As much as I love my HP TouchPad, I’m not a huge fan of touch-typing on the screen. While I honestly think webOS has the best onscreen keyboard of any tablet I’ve used, there’s still something to be said for the feel of real keys under one’s fingers. Recently I’ve been using a basic tablet […]
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Samsung Gives Me Another Reason To Hate TouchWiz
As I’ve mentioned ad-nauseum in my cellphone reviews, I’m not a huge fan of device manufacturers’ “skinning” of operating systems. While much of that can be chalked up to personal taste, there’s also the demonstrated fact that they directly impact future updates. Sony’s RachelUI kept the Xperia x10 from getting Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) until fairly […]
Techcitement Review: My Weekend With Galaxy Nexus
On Thursday, I was the first person in line at the Verizon store in Culver City, CA, to pick up the Galaxy Nexus. The Nexus is the latest phone from Samsung featuring the latest build of Google’s Android operating system, 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). This is particularly exciting for me, if only because I haven’t […]
Want An Android Tablet? Dude, You’re Not Getting a Dell.
A few months after killing off the Dell Streak 5, Dell has now ended their 7″ model’s suffering as well. This is something that surprised no one, what with the Streak recently being priced at under $100 at local Staples and other retail outlets. What’s particularly telling, tough, is this comment from CEO Michael Dell: […]
Your Face Is The Problem
Any good (fictional) spy uses biometrics as authentication – Bond used fake fingerprints, Charlie’s Angels copied someone’s retina scan, and Chuck’s intersect has facial recognition technology. Yet as companies have implemented biometric-based authentications, it’s been laughably easy to beat. Fingerprint locking technology was once thought to be the gold standard in security. Fingerprint sensors popped […]
Voice of Objectivity: That Android Update Chart Doesn’t Matter
With the launch of iOS 5 and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in the last couple of weeks, the question of Android fragmentation is in the news once again. This time, it’s taking the form of a chart, comparing the upgrade life of various Android devices to different versions of the iPhone. The results don’t […]
Galaxy Nexus And Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Announced
Google’s long-awaited new flagship device, the Galaxy Nexus was officially announced last night. It’s a powerhouse of a phone, sporting a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, a 720p HD Super AMOLED display, and a camera that can record video in 1080p, just for starters. There are LTE and HSPA+ versions of the device, which means we […]
Tasting Gingerbread — A WebOS User Dabbles With Android
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a WebOS user. For those who weren’t following the news this weekend, that means I don’t have an upgrade option. I may some day, but for right now my options are finding a used phone and one of three variations on a theme: the Palm Pixi/Pixi Plus, the Pre/Pre Plus/Pre2, […]