Jerry has been a smartphone user since the BlackBerry days, having moved through the tech’s progression from Palm to Nokia to Apple and Android. He even waited in line at a Washington, DC T-Mobile store to buy the first Android phone. Combined with an Electrical Engineering degree and years of experience working with machine vision and learning equipment all over the world he has a passion for knowing how tech products work and what matters to the people buying them. He’s been in this industry longer than most of the companies we cover. With 15 years of experience writing about tech he has seen how smart devices have morphed from a luxury to a necessity and offers a unique perspective on both the good and bad consequences of it all. Currently covering the broader ecosystems of hardware and software products, his industry contacts and experience help break down the decisions tech giants make and the products they offer into the most important thing: how this affects us, the consumers and end-users of the products and services. With no affinity to one company Jerry can help you find the tech that’s right for you and help you understand what it can do for you. When things go south, he can also help you fix it or point you in the right direction for help. In his personal life Jerry loves to tinker in his workshop and work on his antique truck.
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Android & Chill Android wasn't always great. But we had a lot of fun trying to make it that way!

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Say Cheese It usually has plastic lenses, no real shutter, no focal length, and a teeny tiny sensor. But your phone's camera is the only one most of us will ever need.

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Ask Jerry Have a question about the tech in your life? If so, maybe we can get them answered!

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Android & Chill If you're looking for the "best" phone, you need to know what it's supposed to be the best at.

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Play ball! Google teamed with MLB to predict where a home run would land using AI. That's a perfect demonstration of how AI actually works and what it does best.

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Cash cows T-Mobile has opted you into even more data collection, this time it's financial.

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Android & Chill Android is a success story like no other, both for Google and for consumers. It changed everything.

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Sweet sounds These $100 headphones sound like a million bucks compared to anything wireless. They're a perfect way to start a collection of audiophile gear.

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Impulse buying You'll find a pile of worthless junk out there, and on Prime Day, it's all on sale. Here are 10 cheap products actually worth buying!

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Primed for travel You need the right stuff to take along wherever you go. Prime Day is one of the best times to buy it!

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Penny Pinching I knew I could save cash by buying what I needed on Prime Day.

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Ask Jerry Have a question about the tech in your life? If so, maybe we can get them answered!

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Android & Chill Just because I don't have the cash for a few fun toys doesn't mean I'm not looking for a good deal.

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Location, location, location OnePlus is being investigated because of where the company is, not what it's doing.

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Tech Talk NFC: the magic transmission protocol that seems to work without power.

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Have a question about the tech in your life? If so, maybe we can get them answered!

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Android & Chill Keep your money away from thieves by using common sense and good old-fashioned paranoia.

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Tech Talk Modular means being able to swap parts. You can't really do that to a phone, but being "modular" is still important.

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Works for everyone Moving an app's layout can be really helpful, especially when you decide whether to do it.

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no internet Rural broadband is still slow, unreliable, and monopolized in many places. There's no real way to fix it.

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Better than a Chromebook Apple's new iPadOS brings a slew of nice changes making it a real lightweight computing platform.

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Ask Jerry Have a question about the tech in your life? If so, maybe we can get them answered!

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The right stuffs Whether you're going on a day trip or traveling, you'll need to take some things along.
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