer apps are running in the background on the Vox. Opera Mini is probably the most power efficient web browser you can find for the Vox since Opera can be set to lower the quality of images, so they download faster, and use less power when downloading.

If you are visiting websites without a mobile version of their site, it is best to hold the Vox horizontally to see the entire width of the page without zooming in and out. Holding your Vox vertically is best for sites like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube which has a mobile version of its website since you can see more posts, and status updates on the page without the need to scroll up and down as much.

Using the Kobo Vox as a casual web browsing reader for reading and watching videos and music online is pretty good. The Vox's built-in mono speaker is good enough for listening to most videos and music online, but headphones or external speakers will improve the listening experience.

It is also possible to install the Adobe Flash Player plug-in for Android to playback flash videos on sites which need it. You just need to search Google for the Adobe Flash Player 11 APK installer file.

Tip: some websites has a mobile app for their website which works like a custom newsreader or browser for only their website for Android devices using these apps would make browsing their website easier, and faster.

Making Bookmarks can also improve your user experience in mobile web browsers since you would not have to type as much with the mobile web browsers keyboard. Dolphin and Opera Mobile browser also might have some shortcut gestures, add-ons and extensions which would improve your mobile web experience.

By making your mobile web browsing experience faster, and more enjoyable, it would make you be able to get more done in a shorter amount of time which could save you some battery life, and time in the long run.

How to make sound louder on Kobo Vox color eReaders Tablet

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:47:19 PST

The Kobo Vox color eReader has loud enough speakers for personal audio listening in a quiet place like a bed room, or small empty room like a home kitchen or living room, but its built-in mono speaker on the top right is not very loud for many people to listen to at the same time in a loud room like a restaurant table or cafeteria.

You should turn your speaker up by pressing on the volume up button until the volume bar is set to max. But, I notice when there is sound louder then the Vox's speaker like a TV speaker or loud conversation, the speaker is very hard to hear.

The Kobo Vox also has a small 3.5mm headphone jack which is for plugging in stereo headphones. You can also plug in external powered 3.5mm speakers to listen to sound through louder speakers. Most computer speakers with a 3.5mm audio jack can be plug into the Kobo Vox. By using External speakers or headphones on the Kobo Vox, the sound will be louder, and have more bass to it making listening to music, audio books, videos, and games more realistic.

You can also buy a line-in cable, or Y-Connector 3.5 mm to RCA connector to connect the Vox to your home stereo, or car stereo if your stereo has a 3.5 mm input jack, or RCA left and right audio inputs.

A FM Transmitter with 3.5 mm input can also be used to transmit the Vox's audio and convert it to an FM signal to listen on your FM Radio with speakers, or headphones on an empty FM channel on your radio. This means you can buy a portable FM radio to listen to your Audio books, or music on your Kobo Vox which is being transmitted to your FM Radio wireless through the airwaves. Most cars also have an FM Radio, so if you connect your Vox to an FM transmitter and stream it to your car's FM radio empty channel, you can also listen to it from your car.

On older cars with a cassette deck on the radio you can use a 3.5mm to cassette adapter which can convert your Vox's 3.5 mm audio to the cassette deck in your car stereo. Cassettes have higher quality then FM radio signals, buy a line-in, or 3.5 mm to RCA Y-connector has the best quality since the signal is not being converted.

3.5 mm headphones, external 3.5mm speakers, Line-in Cable, 3.5mm to RCA Y connector, FM transmitter, and 3.5mm audio to cassette deck converter work on other tablets, ereaders, mp3 players, portable CD and DVD players, and laptops as well as long as they have a 3.5mm headphone jack for plugging in external speakers.

There are also some school binders or cases which have a built-in 3.5mm speaker for plugging in MP3 players which will work on your Vox and other devices with a speaker and headphone input as well.

Playing back Video + music files on the Kobo Vox Color eReader

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:44:50 PST

The Kobo Vox color eReader Tablet is a good color eReader Tablet for watching video, and listening to music. The bright 7 inch capacitive screen with a resolution of 1024 x 600 makes it easy for the user to see the bright and colorful colors on the screen, and the capacitive screen makes opening video files, and changing music tracks pretty responsive by only using my finger to control the multimedia player. The 7 inch size of the screen is similar in size as most portable DVD players, so you would not have to hold the Vox very close to your eyes to see the full screen video, or on screen controls.

The Screen is also optimized for outdoor viewing with its FFS+ LCD which is the same type of screen which fighter jets used to see its instruments outdoors. Even on lowest brightness on the Kobo Vox screen, I can still see the screen very well when sitting by a sunny window, and the color is still very nice on the screen.

The Speaker on the Vox is a mono speaker on the right corner of the Vox, it is moderately loud, but not very loud, so in loud places, you can use 3.5 mm headphones, or portable speakers to plug into the Vox when in louder places like a park, or restaurant.

The Kobo Vox is pretty good at playing back YouTube and online video sites' video in full screen. The video plays fast and does not slow down, and the speaker is loud enough to hear in a moderately loud room. It is also easy to turn up or turn down the volume by pressing the volume up and volume down volume buttons.

Some popular video sites like YouTube and Dailymotion works on the Kobo Vox default Android web browser, Dolphin HD, and Maxthon Mobile Web browser work without the need to install Adobe Flash Player, but you can still install Adobe Flash Player by downloading and installing the APK file for it by searching Google for "Adobe Flasp Player APK file"

The Kobo Vox uses the default touchscreen keyboard for Google Android Gingerbread which is okay for typing on to search for online videos and music to watch and listen to.

The Wi-Fi adapter on the Vox is also 802.11N which is the fastest type of Wireless adapter, so if youyr internet is fast, the Vox should be fast enough to stream video in High Quality settings since it also has a 800MHz CPU, and 512 MB of RAM, so videos should play quickly.

Holding the Vox with one hand is also pretty easy since it is very light, and thin. The back of the Vox is a quilted rubber back which makes the Vox easier to hold with one hand for extended periods of time in the horizontal position while watching a movie.There are also some cases for the Vox which let you set up the case like a stand to watch the Vox's screen on a stand without the need for you to hold it while watching.

The Vox also comes with the Rdio App which is an online music streaming service which lets you stream audio from the internet via Wi-Fi.You can also install Adobe Flash Player, and visit a website like Purevolume, LastFM, Myspace, etc to stream the website from their flash music player. In the future, more music players on websites will use HTML5 which is built-in to most newer Web browsers like Dolphin HD mobile web browser, so you would not need to install Adobe Flash player to listen to music or watch video on a streaming media website. I usually just use the mobile version of YouTube's homepage at m.youtube.com to search for videos to watch, or music videos to listen to when I am connected to the internet via Wi-Fi.

The MicroSD card slot on the Vox supports a card up to 32GB in size, so you can have many hours of High Quality Videos in MP4, 3GP, and WEBM video file format, and MP3, AAC, .3GP, MP4, M4A, FLAC; OGG, WAV, andMID audio file formats. The MicroSD card slot is one advantage which the Kobo Vox has over the Amazon Kindle Fire Color eReader Tablet which does not have a MicroSD memory slot.

The 8GB of internal memory is enough for 1-2 HD movies, or many hours of MP3 files encoded in 128 KBPS stereo.

In the GetJar APP marketplace which comes bundled with the Kobo Vox, you could find a lot of multimedia Google Android Apps like Electric Piano and instrument Simulators, Video and music players, sports Apps like ESPN, Golf, and scores, news, and weather apps.

You can also sideload apps you downloaded from your Google Android cell phone with the Google Android Marketplace via a MicroSD memory card, and load them to your Kobo Vox which does not have the Google Android Market.

If you live in the US, you can also use the Amazon Android Apps store to download and install Android Apps from Amazon with your US Amazon Account with a US address and credit card associated with it.

The Kobo Vox is the best 199.99 Color eReader for playing back video and music which you can easily get in Canada and Non-US countries where the Amazon Kindle Fire is not available for purchase. Plus, you can get it for 179.99 if BestBuy or Futureshop is having a sale on it, so you save 19.99 during a sale.

I think the Kobo Vox color eReader is more worth it then most Portable Media Players since the Kobo Vox can play games, browse the web, read ebooks, install Google Android Apps, and has an expandable MicroSD Memory card capabilities while being a pretty good multimedia playback device for videos and music.

Gaming on Kobo Vox color eReader Tablet, Good Gameplay eReader

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:05:48 PST

The Kobo Vox color ereader is a good casual gaming eReader for playing games like Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Cut The Rope, Tetris, Tic Tac Toe, Checkers, Chess, Solitaire, Scrabble, Brick Breaker, Side scrolling games, Casual games, and non- High Definition/Quality 3D games. But, the Kobo Vox also work with some lower quality 3D games like Fruit Ninja, but not HD 3D games like Final Fantasy 11 which you can play on the Xbox, and Playstation.

Game loading times are pretty fast for most 2D and lower quality games, but Angry Birds, and Fruit Ninja takes slightly longer to load.

Gaming on the Vox is almost like gaming on a medium priced Google Android Gingerbread 2.3.3 Smart Cell Phone.

f the game is a cartoon like game, or the game looks like a typical web browser game you play with non-HD graphics, the Kobo Vox can probably play it okay, but the loading times might be slightly lower since it only has a 800MHz Single Core CPU, and 512MB of RAM.

It is best to use the GetJar marketplace to download your games for Free for the Vox, and GetJar is the default marketplace for the Vox, so most games should work for the Vox. You can also try the Amazon App Store for paid and free Apps if you live in the US, or has a US Amazon Account. But, you need to download The Amazon App to use the Amazon Marketplace.

All the games and Apps on Getjar are Free, but some are trials, and most are ad-supported.

You can also use a MicroSD card to sideload APK installer files for Google Android Games which you downloaded on your smartphone, or other Tablets which has access to the Google Android Marketplace which the Vox does not have access to because it uses Getjar. You can also ask your friends to upload APK files to the internet for you to download onto your Vox, or ask them to use Gmail, Yahoo mail, and other e-mail providers to send you game APK installer files via file attachments on E-mails. Most APK files for games are only a few MBs in size except for some 3D games APK files.

Most Google Android Games which are compatible in Google Android Gingerbread should work on the Kobo Vox since it'a operating system is GA Gingerbread.

The 8GB of Internal Memory is enough to install a lot of gaming Apps. I installed over 20 game apps, and I am not even using 1GB of the 8GB of free space. Once you installed the Games, you can safely delete the APK installer files like Windows .exe installer files which are safe to delete once you installed a program in Windows.

The Touch Screen on the Kobo Vox is responsive enough to play Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds, and Tetris since it is a capacitive touch screen which is better then cheaper resistive touch screen where you need a stylus to press hard on the screen. I also like that the resolution of the screen is 1020 x 600, so games look very sharp, and non-jaggy. The color is also very bright. The Kobo Vox also has built in tilt sensors which you can use to play some racing games where you tilt the device left and right to steer.

For some games which require more accuracy like shooting games, a Capacitive Stylus might help you improve your game play.

The Sound on the Vox when playing games is loud enough to hear the sound effects and background music in a moderately load room, but using headphones, or 3.5mm external speakers would make your game louder.

Holding the Kobo Vox with one hand while playing games like Angry Birds is pretty easy since the Vox weighs very little in my Hand. The quilted rubber back of the Vox makes it even more easier to carry it with one hand.

Battery life when using the Kobo Vox for gaming and occasionally turning on WI-FI to download games is about 3-4+ hours when the brightness is turned down on the screen, and Wi-Fi is disabled most of the time. You can also remove un-needed Widgets from the desktop/home screens like the Search Box, Clock, Rdio, and other Widgets and icons which you do not need by dragging them to the trash can to disable them. Turning off Wi-Fi on the Kobo vox, and disabling Kobo Update, Globe and Mail, Android Update, and other un-needed apps in the running apps section of Android Apps settings menu can also make your Vox use less power, and run a little faster when gaming. Occasionally, you should turn on Wi-Fi and reboot (shutdown and turn-on) your Vox to check for updates which could improve performance. The Kobo Vox is auto-updating, so you do not have to manually check for updates when connected to the internet.

The Kobo Vox is probably the best eReader tablet which you can get in Canada and other non-US countries for under 199.99 if you do not live in the US where you can easily buy the Amazon Kindle Fire, or Barnes and Noble Nook Color which can't be bought in Canada easily unless you know someone who lives in the US to buy one or send one to you as a gift.

Accessories for Kobo Vox color eReader Tablet to make it more unique!

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:59:58 PST

Accessories made for the Kobo Vox let you customize your Kobo Vox eReader to make it look different from other similar eReaders while adding some more or improve functionality of your eReader device, and make it look different from other Voxs.

Adding a MicroSD memory card to your Kobo Vox microSD slot can give your Vox up to 32GB of additional storage depending on the storage size of the card. This means you can have 40GBs of storage for your Vox since the Vox already comes with 8GBs preinstalled, so adding a 32GB card will raise the storage space to 40GB (8GB internal + 32GB MicroSD Card). This means you can download and install more apps, ebooks, video, games, and other types of files to your ereader, and you can copy files from your PC, Smartphone, to your MicroSD card, and insert it in your Vox.

You'll need a USB MicroSD card reader if your computer does not have a MicroSD card reader which most computer do not have to read and save files to a MicroSD card.

A stylish Kiwi case for the Kobo Vox to protect your Vox from scratches, and dirt, and it also has pockets for carrying money, cards, and a stylus or pen. It also has a Magnetic/Snap Closure System, so it is easy to quickly close, and open the case. It is also easy to install the Vox into the straps by simply sliding it in.

A case can also make your Vox feel more like a book when holding it, and make it look more classy, or like a Personal Digital Assistant/Organizer.

If you have long finger nails, using a 7 inch screen protector made for the Vox will protect your Kobo Vox's screen from scratches from finger nails, and sharp objects

Using a "capacitive" stylus which is a pointing device for your Vox eReader can make playing some games like Fruit Ninja, and Angry birds more responsive, and fun. Resistive Stylus found on older PDAs, and cell phones won't work on the Vox, you need a Capacitive Stylus. A Stylus also helps reduce scratches, and fingerprints on your screen because the Stylus has no sharp or hard edges. A stylus will also make clicking on links on websites, and drawing on paint programs more easier since it has a smaller tip then your finger, so it can improve your accuracy when typing on the touchscreen, drawing, and clicking on small links, and buttons.

Many eReaders with built-in speakers usually have speakers which are not very loud, so using a pair of headphones, or rechargeable battery powered portable speakers will improve the sound quality for your eReader Tablet when plugged into a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack. eReaders and Tablets typically use 3.5mm headphone jacks which are the same jacks which are use on other portable music players like CD players, and MP3 players.

If you want to change the whole look of the Vox, you can also buy protective decals/skins with custom designs for the VOX eReader Tablet. This will also protect the bezel, and back of the Vox from scratches as well while making your Vox look unique from everyother vox owners, so you would not take your friends normal looking Vox home by mistake.

A clean soft microfibre clothe is also great for cleaning fingerprints off your Vox without scratching it since Microfibre is very soft which should not scratch your Vox. It also absorbs up fingerprint oils very well without the need for cleaning solutions in many cases since microfibre clothe is so absorbent.

For more harder to clean stains on the Vox's screen, you can use a Screen Cleaning kit with clothe and Screen cleaning solution which won't damage the surface of the touch screen like other types of cleaning solutions like Ammonia or Alcohol.

I notice the Kobo Vox's charger cable is kind of short, so buying a power surge bar with a longer cable can make charging the Vox more convenient if there are no power plugs near you. Plus, a Surge protected will protect your Vox from power surges which damages sensitive electronics like eReader while charging.

The Vox USB Cable is also kind of short for desktop computers which have USB ports on the back of the computer, or in hard to reach locations. A Powered USB Hub with a 40 inch USB cord can make it easier for you to plug in the Vox to your computer to transfer files to and from your Vox by plugging the Vox's bundled USB cable into the USB Hub's USB ports.

What accessories do you use to decorate your eReader or Tablet, or to add extra functionality?

Kobo Vox E-Reader, great color eReader for Canadians and non-US readers on a budget!

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:32:47 PST

I recently got the Kobo Vox which is Chapters Indigo newest digital color ereader from Best Buy Canada during the Boxing week sale, and saved 20 dollars on it, so I only paid 179.99 Canadian for it. I been using the Kobo Vox for a few weeks, and I am very satisfied with the Kobo Vox as a eReader, web browsing tablet, video and music player since it is so affordable for a eReader tablet, but can do so much things well instead of poorly like most cheaper Tablets and eReaders. The Kobo Vox is the only Google Android color eReader I can find for under 200 dollars with a high resolution screen, decent performance, good reliability, and well built according to reviews I read on Bestbuy.ca, Futureshop.ca, and other Canadian stores. Canada sadly does not have faster eReaders like the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes and Noble Nook Color Tablet with dual core CPU and faster video chips.

The Kobo Vox is a great eBook reader, and can be a good introductory multimedia Tablet for someone who does not need a microphone, cameras, Full USB 2.0 ports, and wireless Bluetooth connectivity, and more advance features on more expensive Tablets made by Apple, BlackBerry, Motorolla, Dell, Acer, etc, but still want to read ebooks, play non-3D games, watch videos, browse the web, check e-mail, open PDFs, and use simple apps like Address book, music, video, photo viewer, calculator, and notepad.

It is one of the most fastest eReaders you can buy within Canada, and other countries which does not have the Kindle Fire, or Nook Tablet, but has the Kobo Vox. The Vox user experience is also pretty good since it rarely crashes, or freezes when I use it, but bigger files and websites with flash just takes a few more seconds to load compared to the Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet, and more expensive tablets.

Making a Kobo account, and updating the Kobo vox is also very easy. However, you need to have wireless internet, or use someone else's Wireless internet to setup a Kobo account, and update to the latest firmware for your Kobo Vox. You just follow the instructions on the screen, and use the on screen keyboard on the Kobo vox to type in your information like e-mail, and make a password for your Kobo account, and let your ereader update to the latest version.
The bundled Instructional paper pamphlet for setting up your Vox is also very easy to follow since it has pictures along with step by step instructions, and there is also a digital version of your Instruction manual on your VOX which is easy to follow.

I like the Kobo Vox bright screen the most, and the touch screen is also pretty responsive for an inexpensive 7 inch multi-touch FFS+ multimedia display capacitive touch screen eReader. I find reading the text on the screen very clear even when near a bright window. The viewing angles are also pretty good. The resolution for the screen is also pretty good at 1024 x 600 which is a lot higher then other eReaders and Tablets for under 200 dollars in Canada. The Screen also has an anti-glare coating on the screen which is optimised for outdoor reading. It is also the same coating which fighter jets use for their displays. I can also read in complete darkness since the Kobo Vox has a backlight which illuminate the Vox's screen, and it is very easy to adjust the brightness of the Vox in the settings in books, or the Vox's home screen settings. The screen is also very smooth on the vox, so you can easily glide your fingers on the Vox to change pages, and launch + control apps on it. You can use two fingers at once to type, and zoom-in because the Vox's screen is a multi-touch display meaning the Vox can sense more then one finger on the screen. A multi touch display is useful for typing, playing games, and zooming in and out of a webpage with 2 or more fingers. The Capacitive touch screen is also pretty sensitive compared to resistive touch screen. I can type, and click on links on websites by gently typing on the touch screen.

The default Google Android Onscreen Keyboard for the Vox built-in to the eReaders Operating System to enter text is easy to use with two thumbs, or just one finger. It is very responsive and accurate for an onscreen keyboard when using it for entering text into e-mails, and other websites, and apps which has text entry.

You can use the keyboard in vertical, and horizontal mode. Vertical has more screen space while horizontal mode has bigger buttons, and larger text boxes.

There is also auto correct and suggestion for the keyboard which can make typing faster on a touch based keyboard.

If you do not like the onscreen keyboard, you can search getjar to download a 3rd party on screen keyboard for Android. SlideIT is a pretty good keyboard you can get at GetJar.

I also like that the Vox has physical home, back, settings, and ON/Off button on the Tablet rather then On Screen Display buttons since this makes it easier to use, and simpler to close applications by using the buttons. The Home, Settings, and Back buttons are also flat, and embedded in the Vox's Bezel, so they take up less space, and you are less likely to accidental press them.

The buttons on the Vox are also very easy to press, and are made of solid metallic like material which does not scratch or dent easily. I can turn on, and adjust the volume by lightly pressing on the buttons.

The Speaker on the Vox not very loud, but good enough to listen to music, and audio in a quiet room with not a lot of background noise. You can also plug in stereo headphones or portable stereo speakers which uses a 3.5 mm audio jack to listen to louder audio on the Vox in Stereo instead of mono on the Vox.

The volume up and down rocker controls is also very easy to use to adjust the volume level of the Vox.

Downloading free eBooks, or buying paid ebooks from the Kobo online store is also very easy with the Kobo App which comes pre-installed in the Kobo. If you read a lot of free books which you can download with the Kobo App from Kobo store, you'll save a lot of money and time compared to buying the paperback versions of the book at an actual book store. Plus, eBooks read in the Vox automatically bookmarks your page, so you won't have to remember the last page you read, and what page to turn to. Everytime, you open the book, the Kobo reading app will automatically turn to the last page read.

There is also an App called Overdrive which you can install on your Vox which let you borrow eBooks books from your local library for free. I also believe you can install the Amazon Kindle, and Barnes and Noble App onto your Vox, so you can download read books you bought from Amazon or Barnes and Noble eBooks on your Vox by installing the Kindle and B&N APP for Google Android on your vox.

There are also some audio books/text to speech books which you can buy with the Vox.

The Vox comes bundled with a Franklin Children's, desert cook book, and lonely Planet Europe eBook when you finish setting up the Vox.

The Kobo Vox is also very light, so you can comfortably hold your eBook with just one hand, and the back has a quilted rubber texture, so it is easy to hold because rubber is more grippy like a tire to a road, so it will be less likely to slip out of your hand like smooth metal, or glass surfaces. The rubber texture also does not scratch or scratch your table like metal, plastic, or glass backs since rubber is soft.The Vox is made of solid plastic, but not the cheap kind you find in toys. The plastic seem pretty high quality because it does not make screechy sounds when being held with my hand. It is also very light, so I can hold it for a few hours, and my hand is not tired from holding the Vox.

The User Interface for the Kobo Vox is also pretty nice since it uses the default Android user interface, so it is easy to customise the design with animated wall paper, your own wall paper, widgets, icons, bookmarks, custom launchers, and other android home screen objects by downloading apps, or following guides for Google Android which you can easily find online by searching YouTube, or Google Search.

The performance of the Kobo Vox is also decent since I can watch full-screen YouTube videos on the Vox with the Kobo Vox Android browser, and the videos run very smoothly. It has a 800 MHz single core CPU and 512 MB of RAM, and should be fast enough for web browsing, reading, casual gaming and watching videos.

A 800MHz single core CPU and 512 MB of RAM may sound a bit slow, but it is fast enough for eBooks, web browsing, standard quality videos, many casual games like Scrabble, Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, etc, basic apps like Media Player, PDF, photo viewing, and music.

The Google Android operating system based on Linux which the Vox uses does not need an anti-virus, firewall, computer security and eReader maintenance software running in the background like a desktop, and laptop computer, so the Vox's OS uses a lot less RAM, and CPU cycles when ON compared to a Windows 7 computers, so 800MHz and 512MB is enough performance for most tasks ,except for 3D tablet gaming and heavy multi-tasking, which you usually do not do on an eReader or Tablet because of smaller screens, and eReaders are designed for eBook reading and media consumption not creation like video editing, advance photo editing, etc. When I use the Task manager, it only says 40-50MBs of RAM are being used, so I still have hundreds of MBs of free RAM for opening apps. Google Android Gingerbread uses RAM and CPU resources very efficiently in my experience.

An eReader and most small tablets also are not designed for 3D gaming or Multi-tasking because of the small screen space, and lack of keyboard, buttons, mice and joysticks.

eReaders and small Tablets are designed mainly for reading, video, music, writing quick notes, and web browsing on a smaller touch screen device.

One advantages of a slower CPU, and less RAM is better battery life since slower devices with less RAM don't use up as much battery power as quickly, so you don't have to charge it as often. Slower devices also don't generate as much heat, so they are more comfortable to hold compared to a laptop which is faster, but gets hot, or overheats if you have poor ventilation and is heavy to hold.

You'll also save some money on your electricity bill if you mainly use your Vox for reading, videos, and other tasks like e-mail since eReaders use very little power compared to desktop and laptop computers which uses more power because of mechanical hard drive, faster CPU and RAM, bigger LCD or Tube display, cooling fans, bigger speakers, keyboard, mouse, and other things plug into your computer which can use 60 Watts more or less compared to eReaders which uses very little Watts of electricity like 3W or less. If you charge your Kobo Vox at school, work, or public places with freely available electricity with your power adapter, you won't even have to pay for your Vox's power consumption.

The Kobo Vox also is auto updating, so over time as new features and software upgrades which are available for the Vox, it will auto update to the latest stable version of the Vox's software without the need to use a computer to update the software.

The Vox also turns on, and awake from sleep in only a few seconds when you press the power button. You need to hold the power button for about 3 seconds to turn it ON from OFF. Kobo did this to prevent you from accidently turning on your ereader while in your purse, or bag, or by just touching the button. Waking from sleep only takes about 1-2 seconds, and you need to swipe the unlock button to unlock the screen when you turn it on, or awake from sleep, so you won't launch app by accident which can drain your battery life when open. You can also password protect your Kobo Vox to protect your privacy if you only want yourself and people with your pin using using your Vox.

Web browsing on the vox is pretty fast with the bundled browser, and can the Wireless 802.11B/G/N adapter built-in to the Vox is fast, and connects to my home wireless signal very quickly, and does not drop the signal.

Maxthon Mobile Browser for Android, Dolphin HD, Opera Mobile and Opera Mini web browsers have a nicer user interface, and seems a little bit faster for browsing multiple websites at the same time because they support tabs.

Opera Mini is best since it can compress images to load faster on slow wireless connections.

Kobo also released a update on December 2011 which improve the performance, stability, and battery life for the Vox.

The reading experience on it is also pretty good since I can change the font, brightness, and size of the font very easily in the settings for the eBook reader program on the Vox.

The Kobo eReader program is also pretty good since all I have to do is tap the screen to turn the page, and I can read a book in landscape and portrait mode.

Zooming in on pages are also simple by pinching the screen inwards to zoom in, and pinching the screen outwards to zoom out.

The Kobo eBook store has millions of paid and free color eBooks for you to buy, or download for free. You can also use the Kobo Vox to subscribe to color magazines, and newspapers which are delivered to you by using the internet.

The GetJar Apps store also has over 15000 Free Apps for the Kobo Vox which you can download and install with the Vox by downloading and installing APK files from GetJar, and opening the APK files from the Vox once the APK file is downloaded. If you live in the US, you can also use the Amazon App Store to download and install free Apps, or buy paid apps to install. It is also possible to side load apps via a USB cable connected to your Vox, or from a MicroSD card with APK Apps on it.

If you live in the US, you can also download the Amazon App Store, and use your Vox to download free and buy paid downloadable apps, but you can't use the Amazon App Store if you are not living in the US.

You can also install Adobe Flash Player with the Adobe Flash player APK Android installer file on the VOX for viewing flash video and apps on websites. But, viewing flash video, and apps can be slower compared to just going to a website which uses WebM videos, MP4 videos, Javascript, HTML5, and Java Apps with the default Kobo Vox browser or installed on the Vox drive.

It is not a big deal that Flash is slower on the Vox since YouTube, Dailymotion, and other popular video sharing sites now support Mobile video like WebM, MP4, HTML5, etc which run a lot smoother, and loads better then Flash video, and using Flash apps on a website is not very usable since most of the Apps were designed to work with a faster computer with a keyboard, and mice not a small touch screen device. It is best to look for Apps like Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, etc which were designed to work well with Google Android touch screen devices rather then playing Apps and Games which were designed mainly for desktop and laptop computers.

Gmail, Google Docs, cloud computing apps like Evernote, Onlive, Dropbox, ZoHo office, and other online web browser app based websites and services can let you do an unlimited amount of tasks on your eReader and tablet device's web browser when you are connected to the internet via Wi-Fi broadband internet.

The Kobo Vox also automatically downloads eBooks which you have bought from the Kobo eBook store. The device comes with 8GB of internal storage, and has a microSD card slot for adding up to 32GB additional storage space by using a microSD memory card for installing more eBooks apps/programs on your Vox, storing more pictures, video, and music files. You can also carry an extra microSD card which you loaded with more files since it is very easily to remove and insert the microSD card into the Kobo Vox MicroSD slot.

The ability to add storage with a MicroSD memory card to the Vox is one advantage the Vox has over the Amazon Kindle Fire which has no MicroSD card slot since it means you can side load APK files into the KOBO vox from a microSD card installed on your Google Android phone with support from the Google Android Marketplace, and load them onto your Vox with only the GetJar marketplace. You can also copy the APK files which you downloaded from Getjar from your Vox to your MicroSD card slot, and use the MicroSD card to load APK files to your phone to install apps on your Android phone. You can also use the MicroSD card to carry more books, and media files for offline viewing, so you can save battery life by turning off the Wi-Fi on the Vox, and using your files loaded on your Vox's memory for entertainment, and reading.

The Vox also comes with a bundled USB cable for easily connecting your Vox to your laptop or desktop computer to move files to and from your home computer via USB.

The Vox supports a lot of popular File Extension formats which it can open.

Document formats : Adobe DRM; ePub; PDF; Kobo
Image Formats: JPEG; PNG; GIF; BMP
Audio Music Formats: MP3; AAC; .3GP; MP4; M4A; FLAC; OGG; WAV; MID
Video formats: 3GP; MP4; WEBM

The Kobo Vox also supports .APK Android programs since the KOBO Vox is based on Google Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread which is one of the most popular smartphone and tablet operating systems, so it is also easy to get free support from websites, forums and blogs for the Kobo Vox or Google Gingerbread if you have questions which the Help pamphlet for the Kobo vox did not answer. It also does not use a custom user interface like the Amazon Kindle, so if you use a Android smart phone, you'll know how to use the user interface on the Vox since it is the same user interface as your phone.

If you mainly plan on using the Kobo Vox for browsing the web, opening a few standard quality videos and music files, as a eBook reader, audio books, and playing a few games and apps, the 8GB should be good enough for many users.

The Kobo Vox battery life last about 4 hours for me when I use it to browse the web, and watch YouTube video.

If you turn off Wi-Fi, turn down brightness, and use the Kobo Vox mostly as a color e-reader it should last about 7 hours more or less according to the manual.

I like the Kobo Vox Charger for its eReader since it is small, and compact, and charges the Vox in only a few hours instead of overnight like some batteries.

Unfortunately, you can't use the Bundled USB cable for charging your Vox via USB, but it is not a big deal since the charger for the Vox is not that big, and is easy to carry in a small purse, or bag. The USB port and charger plug which plug into the USB is also a very good tight fit, so you can attach it, and it will stay in place, and won't unattached because you moved the cable.

The Vox also tracks your reading stats like minutes read, pages read with Reading Life which also give you digital badges/rewards, and you can also talk about your favorite books, pages within the book with the Kobo eReader Pulse social media feature, and share your comments on Facebook or within the book. Kobo also comes bundled with the YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook shortcut icons for quickly going online to chat with friends with Kobo Vox's bundled browser.

The Kobo Vox is one of the best Android eReader tablet devices you can get for 199.99 or less in Canada, and other countries which sell the Vox since the Amazon Kindle Fire, and Barnes and Noble Nook Color are both not available in Canada, and the Vox has a huge selection of paid and free eBooks which you can easily buy or download with the Vox without the need to install any additional Apps.

The Blackberry Playbook can be consider a good Tablet which is faster for 299.99 or 199.99 if there is a sale going on like during the 2011 Winter holiday, but the Playbook does not support as many apps natively as the Vox since the Vox can install almost any Android App, and the Playbook is designed to work better as a Tablet then a eReader device like the Vox which is automatically connected to its huge eBook store without any need to install additional apps like the Amazon Kindle or Barnes and Noble Apps, and the Playbook does not seem to have as big of a community as the Google Android, Windows 7 Tablet and Apple iOS iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch community of users and App developers.

I also feel the Vox is better built then most cheap generic 199.99 or cheaper Tablets and color eReader since the Vox has a better screen, construction, faster parts, more RAM, and nicer design and tech. support then generic tablet makers where tech. support is bad, or not there when you need help. While Kobo is part of Chapters Indigo which is one of the biggest book sellers in Canada, so Kobo seem more trust worthy then a brand I never heard much about.

Top 10 Reasons to use Puppy Linux as a Linux Live CD Operating system!

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:59:51 PST

Puppy Linux is an easy to use desktop operating system based on Linux which you can use by just burning Puppy Linux to CD, and using the CD to start your computer to Puppy CD. Usually, all you need to do is just leave the CD inside the CD drive of your computer after you burnt it, and your computer will recognize that you have Puppy Linux Live CD in it, and will automatically boot to your Puppy Linux Live CD, and after a minute or less you can start using Puppy Linux when Puppy Linux is done loading on your computer or laptop.

Puppy Linux is a great free desktop operating system for web browsing, watching videos, listening to music, photo editing, or just having fun with your computer rather then trying to fix performance and stability problems since Puppy Linux is very stable, and runs fast on many older and newer computers and laptops which were made in the last 10 or more years.

Top 10 Reasons to use Puppy Linux Live CD!

1. Puppy Linux is free since Puppy Linux is based off of Linux which is a free operating system which you can use on your computer for free with no need to spend extra money to maintain and keep your computer safe by buying an antivirus, antimalware, antispyware, system utilities, disk clean up, registry cleaners, registry defrag and disk defrag program to maintain your computer like Windows based computers where many Windows users spend hundreds or even thousands maintaining one or multiple computers by buying Windows maintenance software. But, with Puppy Linux no paid software is needed for maintaining your operating system since every time you restart Puppy Linux, it would be as fast as the first time you used it.

2. Puppy Linux is easy to use and learn. The user interface, and programs which come bundled with Puppy Linux are similar to programs which you use in Windows, Mac, or other Linux operating system like Ubuntu, Fedora, etc. By using Puppy Linux, you don't have to learn about anti-virus, disk clean up programs, disk defrag, Operating system updates, and system utilities to keep your operating system running well because everytime you use Puppy Linux it works like new without the need for operating maintenance. All you basicly have to learn is how to use programs like Firefox, Chrome, Abiword, and media players rather then learning how to maintain your operating system like Windows.

3. You'll experience fewer software problems like computer freezes, crashes, and other problems with Puppy Linux since Puppy Linux is based on Linux which runs many of the worlds top websites like Facebook, so it needs to be stable. Plus, the bundled software which comes with Puppy Linux is compatible with Puppy Linux, so there should be no or fewer compatibility problems when using software in Puppy Linux compared to software made for other operating systems like Windows and Mac where software does not always work for older or newer versions of their operating system.

4. Puppy Linux is very unlikely to be infected by virus, spyware, and malware programs since there are very few bad programs which can automatically attack your computer without your permission unlike Windows operating systems which has a greater chance of getting a virus. In Linux, you have to manually give permission to any program which wants to install on your PC in most cases, so auto-run virus programs are very rare.

5. It is easy to get started using Puppy Linux. All you have to do is go to the Puppy Linux website, and download the CD ISO image file for the Puppy Linux Live CD, and use a CD burning program like Roxio, or Nero to burn it, and restart your computer with the Puppy Linux CD inside of it, and in 1 minute or less your computer would be booted into Puppy Linux. You can also install Puppy Linux on to a USB flash drive with UnetBootIn by setting UnetBootin to use the Puppy Linux ISO to make a bootable flash drive.

6. Puppy Linux is one of the most fastest operating systems which run from a LiveCD since it copies itself to your system RAM, so you can take out the CD, and just use Puppy Linux from your faster system RAM. This means Puppy Linux does not need to read from the CD to launch programs since it reads from PC RAM which is a lot faster then CD. Your computer will also run quieter since RAM is silent when reading programs on it compared to a CD which spins, and make noise as it reads content off it.

7. You don't need a very fast computer to run Puppy Linux since Puppy Linux is designed to work on many older computers and laptops. It should work great on most desktop and laptop computers made in the last 10 years or longer.

8. You can save your settings, files, and other data which you changed on Puppy Linux to a USB flash drive, or internal hard drive, so you don't lose your settings, programs, and files which you installed in Puppy Linux After you rebooted your computer. Puppy Linux will ask you if you want to save your settings for your video, internet, installed programs, and other files when you reboot or shutdown your computer with Puppy Linux for the first time. After the first time you shutdown, Puppy Linux will automatically save your settings to the Puppy Linux save file on your hard drive, flash drive, or other storage device like a SD card.

9. Puppy Linux does not require you to install it on your computer, so you don't risk losing data from a failed dual boot, or regular install on a hard drive with Data from Windows, or other Linux operating system like Ubuntu. You can just use Puppy Linux from the CD. Although, you can install it to your computer drive if you want to with the Puppy Linux Universal Installer and Gparted for faster start up after the install.

10. Puppy Linux is fun to use since it comes with all the programs which many people regularly use on their home PC like web browsing, office suite, chat, and media players, so you spend more time having fun on your computer rather then searching for programs, and fixing problems from downloaded programs from the internet which you installed on a PC.

Learn more about Puppy Linux LiveCD for Beginners

Hibernate vs Sleep power plans on operating systems, and how are they different from each other?

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:26:54 PST

Hibernate and Sleep are two different power plans which you can use to save power when you are not using Windows or your computer.

What is Hibernate Power Plan?

Hibernate is the process of saving all the content in your RAM/Memory on your hard drive before your computer is turned off. Hibernate needs as much free space as the used space in your RAM. Hibernate will make your computer start up from a power off state a lot faster then Shutdown your computer, and turning it ON or Restart. Hibernate uses no power when your computer is OFF. You are not as likely to lose unsaved work in Hibernate if your computer experience a power outage during a power outage vs. just leaving your computer ON, or in sleep mode without saving your work, but you should still save and backup your work before you Hibernate since if your hard drive or hibernate fails, you'll lose all your data or unsaved work. It is best to use Hibernate if you plan not to use your computer for a few hours.

What is Sleep Power Plan?

Sleep is the Windows Power plan which turns off your CPU, Hard drives, computer fans, optical cd drives, video card, and other devices, but your Motherboard, USB ports with mouse, keyboard, and other devices plugged into them will still be power on, your power supply, and power button are also ON, so your computer can easily wake up from sleep. Most importantly, your memory is not off since your Memory is needed to be powered ON to avoid data loss which will cause Windows to stop working, and you'll lose unsaved work if there is a power outage.
Waking up from Sleep is almost instant, and a lot faster then Hibernate. Sleep is best used when you plan not to use your computer for a few minutes or under an hour.

Learn more about the Differrence Between Sleep and Hibernate in Windows and other Operating Systems

How to make money with your websites to pay for web hosting and domain names?

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:21:32 PST

All you need is about 70 dollars more or less to host a basic website online on your own domain name, and shared web host server which you rent from a Shared Web hosting seller like GoDaddy, 1and1, Hostgator, etc.

The advantages of hosting your own content online on your own web host is you won't be banned, you own the content, and you have more control over how you display your content like templates and website themes vs using the Templates built-into free web hosts like Tumblr, Blogspot, and other free hosts.
Making money with your website is important since it allows you to pay for web hosting and domain name fees even if you lose your job in real life. Plus, you can use the money you earned from your website to buy advertising from Google Adwords, Yahoo, Bing, and other big advertising networks, so you can get more visitors to visit your websites in a shorter amount of time, so your website becomes more popular.

Money is also important when you want to buy faster web hosting, hire a web developer, web designer, Marketing staff, and other web professionals to improve the user experience of your website.

You can also use the money to rent or buy office space if you become very successful, and makes a lot of money online, so when you meet with people who are interested in your website, you'll have an actual office instead of your basement or restaurant which can leave a bad impression of you and your website sometimes.

Advertising Services for Publishers to make money

Google Adsense, Adbrite, eBay, Amazon Affiliates, Affiliate programs from your web host, clickbank, eJunkie, Shareasale, Walmart, Commision Junction/CJ and other websites are good companies to earn money online on your website.

Selling your own digital product like ebooks, tutorial videos, software on your own website, and using Clickbank, and similar online marketplaces to promote your products can also help you earn money independently.

If you get a random e-mail from someone who wants to pay to add a link to your website to his website, it may not be a good idea unless you rel="nofollow" the link since you can get banned from search engines for selling links which pass pagerank and link juice. Learn more about rel=nofollow at

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=96569

Plus, only sell links which are nofollowed links which you find are quality links to websites which you know will be useful to your readers. Promoting spam and sites with very poor content can make your readers less likely to return to your website, and could make some search engines rank you lower, or ban your website for promoting spam. Getting banned from Google and other search engines will make you have less Traffic, or almost no Traffic for violating their terms of service. If you have less traffic from search, your earnings will also be less.

Making money on other websites

Some of these websites like Squidoo, and YouTube are also good ways to promote your website for free while you make money on them by creating content like articles, videos, etc. But, do not spam these sites with unrelated links to your articles since this can get you banned. It is best to write articles and make videos related to the website, or link you are promoting.

You can also write articles on Squidoo, Hubpages, Triond, Associated Content and other similar paid to write article sites to earn money for paying for web hosting and domain bills.

YouTube also have a YouTube Monetization and Partnership program which you can join once you get enough video views, subscribers, and other stats on your video.

BlipTV, and Triond lets you automatically let you start making money after you joined, and provided them with your payment options like check or Paypal account e-mail, so you don't have to wait to be a Monetization or YouTube Partner which can be difficult for most users with low video views. Getting Paid Writing Articles for more popular blogs or blogs which are willing to pay for posts can also earn you money online.

Don't post the same content to multiple paid to write sites, paid to upload video sites, and your own blog since this can frustrate your followers, and people who use search engines since they will have to search harder for the right article to write.

Also, write and make your own content since using other people's content is illegal.

Using eBay, Amazon Marketplace, etc to sell your merchandise, ebooks, tutorial videos, and software which you made can help as well in earning money.

Traffic from people who are "interested" in your website category/subject like cars, computers, and bikes.

You also need traffic to your website to earn money on your website, or products you have listed on external sites, so it is best to write a lot of quality unique content which you written on your website, guest posting, Squidoo, and promote them on Facebook pages, Google Plus, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon, and other similar websites.

Also, be consistent when posting articles. Try to post at least 1 new blog post per day, and promote it to all the popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google Plus, Digg, and forums and blogs in your category via forum and blog commenting.

Make sure to categorize your YouTube videos, Squidoo lenses, and other post you made on social networking and bookmarking sites if it has a categorization feature, so people who are looking for content to a related category can find your content better. Telling people who you know who may be interested in your website's category, and products you sell will also bring in some traffic if they recommend your website to their friends and family.

Don't waste your time promoting your content to people who are not interested in your content and products, and spend more time promoting your content to people who are interested in your content, and buying from you, or your advertisers.

Read my guide on picking the best Windows 7 computer for your needs.

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:30:41 PDT

Windows 7 computer Buyers Guide
This guide will teach you all the parts like CPU, RAM, Hard Drive, video card, sound card, and other parts you need to look at when buying a Windows 7 computer for your personal needs like gaming, office work, chat, and web browsing. You'll also learn how fast a CPU you need, and how much RAM/Memory you would need to run Windows 7 without Windows 7 slowing down your computing experience if you run highend programs like the latest games on a computer with 1GB of RAM, a sloe CPU and lowend video card.

I'll also wrote about which version of Windows 7 like Home Premium, Professional , or Ultimate is best for your daily computer needs like gaming, office work, and web browsing, so you don't end up buying a version of Windows 7 which has too many features which you'll never use, or a version of Windows 7 which does not have the features which you are looking for.

Read my guide on Picking a Windows 7 computer today at squidoo.com/windows-7-computer-buyers-guide

Windows 8: How to Reduce Costs and Problems When Upgrading (Guest Post)

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:42:37 PDT

Computer, operating systems, and application manufacturers know they are selling you something that is not complete, and they will improve on very fast, so you can buy another product from them. This article shows small business owners and individuals how to reduce the costs of this cycle.

The biggest fear that arises for most users when a new operating system comes onto the market, is normally the cost. In actual fact, the biggest issue, the huge number of bugs associated with it. A perfect example of this is with the new Lion OSX. It is loaded with strange bugs that are still not fixed. Plug in your headphones, and when you take them out, the speakers of your laptop won’t work. There are pages and pages of discussion on the Apple forum, with so many solutions to fix the problem.

As someone who has been through this experience, it took a long time for me to fix the issue, and I am very experienced with Apple. The new Windows 8 operating system will be coming out sometime next year. The release of a new Windows operating system is much more of an issue than Apple releasing an operating system because over 85% of the world’s PC users are using Windows. Here is a look at how to deal with the situation when the system becomes available.

Head On. If you really want to know what the operating system is going to be like, even before the market gets their hands on it, you can register to become a beta-tester. You can find your way to register to do this in the recently released Building Windows 8 blog. This is a blog by Microsoft developers, for developers, but is already loaded with conversations from individual personal computer users.

If you do want to be a beta-tester, I would advise you use a separate laptop or desktop, so you do not mess up what you already have going. There will be a lot of problems at this stage, and that is why they will recruit beta-testers. Beta-testers will be reporting back all the problems they meet, and they will probably be given a free copy of the final version released to the public.

Wait a Little. I have been running a network of computers for more than 15 years in my office, and I have one simple rule to deal with all hardware and software improvements and releases. That rule is very simple and has helped my small business immensely. The rule is: wait for the second or third version. That applies to new machines, new applications and new operating systems. While we do need to update, it is rare we need to update immediately.

You will soon hear of all the problems associated from others. A perfect example with this was when the first Titanium Apple Mac’s were released the processors were plagued with problems. By the third generation, they were running smooth (and they were no longer Titanium). Another excellent example is when Apple switched to using Intel processors. The first generation was plagued with problems By the third generation, they ran as smooth and slick. The same is with operating systems, and all applications. By waiting, even only a short time, you will avoid all the problems those who have the ‘latest and greatest’ face.

Second Hand. When most people think about buying computers, they rarely think buying one second-hand is a good idea. What you must understand is there is little that can go wrong with a modern personal computer, except for the hard drive. Replacing that single moving part is very cheap. There will be a new generation of personal computers that will come out to match the new Windows upgrade

They will have much more power than the operating system needs. You will know the minimum system requirements by this stage, and there will be a huge number of very good, and very fast laptops on the market, just because some people bought the latest model of personal computer (because the marketing by manufacturers will be very convincing).

The cycle of buying the latest, and replacing to have the latest, is exactly what the hardware, software and operating system builders want you to do. Use these strategies to reduce costs and problems with your IT needs.

Back to School Gadgets and electronics for the school year!

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:23:59 PDT

It is almost back to school, or already back to school for some students in Canada or the US, so what back to school Gadgets do I recommend? I recommend a large flash drive, Netbook, Tablet computer, laptop, voice recorder, and MP3 Player for students to use during the school year for studying and relaxing.

A large flash drive like the SanDisk Cruzer 16 GB Cruzer USB 2.0 Flash Drive is useful for backing up important assignments, and large media files.

Netbooks like the Toshiba NB505-N508BL 10.1-Inch Netbook (Blue) has good battery life, and is light, so it won't be overly heavy when you just need to take a notes in class, but don't want to carry around a heavy laptop. A netbook is also good for surfing the web and doing other basic tasks.

Laptops and Netbooks are great, but they are not very easy to hold with one hand to read, so I recommend a Tablet Computer like the Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S16u 10.1-Inch Tablet Computer (Aluminum Metallic) for using as a E-book reader to read E-books, or to use to go online, use apps, watch video, or listen to music. Some Tablets can also be used to take HD video and pictures.

A full size laptop like the Toshiba Satellite L675-S7108 17.3-Inch LED Laptop (Grey) is great for running more powerful programs like video editors, music editors, photo editors, web design software, games, and watching movies in full screen.

A voice recorder like the Olympus VN-8100PC Digital Voice Recorder 142600 (Silver and Black) is great for recording lectures, or recording reminders for doing tasks like Studying, and handing in homework on time

A portable MP3 player like the Creative Labs Zen Mozaic EZ300 8 GB MP3 Player (Black) are great for listening to audio books, lectures you downloaded or recorded with a voice recorder, or listening to music when you are relaxing.

Watching Widescreen video while you are on the go with the Sony PSP!

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:54:05 PDT

Wide screen video is better because it is more realistic and better to look at because it gives you a Panoramic view of the video. There are many device that can play Wide screen video like the Sony PSP Hand Held console, Smartphones, Tablet computers, Portable video players, and laptops.

But, most of the devices I mention are expensive except for the Sony PSP handheld game console which you can buy for under 90 dollars on Amazon.

However, it would be great if you can watch widescreen video wherever you go by carrying the device in your pocket. The PlayStation Portable 3000 Core Pack System would be a good choice for your portable wide screen video on a portable device. The PSP can be used to playback MP4 video files, MP3s, and other media file types which you load into a memory stick. It also is a very fun portable hand held gaming console which you can use to play hundreds of games on, or use to surf the Internet with wireless internet from a wireless hot spot with its built-in browser.

The Sony Playstation Portable is sleek, portable, and lightweight, but have enough power for playing back high quality video clips and games for hours when you are on the road.

Using better Speakers for better sound on a TV without spending much money!

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:10:33 PDT

Many smaller TVs come with poor sounding speakers which sound similar to laptop speakers. However, most smaller TVs also have a 3.5mm head phone jacks on the side which let you easily plug in a pair of head phones, or speakers which uses a 3.5mm jack. This means you can buy a pair of 2.1 speakers like Logitech S220 2.1 Speaker System with Subwoofer which are mainly use for computers and portable music players for your TV. In Some cases, you may need to buy a Y-connector like the one listed below to connect your RCA audio output plugs to your TV RCA out, so you can convert it to a 3.5mm plug to plug your speakers into the TV.

By having a sub woofer, which is the biggest speaker, the bass would be better sounding. The left and right speakers for your new 2.1 sound system also sound better then the cheap inexpensive speakers on your smaller TV. This means you would experience more realistic and louder sounding sound on the Logitech S220 2.1 Speaker System with Subwoofer compared to using the built-in sound on budget home TV speakers which are not as rich sounding as Logitech's 2.1 speakers.

S-video to RCA composite video cable for connecting your laptop to a TV or display with RCA Composite video, but no S-video

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:54:32 PDT

S-Video to 3-RCA Composite AV Cable for Laptop PC TV Cable lets you easily connect your laptop with an S-video output to a TV which only have the Yellow video, red and white sound composite cables.

This cable will help you convert your S-video video signal to the Yellow RCA composite signal for TV, and the 3.5 mm headphone audio jack to red and white audio connectors to connect to your TV for playing back audio on your TV's speaker system. You can also use the red and white cable to plug into your stereo or home theater sound system if they both supports RCA inputs for sound.

You can also use this cable for a DVD player which only have S-video out, and no RCA out. The length of the cable is about 5 ft. long.

RCA composite cables are also a lot more easier to plug into a TV because it only have one thick connector compared to multiple connectors on the S-video plugs which you have to align accurately with the corresponding holes in the TV inputs unlike RCA connectors where you just plug it into one hole.

S-Video to 3-RCA Composite AV Cable for Laptop PC TV the perfect cable for easily plugging in your laptops S-video feed to your TV with a Yellow video RCA input.

Record Video games from Xbox 360, PS3, Wii to Computer with Roxio Game Capture to upload to YouTube

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:00:35 PDT

The Roxio Game Capture lets you easily capture video from your Component video while you are playing your Xbox 360, PS3, Wii in HD on your HD TV. The Roxio Game Capture captures video and audio from your Component video cables and Red and white audio RCA composite audio cables to record on your Laptop or Desktop computer which is running Windows XP, Vista or 7.

If you have component cables for your PS2, PC with component out, or other consoles you own, you can also use Roxio Game Capture to record component video or sound. You might also even be able to use it to record DVD video discs from your DVD player since a lot of DVD players also have component video out.

The Roxio Game Capture also comes with software for recording, editing, save, convert, and uploading your recorded game footage in HD Quality to YouTube, and other streaming media sites, or to playback on your computer in AVI, Divx, or WMV video file format. You can also add voice overs and webcam commentary to your game videos.

For under 70 dollars, the Roxio Game Capture is one of the cheapest options to record HD video of your game footage considering the Roxio Game Capture also comes with the Cables and software you need for capturing, recording, editing, and narrating your gameplay videos. The Roxio Game Capture is a lot cheaper and easier to use then a Digital Video Recorder/DVR which can cost hundreds of dollars, and is difficult to export video to a computer for editing, and uploading to Youtube.

The Roxio Game Capture is a inexpensive, simple, and high quality way to capture, edit, narrate, and upload your video for sharing on video sharing sites like YouTube.

How to plug in newer game consoles, dvd players, and video devices on TV without RCA Composite plugs

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:40:26 PDT

Do you still have a older TV or traveling to a place which has TV which still does not have RCA Composite inputs which are those Cables for Yellow for video, Red, and White for sound on the plugs which a lot of game consoles, DVD players, portable DVD player,Camcorder and other video devices uses. No matter which TV you use, you'll be able to play your favorite game console on a older TV without RCA composite plugs.

You need a RCA Composite to COAX Converter box like the RCA CRF907 Compact RF Modulator to be able to plug in your RCA cables to the TV. The RCA Converter box will convert your RCA signal to work with the coaxial cable which is the type of cable you use to plug-in your coax cable from the wall into the TV for watching cable. A RF modulator also lets you hook up more types of devices into your older coax based TV without spending a lot of money.

It is simple to use a RCA RF Modulator. You first need to plug in the RF modulator to your Wall's power plug then connect your Yellow, Red, and white cable from your Game Console, DVD Player, Camcorder, or VCR to the RF Modulator, and tune your TV to either CH 3 or 4 then turn on your game console, or DVD player. If you subscribe to cable, or watch antennae TV, plug your TV cable from the wall into the TV in coax plug then plug the TV out cable into the TV out of the RF modulator then Plug the cable into your TV.

You might experience better picture quality with this RF modulator instead of the ones made for Game consoles since most RF modulator adapters are non-powered.

Using Ubuntu Linux as my main operating system

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:57:18 PDT

I recently decided to use Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx as my main operating system on my computer rather then using a Windows or Mac based operating system for most of the day. Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx is a free Operating System which is based on the Debian Linux Distro operating system. However, Ubuntu is more easier to use then Debian, and Ubuntu is designed to make it easy for Linux newbies to use as their daily operating system.

So far, the experience have been great. I mainly use my computer for posting on forums, blogs, and websites. I also watch video and music on my PC when I am surfing the internet. When I use Ubuntu, I do not have to close system tray programs, start up programs, and other programs which are running in the background, so it runs faster like Windows. I can spend hours watching video, listening to music, and browsing the web without closing anything or noticing any slow downs.

Using Ubuntu Linux is also more quieter since there are no scheduled disk defrags, virus scans, caching apps, and maintenance programs which make my hard drive click, move back and forth and spin a lot like Windows.

I still use Windows for printing documents, and photos, video editing, and scanning stuff. I also use Windows to record shows on my hard drive with my USB TV Tuner since I find it more convenient to do these tasks in Windows.

It is great that Ubuntu makes it easy for a computer user to have the choice of running Ubuntu and Windows on the same computer drive, but on different partitions by using the GRUB bootloader to start your computer into Windows or Ubuntu by using the Arrow keys. It is also nice that it is extremely easy to use the Windows Ubuntu Installer to install Ubuntu on a Windows drive without the need for partitioning a hard drive and starting a computer from the Ubuntu LiveCD to install Ubuntu.

But, for the most part, Ubuntu Linux 10.04 have been great for what I usually do which is watching videos on YouTube, watching videos, listening to songs, playing flash games, blogging, foruming, making websites, photo editing with Gimp, and playing a few games.

I love the fast start up, application start time and shut down times for Ubuntu Linux 10.04 on my computer with a 1.8GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a 320GB sata II hard drive Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS is great to be used as a multimedia computer listening to music and watching videos since it is fast and cost nothing to install and use unlike Windows or Mac.

Using Ubuntu Linux is great because I can be using my web browser like Google Chrome, Firefox, or Opera, and not have it crash. Plus, Ubuntu Linux 10.04 does not require disk defrags, virus scans, and other backgrounds apps which slow down most operating systems.

I also don't have to use any System Monitor or Task Monitor Programs to End Tasks and Processes to stop a slow program or service which is slowing down my computer like Windows. This means I can be more productive by not constantly closing and opening programs like disk defrags, scan disks and other programs to speed up my computer. I now have more time to spend on checking e-mails, blogging on Blogger, surfing the internet, watching videos, listening to music, and doing other important tasks rather then running a disk defrag, scan disk, disk clean up, and virus scan like in Windows...

There is also no real need to stop start up applications in Ubuntu Linux since there are very few start up programs which slow down the computer during start up.

Ubuntu 10.04 also comes with the ability for me to automatically backup my important files by making a Ubuntu One account, so I do not need to use DropBox or other online storage accounts to back up my files to online storage accounts.

It is also to install new programs with the Ubuntu Software Center, and keep my programs and Ubuntu Linux up to date with the Ubuntu Update program. The Updates are also fast to install, and don't constantly nag you to restart your computer.

Software I recommend for Ubuntu Linux which you can search for and install on Ubuntu Software Center under the applications menu on the top toolbar are

Adobe Flash Player for playing back YouTube videos
Gimp for image editing
Chromium for Web browsing
Kompozer for making websites
FileZilla FTP client for uploading your website
SM player for playing videos and audio
VLC player for playing your video and audio files
Kdenlive for advance video editing
Openshot for basic video editing
Audacity for recording and editing sound files
Cheese for recording and taking pictures with a webcam.

It is also very easy to change the animations, windows' appearances, fonts, and desktop background within Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx have been a fast, stable, simple and very customizable free operating system which is great for older and newer computers.

Ubuntu Linux also saved me a few times when Windows failed to boot or login to the Windows 7 desktop, I could use Ubuntu Linux to copy my files on my broken Windows partition to my working Ubuntu Linux partition because Ubuntu can read and write Windows NTFS and FAT formatted drives and partitions.

Make your Tablet act like a PC or Laptop by buying a keyboard for it to type on!

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:36:08 PDT

A Tablet is great for using to read e-books, watching videos, playing games, and other activities, but it is not very good because it lacks a physical keyboard, and the onscreen touch screen keyboard can be hard to use, and slippery.

There are companies like Logitech Tablet Keyboard for Android 3.0+ (Keyboard-and-Stand Combo) which make USB or Bluetooth based keyboards for you to input text on your tablet with a keyboard similar to your laptop's or PC's keyboard with all the letter, numbers, directional and other keys.

This will make typing long e-mails, documents, and doing office work on your Tablet a lot easier then using your fingers and the on screen keyboard since a keyboard is easiest to use to input text into your tablet PC because you can use both hands to type on the keyboard rather then peking each individual key on the onscreen keyboard on a tablet. Using both hands to type on a keyboard will increase your productivity since you can now type text twice as fast on your tablet with a keyboard.

Using a keyboard to type text on a tablet also reduces the number of fingerprints or scratches on the screen since you touch the screen less since you are no longer using the screen to type, so it reduces the chance of you scratching, and smudging the screen with your fingers. Your touch screen will last longer because you are using it less to type, so there is less wear and tear from regular use from typing on the on screen keyboard.

Plus, you can also move your tablet PC farther away if you prefer your tablet to be farther from you when you type. Having a keyboard also frees up your hands for typing and viewing videos since most tablet pc keyboards also come with a stand or a case for you to hold your tablet on to hold it while you watch a video.

My new About.me Profile

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:55:36 PDT

Visit my About.me profile to learn where I hang out online about.me/johsnonyip

Like on Twitter, Youtube, formspring, and my website.

Also read my short Biography about myself on About.me to see what I am interested in.

Learn how to backup your files on your hard drive for Windows

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:27:22 PDT

Learn how to easily backup your files for safe keeping Backing up your files to prevent data lost

Solid State Memory Drives Advantages

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:29:27 PDT

The benefits of Solid state memory drives like the Kingston SSDNow V100 64GB SATA II 3GB/s 2.5 Inch Solid State Drive are they uses less power, run faster in some cases, run cooler, can be more reliable, are quieter, and are smaller then mechanical drives. Solid State Drives uses technology which is similar to your USB Flash drive, SD memory card, and other flash based memory. However, SSD drives are a lot faster and more reliable since they uses the SATA II drive interface to connect to your computer.

Solid State drives are faster like 250MB/sec read and 145MB/sec write speeds for the Kingston SSD drive and will stay faster over time since you do not have to worry about data fragmentation when using a SSD drive. Plus, the hard drive does not have to spin up to access data like mechanical drives. Your computer start up time and program start up time will also be a lot faster compared to a mechanical hard drive.

The main reason solid state memory drives uses less power is that there are no moving parts like mechanical hard drive which have a motor to run the data discs and read and write head inside a drive.

Not having mechanical parts inside a solid state drive also have the benefits of using less power and making no noise while the solid state drive is on unlike a mechanical hard drive which has clicking and spinning sounds when the drive is on.

Some higer end and faster drive may require additional fans to cool mechanical hard drives. The cooling fans will also add additional noise to your PC.

While a solid state drive does not require extra cooling since they usually run pretty cool since there is not a lot of heat generated because it does not have mechanical parts. Solid State drive are also great for laptops, tablets, and low power usage computers since they use less power which means you do not have to charge your laptop as much, and you will use less power when your computer is on. This has the benefit of paying less for your computers electricity usage.

Solid State Drives are also smaller, so you do not have to worry as much as not having enough space inside your new computer to mount the drive to.

SSD drives are also lighter then 3.5" mechanical hard drives and 2.5" laptop mechanical hard drives since they
have fewer parts in them and uses chips rather then disc platters and mechanical motors to store, read and write date. Solid State Drive are more environmentally friendly because they can last longer, uses less material to make, can be reused in your future desktops, and laptops you buy, and use less electricity which is good for the environment.

Since solid state drive don't have any mechanical parts, so it is better suited for places with a lot of vibrations, or if you are more likely to bump or drop your laptop. With a hard drive, if you drop it, you risk losing all your data if your hard drive read and write head crashes in to the data platters in your drive. With a Solid State Drive, there is no read or write head to crash, or motor to fail. You also do not have to worry about the Solid State Drive failing because of cracks or dents on the case like a metal mechanical hard drive which will break if even a particle of dust some hows enter inside the hard drive case.

The downside of a solid state drive is it cost more for the same amount of storage space compared to a mechanical hard drive, but solid state drive are less likely to fail because you drop your laptop or computer on the ground, so you save money on data recovery since you won't need it since your SSD survived a drop on the ground. Data Recovery can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars if your drive head or motor has failed on a mechanical hard drive where you can't turn on or use your mechanical hard drive anymore. However, if you have a USB external hard drive, a secondary internal hared drive with lots of storage space like 500GB or more, or don't have a lot of files, the space limitations of a SSD would not be very noticeable for someone who mainly use their computer for web browsing, playing a few games, listening to music, and watching a few HD movies on a SSD.

A Solid State Drive could extend the life of your computer since it produce less heat, have no moving parts, and uses less power, so your power supply does not have to work as hard to power your SSD drive, and SSD have no moving parts, so your data should be safe even after a fall from a few feet unlike a hard drive which can fail if it falls from a few feet off the ground.

Solid State Drive offer the speed, reliability, quietness, and power savings for saving your data.

WinxDVD Ripper Platinum YouTube Giveaway contest!

noreply@blogger.com (Johnson yip) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:22:26 PDT

I'm giving away 10 free copies of WinxDVD Ripper Platinum for Windows. The software can be use for Ripping your Home DVD movies to your computer for viewing on your PC, laptop, portable media player, tablets, game console, cell phone, and other devices.

Thanks to WinxDVD for providing me 10 free keys for giving to away on YouTube. All you have to do is login to YouTube, and leave a "nice" comment on youtube.com/watch?v=WBzSGMODcRg

Thanks to WinxDVD for providing me 10 free keys for giving to away on YouTube for this contest.

I disable comments to this thread, so people won't get confuse by thinking they can win by commenting on this video.