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I remember not that long ago thinking that a 4.7-inch phone screen was pretty large. How could they get bigger than that and still be usable? Surely this is the end of the road… and here we are a few years later and the Xperia Z5 Compact is considered diminutive at 4.6-inches. When I say […]
Writing an unbiased review is a lot easier said than done. Every reviewer, myself included, has their own preferences, opinions, and experiences that will in some way affect his or her attitudes and conclusions. So rather than pretend that I am an unbiased reviewer, I will begin by telling you a little about the phones I […]
I like smartwatches. I also like fitness trackers. Somehow, neither one is very good at what the other can do (and no one has figured out a way to fix that yet), so generally people in my position are stuck choosing one or the other. While I’ve chosen the smartwatch side, I still have a […]
There are two things that are staples in the bag that I carry basically everywhere I go: an external battery pack and charger, because sometimes I’m near a wall, and sometimes I’m not. At least one USB cable comes into the equation somewhere too, because what good is a charger without a cable. None, I’d […]
You know what I love about the Nexus 4, 5, 6, and 7? Wireless charging. In fact, that’s the primary reason I haven’t moved to the Nexus 6p or 5x yet — I just can’t stand the idea of having it plug in every time I need to charge my phone. I realize that some […]
Google Play Music. Spotify. Rdio. Tidal. There is no shortage of music streaming services that not only provide an extensive music selection, but also have good if not great Android applications so you can benefit from their catalogue everywhere you go. The problem with most of these services is their availability. If you live in […]
Coming across a genuinely new launcher interface and paradigm on Android is rare. Most third-party clients try to emulate the default Android launcher and add some customizations and improvements here and there. Not to undermine the power of something like Nova Launcher, but there’s only so many times you can swipe left and right between […]
I need to be real with you guys here: I’ve never liked any device that forced me to use whatever garbage skin the manufacturer was putting on them at the time. In other words, I’ve always been an “Android Purist,” if you will — it was stock Android and nothing else for me, and it’s really […]
About a year and a half ago, I called the original Fugoo “the speaker I’d make if I made speakers.” The design of it is actually brilliant — it’s waterproof, offers 360 degree sound, is crazy-robust, and gets an insane 40 hours of battery life. Really, it’s a beast. Then, back at CES (yes, in January), […]
When I was in high school, BlackBerry was still an up-and-comer in the US cell phone market. The sleepy suburb I grew up in really had no widespread knowledge of them until after I had left for college. And when you start college in 2006, a year before the first iPhone (released at the end […]
ASUS in the recent past has been pushing harder into Western markets and into smartphones in general with the ZenFone product line and its associated ZenUI software layer. Those who remember the Transformer tablets of yesteryear may be surprised at the non-geeky, colorful, feature-filled approach of these devices. Now well into the second generation of […]
Back in July of 2014, a speaker came out that changed the way I thought of Bluetooth speakers: the Ultimate Ears BOOM. At the time — and for many months after — this speaker was the benchmark by which all others were judged. Then came the MEGABOOM, a damn-near double sized BOOM. Again, benchmark-quality stuff. The ROLL […]
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