Microsoft Ends Mixed Reality Support: Is the Future of VR Looking Grim?

Microsoft is pulling the plug on their Mixed Reality VR platform, and with it a bunch of headsets are about to become ewaste.

This platform could have helped spread VR, but why wasn’t there more support? Why wasn’t there more advertising? Will other companies try to compete? Continue reading “Microsoft Ends Mixed Reality Support: Is the Future of VR Looking Grim?”

UPerfect UFree V Wireless Portable Monitor: How Bad Do You NEED to Cut the Cable?

UPerfect UFree V Monitor Review!

I’m a HUGE advocate for portable monitors, lapdocks, and XR glasses. I think a portable monitor of SOME KIND, is the single best accessory you can add to enhance the use of a FAMILY of other gadgets. I also have almost NO interest in taking these kinds of products wireless.

I’m just not THAT guy. With that in mind, here’s my biased review of a really interesting solution to cut the video cable, and hopefully maintain better fidelity! Continue reading “UPerfect UFree V Wireless Portable Monitor: How Bad Do You NEED to Cut the Cable?”

#SGGQA 329: Can Apple be Regulated, and Gifting Tech for the Holidays – PJ Podcast

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

We’re running a PJ Podcast a little early this month, and we’re letting the chat take the wheel on the tech we want to talk about! I’m sure we’ll cover some of the ongoing developments watching Apple in the regulatory space. We should also chat about what the tech we’re gifting this year.

Let’s get our tech week started right!

Continue reading “#SGGQA 329: Can Apple be Regulated, and Gifting Tech for the Holidays – PJ Podcast”

TicWatch Gets Wear OS 3: Too Late?

WearOS 3 is coming to the TicWatch!

Two years later, after tons of  delays, updates are always welcome, but is this software too little, too  late? Is this Mobvoi’s problem?

What should the TicWatch do next?
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#SGGQA 328: A Weekend With the iQOO 12, The End of XPERIA Phones, Instagram Chat and Messenger Split, Alibaba Animates Anyone

HAPPY MONDAY!

What a crazy week! Meta might be breaking up Instagram and Messenger ahead of regulators pressuring them. Alibaba is scanning tiktokers to make new AI tools. Verizon bungled some basic security for user data. Alex Jones is back on Twitter. Some REALLY interesting games are coming soon! Sony might retire the XPERIA.

And I’ve been benchmarking the iQOO 12!

Let’s get our tech week started right!

Continue reading “#SGGQA 328: A Weekend With the iQOO 12, The End of XPERIA Phones, Instagram Chat and Messenger Split, Alibaba Animates Anyone”

How do YOU Game on YOUR Phone? Controller SHOWDOWN!

What controller do YOU use with your phone?

Do you like the slider style (which looks more like a Nintendo Switch)? Do you like a traditional controller (that works with other consoles and computers)?

I await your hot takes! What’s the best way to game on your phone? Continue reading “How do YOU Game on YOUR Phone? Controller SHOWDOWN!”

Folding Phone Owners! How do YOU Watch Video? Tent or Flex Mode?

How do YOU watch video on your foldable? I like tent mode, and someone said I was CRAZY for that!

What say you? I await your hot takes! Continue reading “Folding Phone Owners! How do YOU Watch Video? Tent or Flex Mode?”

Can a Five Year Old Phone Compete Today? How Far has Android Come Since the LG V50?

It’s the time of year we can look back and reflect. We’re starting to get a look at 2024 devices. How far has Android come over the last five years? Revisiting the LG V50, let’s see how well it can hang against modern powerhouse phones.

Will it be completely outclassed? Over course it will!

Enthusiasts want more performance, but will an old premium phone lose SO bad that consumers would want to upgrade their phone? This conversation is more complicated than a GeekBench score… Continue reading “Can a Five Year Old Phone Compete Today? How Far has Android Come Since the LG V50?”