Motorola has long been one of the strongest Android phone makers. While Samsung may get higher numbers and HTC a bit more of the mind share, Motorola’s original Droid for Verizon is arguably the phone that made Android take off as more than just “not iPhone.” The line is so successful that many users dub […]
It was the middle of my family’s big October cookout/pumpkin-carving extravaganza. Some time after dark, between half-burnt hot dogs and whole-burnt marshmallows, my seven-year-old nephew Owen lost something on the ground and shouted “DOES ANYBODY HAVE A FLASHLIGHT APP?” We laughed, and so did he after we explained it to him, but it got me […]
While AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are all going gaga for Windows Phone 8, the fourth major U.S. carrier has been staying out of it. I’m not sure I blame Sprint for doing so. The somewhat struggling carrier was badly burned by investing in the initial launch of webOS and the solitary Windows Phone 7 phone […]
I drove from Boston to Queens, NY today so that my family and I could be part of my wife’s nephew’s bar mitzvah. The ceremony was originally supposed to take place in his own community of Long Branch, NJ, but the family was forced to move it to my wife’s parent’s synagogue in Queens because […]
Let’s be blunt, Kyocera doesn’t have the best reputation as a cellphone maker. Known for making budget phones that feel cheap in the hand, with dated operating systems and limited features, Kyocera is hardly any Techcitement writer’s “go to” company. In fact, we generally consider those phones to be barely a step up from feature […]
The event may have been cancelled, but not even Hurricane Sandy can stop Google’s announcement today, no matter how hard Microsoft wishes. In a flurry of press releases, Google has announced a pair of new Nexus devices, a new version of Android, and new versions of the Nexus 7. The Nexus 7 got a small price […]
Regular readers of The Consumerist may have seen its recent stories documenting complaints of excessive data usage on AT&T’s network with the new iPhone 5. The problem certainly isn’t a new one, but it’s difficult to pin down a definitive solution. Last month, Verizon customers with the iPhone 5 expressed the same complaints, and Verizon […]
Last night, Samsung held an event in New York to announce the launch of it’s phablet/hugephone, the Galaxy Note II, across all major U.S. carriers. I attended the event and took home a Note II to review, so expect comprehensive coverage of this major device here in the coming weeks. Some first impressions and notes: […]
Samsung just loves the Galaxy line. With each generation of Galaxy S flagships, Apple’s main rival has spun off countless side devices. When the Galaxy II was the flagship, there were a bevy of original Galaxy S-based devices. Now that the S III is king, I keep hoping that we’ll see S II generation technology […]
In my last article about how technology is bringing bicycling into the 21st century, I stated that much of that forward push is from accessories. A big part of smart phone accessories is cases to protect your smart phone from everyday bumps and drops, but also from the elements and from hardcore, physical activities. I spent this […]
