While I’m not an international jet setter, I do have family living north of the border in Canada. Because my wife actually wants to see her parents from time to time and we don’t want to deprive our daughter of face-to-face interaction with her grandparents, this means we travel to the Great White North two […]
In the past five months, my Nexus 7 has become a vital part of my daily routine. Compact, lightweight, and feature-rich, it’s everything I want in a tablet. Or at least, it was when it came out. Let’s be honest, I can never be quite satisfied with my gadgets, and the moment I get one […]
Sometimes a 10-inch tablet is too large and a 7-inch tablet is too small. For those Goldilocks circumstances, the few 9-inch tablets on the market can make due. The Lenovo IdeaTab A2109A fits the bill, capable of both content creation and media consumption in a smaller, relatively light, and somewhat cheap package at only $299. […]
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 […]
A new iPad just eight months after the last one. How could any company treat its loyal customers this way? Apple is the rising star of the tech world. The company with the largest market cap in the world, valued at over $800 billion. It has legions of fans, feverishly purchasing every new iProduct at […]
Introducing a tablet into my workflow has been great. My Nexus 7 is conveniently portable, it shifts a lot of battery-draining activities off of my phone, and the bigger screen is so much better for media consumption and gaming than a phone could ever be. Having two mobile consumption devices did add a few minor […]
The Nexus Q is a strange device at $299 for a simple media streamer that doesn’t have half the functionality of a much cheaper Apple TV or Roku box. Perhaps that’s why Google has delayed the launch of the overpriced sphere, sending emails out to people who pre-ordererd the device that they’ll have to wait […]
There have been rumors for some time that Google will release it’s own tablet. Recently it became more and more evident, and now the device is here. Except it’s not exactly what I was expecting. Rather than compete with Apple in the 10″ category, Google has firmly aimed the Asus-built Nexus 7 at a category […]
Earlier this week, Verizon Wireless announced a list of handsets that would be upgrade to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. Without providing specific dates, Verizon goes on to outline by manufacturer which smartphones will receive the update. HTC: HTC ThunderBolt DROID Incredible 2 by HTC HTC Rhyme HTC Rezound Motorola: Motorola XOOM DROID BIONIC DROID […]
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 […]
