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Your phone is a computer.
It’s a small computer that fits in your pocket. After years of refining, we should expect our pocket computers to be capable of accomplishing more work (and play) with every successive phone generation.
Sadly, we’ve seen a cottage industry of tech reviewing amplify a lazy refrain of “specs don’t matter”. It’s disappointing to see.
Continue reading “Of course Phone specs still matter. It’s silly to argue otherwise.”
Google IO 2025 is in full swing!
Executives took the stage today to kick off the developer conference, and there was a LOT of talk about AI. At the end of the show though, we got a look at Android XR, and the future of smart glasses.
Haven’t we seen features like this before on older glasses? Continue reading “Google IO Android XR Reactions! Do we REALLY need Android in our glasses?”
Why buy “minimalistic” dumb phones? It’s a trend we’ve seen before. But maybe you already have everything you need to streamline a phone and reduce distractions? Let’s chat!
Hugh Jeffreys’ Impressions https://youtu.be/yy81S1oCMt4?si=M4a-Of5pb3prhk_v
Continue reading “Don’t buy a “dumb” phone! Do THIS Instead!”
The Apple vs Epic court case continues! Judge Rogers has found Apple to be in direct violation of the ruling handed down in 2021, and an Apple executive might face criminal charges for lying to the court! What will this mean for mobile payments moving forward? Let’s take a look at the ruling!
Direct link to Judge Roger’s ruling (PDF) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.364265/gov.uscourts.cand.364265.1508.0_2.pdf Continue reading “Court Finds Apple Executive Lied in Epic Case, Can no longer take 27% cut of “off app” purchases!”
Should Balatro videos be demonetized to protect kids?
It’s a question I’ve been thinking about a lot this week. If Balatro is gambling, where do we draw the line with other free and mobile games? Are those games gambling too? Continue reading “Google Censors Videos About Balatro, But THIS Is What Mobile Game Gambling REALLY Looks Like!”
Pebble smartwatches are coming back! Google has open sourced the Pebble OS, and now a pair of watches are available for pre-order! If you own an iPhone however, the experience will be limited.
Why is Apple afraid of the competition? Continue reading “Pebble Smartwatches Are BACK (And Apple is TERRIFIED of Competition)”
The folks at OnePlus have confirmed that there will be no Open 2 this year. What are YOUR thoughts on OnePlus skipping another year for foldables?
OnePlus Community Post https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1652471315484901379 Continue reading “No OnePlus Open 2 For YOU (in 2025) CONFIRMED!”
Tablets CAN do more, but WHAT ELSE can we do with them?
A slightly more philosophical question to ask you fine folks. I have to be missing additional uses and features that would help tablets solve more problems. There’s tons of compute power just sitting in our slates, what else can we be doing with them to USE that compute power?
Continue reading “What MORE Can We Do With a Tablet? What Am I Missing?”