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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 03, 2013
It's the end of one year and the beginning of the next, and that means lots of lists covering all manner of tech stuff. I like reading lists. Everything laid out in an easy-to-read format fits m...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 30, 2012
As we close out the year, it's time to take a look back at things. I've never been all that keen on "year's best" lists for applications, though that doesn't mean they don&...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 24, 2012
Ah, Christmas Eve. The day we remind our kids that they still have to be good for at least one more day, and remind ourselves that a little extra patience probably wouldn't hurt anyone. Easier s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 21, 2012
Android was not designed to be updated like iOS, but good luck getting everyone on board with that idea
Here we go again. Another year, another "Let's see how long it takes Androi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2012
I don't much feel like writing about phones this weekend. Instead, I'll paraphrase a Facebook post from an old friend of mine from high school who leads a congregation in Nebraska:
It...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 14, 2012
It seems like there's a new wizz-bang fancy Twitter client released every week. Every single time you hear claims that it's the next best thing. Every once and a while those claims actu...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 09, 2012
With the year winding down and my plate relatively clear of any review work (mad props to Alex and Anndrew and Andrew and Jerry and everyone else for helping make that happen), I've been spendin...
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by Kevin Michaluk
Dec 03, 2012
With new Apple, Android and Windows Phone 8 devices hitting the market this fall, and new BlackBerry 10 phones just around the corner in early 2013, there have never been so many amazing phones on t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 02, 2012
Good lord, it's December already. How did that happen? That means we've got about a month before CES in Las Vegas. For you new folks, CES is the first major event of the year, though it'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 25, 2012
There's a reason why I tend to post stories on Google+ about the traditional journalism industry. For one, it's where I came from. There are days I miss it. But there are so many more days t...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 22, 2012
LG's Nexus 4 is the best Google-branded handset since the Nexus One, and if you live in the UK, Europe or anywhere else LTE coverage isn't yet widespread, then you should buy one at your ear...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 18, 2012
We're inundated with a couple really new phones -- namely the Nexus 4 and the Droid DNA -- and that means it's a working weekend ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. It's a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 11, 2012
Do these guys know how to party on a Saturday night/Sunday morning, or what?
As California was just getting ready to go out for the night, and Taiwan was just starting its morning, a joint press re...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 08, 2012
While trawling through the Internet today I came across the Linux Foundation's page, and my eyes were pulled to their top story. Now this is nothing new, I often find plenty of great articles an...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 07, 2012
The Nexus 4 was announced to much fanfare last week, especially when the prices hit. $299 for 8GB? That’s less than half what a high end smartphone will cost you off contract nowadays. Buying ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 04, 2012
"What's it going to be like?" That was the question my wife posed to me sometime around Sept. 13 or 14 in 2004, just a couple days before Hurricane Ivan thrashed this part of the Gulf ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 01, 2012
Using a skinned version of Android? You’re already up-to-date on 4.1.
We’re not huge proponents of using the term “skin” to describe the manufacturer customizations put o...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 31, 2012
It's Nexus season again. That means a new phone, a new version of Android, and a bunch of folks arguing the merits (or lack thereof) of the new device. Everyone always wants the latest and great...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 29, 2012
Why spend an extra $50 and still not have enough space on your smartphone when it comes with Google's cloud?
When you visit Google's Nexus 4 page and click on the "Shop now&qu...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 29, 2012
An 8GB Nexus 4 for $299 sounds great. But you know what's better? Not running out of space for all your crap.
When you click on the LG Nexus 4 in the Google Play devices store, you're ta...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 28, 2012
Ladies and gentlemen, Microsoft is back.
I wasn't sure we'd ever have reason to write those words again, and Microsoft's not yet all the way back. But it's absolutely taking the rig...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 21, 2012
We're in the tall grass now, boys and girls. We're at that point in the year when Google's got a new Nexus coming down the pike, and the smartphone nerds are getting that annual tingling...
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by Chris Umiastowski
Oct 18, 2012
On Thursday, Google faced the embarrassing situation of seeing its Q3 financial results released prematurely. The stock tanked on the results, and Google asked to have trading stopped temporarily. I...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 16, 2012
So Apple's going to invent a smaller iPad next week. It'll probably be really, really good. Frankly, it'll probably be better-built than the Nexus 7 we've been enjoying for a few mon...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 14, 2012
The U.S. wireless industry
Let’s be honest, the U.S. wireless industry is a tough market to break into, even for so-called “established” brands. Dozens of carriers have come...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 14, 2012
We've got another fall CTIA event in the books. By most accounts, this one was pretty much a snoozer, even more so than the other "apps and enterprise"-focused events of the past. Hope...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 11, 2012
So it's starting to look like the idea of an LG built Nexus device is true. Of course, nothing is ever final until it's final, but all the evidence points towards us seeing one in the n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 07, 2012
We're headed to sunny San Diego this week -- one of my new favorite cities -- for the fall CTIA event. The past several years it's been called CTIA "Enterprise and Applications," w...
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by Chris Umiastowski
Oct 01, 2012
Google’s market cap has surpassed that of Microsoft. Market gyrations continue, so for all we know it's possible for Microsoft to inch back ahead of Google tomorrow. But the milestone for ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 30, 2012
Ahhhhhh, fall. The temperatures finally are starting to drop. Football is in full swing. And the Android crazies are out in force.
It's kind of a weird time for product cycles, right? Most...
