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Your iPhone Will Pick Up The Tab With ApplePay

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:30:18 +0000

One of the big rumors about yesterday’s Apple event was that the new iPhones would finally embrace NFC. For those unfamiliar, NFC (Near Field Communications) is a wireless chip/protocol that allows devices to exchange information by touching them together or having them close to each other. The most common application, however, has been mobile payments. […]

PayPal Gets A Facelift

Paul Hurwitz — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:30:41 +0000

PayPal has long been the standard in sending money electronically between two people. The e-commerce business has also been a stalwart in the SMB website market for accepting credit cards, and PayPal makes it easy for non-profits to accept donations from members. However, PayPal’s user interface has been the same for years and the company […]

Review: Test Driving Sprint’s LTE Network

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:20:08 +0000

One of the big perks about my new hometown, Houston, is that it’s one of the select few cities where Sprint’s high speed LTE network has been rolled out. This replaces the original high-speed WiMax network, largely spanked by AT&T and Verizon’s LTE networks. Heck, in some cases T-Mobile’s HSPA+ has beaten Sprint’s WiMax, and […]

My Recent Jetpack Moment

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:00:59 +0000

My friends like to joke that they’re bitter because it’s the 21st century and we don’t have our jetpacks. The 21st century is damn different from how it was portrayed in the media of our childhood; The Jetsons have a lot to answer for. However, “different” doesn’t mean bad. I made a recent long […]

HP IFA Roundup: HP Ready To Lose More Money On Tablets

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:30:46 +0000

It was a year ago last month that HP managed to annoy a decent chunk of users by shutting down a hot new tablet, not even 30 days after releasing it. It was even more annoying if you realized that this wasn’t the first time HP had done this. HP previously released the Slate back […]

Sony IFA Roundup: It’s A Desktop, It’s A Tablet, It’s — Both?

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:00:25 +0000

Sony has unveiled several interesting devices at the IFA Trade show in Berlin today. While many were standards, one stood out. To begin with, Sony continues to add new Android phones to the company’s Xperia line. Today, the world got to see the Xperia T, Xperia V, and the Xperia J. All three phones will […]

Review: HTC EVO 4G LTE For Sprint Is Full Of Sound And Fury

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:30:45 +0000

Sprint first introduced its EVO line in 2010 with the classic EVO 4G. This 4.3″, WiMax-connected behemoth did a great job as the company’s flagship phone, spinning off the EVO Design, Shift, and 3D, all fine phones in their own way. None, however, seemed to get as much attention as that first model. We at […]

Windows Phone 8 Surfaces, Current Windows Phone Devices Need Not Apply

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:00:38 +0000

Microsoft is making it a habit to surprise me when it comes to Windows Phones. After years of frustration with the power user-centric Windows Mobile OS, Microsoft managed to put out a viable, consumer-based smartphone operating system aimed at the general public. Indeed, the tile system used in the OS has proven popular enough that […]

Techcitement Review: Will Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich Take the Cake?

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:43:12 +0000

While Techcitement has given a glowing, if quick, review to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, one feature we only touched on is the operating system. Because I’ve been shopping around for a new operating system ever since HP decided to ditch the phone business, this is a good time to put Android 4.0 a.k.a. Ice Cream […]