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With the official launch not scheduled until June 20, it seems Sprint would like everyone that may be interested ready and able to use the Instinct as soon as it hits their hands. In order to help potential users they have released a collection of how-to style videos on YouTube. The videos cover topics that include Shooting & Sending Video, Live Search, Favorites, Speech To Action Button and of course The Basics. Keep reading to check out the basics, then head on over to YouTube to check out the rest.

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Apple’s iPod is a great music player…with not so great battery life.  This makes me wonder when Apple will finally come out with a better battery life’d version of the seemingly popular gadget.  If Apple’s not going to come out with one, the least we can do is work with what we’re given.  If you can believe it, there are actually solar chargers for iPods already available on the market.  But if you rather build one for yourself, now you can…if you have the guts.  You should because you don’t have to be an Electrical Engineer to be your own gadget creator.

The step-by-step instructions how to build the portable solar charger is now available at Yosemite. Apparently, constructing such a nice little gadget is actually easier than you think. You may have to do a little shopping first but I’d say its worth the effort just by thinking of the end results.

Read [Yosemite] Via [Gizmodo]

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Why would you fork out $19 bucks for the Apple iPod AV Cable when you don’t have to?  We were looking around for cheaper solutions for getting video over to you TV and came across an article on O’Reilly’s MacDevCenter.com.  By following simple steps, you can get any AV cable (with yellow/red/white outputs) to work with your iPod.  Read on to find out how.

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