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Help save the battery life on your iPhone 3G

I have a tip for your iPhone 3G.  If your like me, you love your iPhone 3G but your battery life just ain't working out for you!  Here are some tips to save your battery life. Follow these directions below. But first go to settings. Turn airplane mode on. Turn wi-fi of cause your phone is consistently looking for the nearest wi-fi area and thats using a lot of battery. Go to fetch data and turn push off next turn fetch to...

Get free iPhone ringtones

All you'll need is an iPhone, iTunes and MP3 files. Open iTunes and select your favorite MP3 audio file. Right-click on this file in your library to bring up the context menu. Select Get Info. This will open a new dialogue box showing various details about the audio file. Select the Options tab. Check the boxes next to both Start Time and Stop Time and enter the times you want your new ringtone to start and stop (the maximum length...

Motorola Q: Tips for making your Q better

Hey PhoneDog these are some quick and useful tips for the Motorola Q. mp3 Ringtones Connect your motorola Q to your PC using a USB cable Open Active Sync and click the my windows mobile icon Open the application data folder Then click the sounds folder Now find a song or sound in the mp3 format and drag it into the sounds folder Now disconnect the motorola Q from the computer Navigate to the settings menu inside the start...

Better Signal: Great tips and tricks for Verizon devices

Lane Jensen in Oregon here and I have a great trick that works for all Verizon phones to get better signal. First, you need to be within about a 5-10 mile radius of where you are going to use your phone the most. Secondly, instead of dialing the normal *228 for activation, dial *22899 and it will take you instantly to the programming music and update your phone. No more having to go through the prompt and listening to the same old voice saying,...

Winner of a brand new Motorola Q9m

October 6, 2008 - Congratulations to Omar Flores of TX.  He is our week 17 winner of a brand new Motorola Q9m.  "It feels good to know i won, I really did not expect for me to win, it came of great shock to me, thank you phonedog.com for the awesome phone!"

Winner of a brand new LG Chocolate 3

September 29, 2008 - Congratulations to Stewart Whitman of CA.  He is our week 16 winner of a brand new Verizon Wireless LG Chocolate 3.  "What a surprise!  It feels great to be a winner!  I've been living with really cheap phones until now.  The LG Chocolate 3 is a real step up!" 

Winner of a Nokia 5310 XpressMusic

September 24, 2008 - Congratulations to Karen Hurst of OH.  She is our week 15 winner of a brand new Xpress Music phone.  "I'm so excited.  I got a new toy!  I'd been eyeing this one up - I still can't believe I won it!"

Winner of a brand new Motorola Q9m

September 23, 2008 - Week 14 winner of the Verizon Wireless Motorola Q9m is Daniel Morrell of MA.  "Can't believe I actually won something, thanks!" 

Winner of a brand new LG Voyager

September 13, 2008 - Week 13 winner Colton Hall of ID.  "I feel suprizeed to be the winner . And can't wait for my phone."

Motorola Q need to know tips

Mp3 ringtones Connect your Motorola Q to your PC using a USB cable Open Active Sync and click the my windows mobile icon Open the application data folder Then click the sounds folder Now find a song or sound in the mp3 format and drag it into the sounds folder Now disconnect the motorola Q from the computer Navigate to the settings menu inside the start button Then find the sounds icon and click it then find the ringtone menu Now...

Shortcuts galore for Blackberry's with full Qwerty

Organizing emails:- To sort out and get Incoming Mail, Press "Alt - I" -To sort out and get Outgoing Mail, Press "Alt - O" Other E-mail shortcuts: -To create an e-mail, Press "C" -To reply to an e-mail, Press "R" -To reply to all e-mails, Press "L" -To forward an e-mail, Press "F" -When you are in an open email, Press "N" to go to the next e-mail Navigation Shortcuts: -To easily scroll down pages, Press...

Winner of a brand new Samsung U470 Juke Navy

September 4, 2008 - Week 12 winner Vicki Gonzalez of CA. "WoW!  I am so excited!  I'm looking forward to receive my new phone!!!  I'm sorry I can't send a photo of me, cause I don't know how to do that.  I'm new at this computer thing. Thank-you and God Bless!!"

Winner of the brand new Samsung M520

August 26th, 2008 - Tammy Walker from MS is our week 11 winner of a brand new Samsung M520.  "OOOHHH my God!!! Iam so excited about this great win!  Thank you thank you sooo much, I still cant hardly believe that I was that lucky." 

iPhone smorgasbord of tips

Thanks to Thomas Hsu for submitting these need to know iPhone tips... Resetting: Most people out there question what to do after their iPhone or iPod Touch freezes. This is a tip, all you have to do is press and hold the Home and Sleep button until it resets. An apple logo should pop up after you know you have done it. Quick URL's: It's a pain to type on the onscreen keyboard. So when typing out URL's while surfing the web on safari,...

Winner of a brand new Samsung Access

August 19th, 2008 - Cindy Allen from KS is our week 10 winner of a brand new Samsung Access.  "Perfect timing for the great news on winning the phone, I've had a very hard and stressful 10 days and just found time to check my email.  Needed that smile....thanks so much!"

Winner of a brand new Palm Centro

August 12th, 2008 - Ryan Adams from NC is our week 9 winner of a brand new Palm Centro from AT&T.  "I am really excited about getting a new free phone thanks to PhoneDog!"

Winner of a brand new Motorola Q9m

August 7, 2008 - Brenda Fitzsimmons from PA is our week 8 winner of a brand new Motorola Q9m.  "WOW,  what a cool surprise and the phone is wonderful.  I am so excited, can not wait to start playing with it and learn all the new gagets on the phone.  Thanks so much for your website too."

Winner of the Nokia N82

July 31, 2008 - Chris Cooper from PA is our week 7 winner of a Nokia N82.  "Thank you so much for the phone.  I never win like anything this is like so great. Thank you Phonedog im going to have so much fun with my new phone." 

Winner of a brand new Samsung Gleam

July 25th, 2008 - Congratulations to this week's winner from MI, Korey D. Williams!  "I checked my email everyday and hoped that I'd be the lucky winner and it happened. I really am happy that I won so now I can get rid of this GOphone I have. Thanks sooo much Phonedog.com."

Winner of a brand new Samsung t819

July 17th, 2008 - Congratulations to this week's winner from CT, Gina Benway.  "How cool is this!"  Gina stated after finding out she won the Samsung t819.  "I needed a new phone, my daughter always takes over mine!  This one I'm hiding, lol...Phonedog ROCKS!!! Thanks"

Waiting: Free Pizza but No iPhone Yet

So honestly this whole iPhone launch thing sucks. After being denied by a sold-out AT&T store this morning, I'm now wasting my afternoon in line outside of the Apple store. Been here almost 90 minutes now and the actual store is still a long ways off. The Apple employees are passing out free pizza and burritos now, which is nice and all, but how about a purchase and activation process that doesn't suck? That'd be cool, right, not to have...

Winner of a brand new Samsung Ace

July 8th, 2008 - Congratulations to Kyle Livingston from San Francisco, CA.  He was our Week 4 winner of a brand new Samsung ACE.  When asked about the win Kyle stated, “Shock, actually.  I never even thought I would win anything.  But nice because my old Sprint phone needs to be upgraded and, being a student, funds are hard to come by”.

Winner of the AT&T Sony Ericsson W580i Black

July 4th, 2008 - Congratulations to Matthew Rogers from Buffalo, NY. "I am very excited to win the phone and will put it to good use. I would like to thank PhoneDog for the prize."

Winner of the Sony Ericsson Z750

June 23rd, 2008 - And the winner is...Nicole Turner of Shaker Heights, OH!  "This is pretty amazing. I visit Phonedog.com all the time and I always tell people to go there when they need help picking a new phone. I've had my old phone for three years now, so winning a new one is just the ticket. Thank you so much! I never thought I'd actually win. You guys are awesome!" ~ Nicole

Winner of the AT&T BlackBerry Pearl 8110

June 16th, 2008 - And the winner is...  Stephane Ridore of Beltsville MD!  Stephane won our first drawing of an AT&T BlackBerry Pearl 8110.  Good Luck to everyone on the rest of our upcoming drawings!