Does the HTC One have what it takes to beat the Galaxy S4? The HTC One is a crucial product for the Taiwanese smartphone maker. The company once was the market leading Android smartphone vendor and saw tremendous success and growth as a company. It worked with Google on the first Nexus smartphone and was [...]
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Jony Ive Ordered Boxes Full of Nike Watches in the Mid-2000s
Posted by Gary on March 5, 2013
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Bloomberg today published a story on the much rumored Apple smart watch, offering information on potential functionality and profitability. The article also hinted at possible design cues for the iWatch, highlighting Apple designer Jony Ive’s intense interest in watches, specifically those manufactured by Nike in the mid-2000s. Apple design chief Jony Ive has long had [...]
First Reviews of Microsoft Surface Pro: Good Display, Full Windows 8, Compromised Experience
Posted by Gary on February 6, 2013
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The reviews for Microsoft’s fully featured Windows 8 tablet/laptop combo are out. The Surface Pro firmly slots in between tablets like Apple’s iPad and ultra-portable laptops like the MacBook Air, and some have wanted a similar Mac/tablet hybrid. The overall consensus is that while the Surface Pro does have some good features, it’s ultimately brought [...]
Instagram rolls out full web-based feeds and interface
Posted by Gary on February 6, 2013
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Web interface duplicates all of the mobile app’s features and functions Enhancing its universal device compatibility, Instagram today unveiled a web-based version of its newsfeed. The new option is available now, and it allows scrolling through a list of photos posted by accounts followed by the user. Profiles are clickable on the new interface, allowing [...]
Full review: Sony MDR-1RBT Bluetooth headphones
Posted by Gary on December 29, 2012
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Sony delivers style and substance with the MDR-1RBT Sony has a long and distinguished history when it comes to making quality headphones to suit the majority of listeners. In recent years, however, their headphone business has shown signs of becoming commoditized, targeting mainstream users at the expense of audiophiles. Over the past twelve months, though, [...]
Black Friday: Apple knocks up to $61 off 9.7-inch iPads, full stock of iPad minis at MacMall
Posted by Gary on November 25, 2012
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As part of Apple’s Black Friday sale, the company has cut between $41-$61 off the new iPad with Retina display and $31 off 16GB iPad 2s. Meanwhile, Mac minis remain regularly priced and won’t ship for two weeks, but MacMall has virtually the entire iPad mini product line in stock and ready to ship immediately.All [...]
Full Review: Microsoft Surface with Windows RT
Posted by Gary on November 13, 2012
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Scratching beneath the Surface The Microsoft Surface with Windows RT arrives a full two years after Apple reinvented the tablet market. Microsoft and its partners had struggled along valiantly with convertible notebooks that could work in a tablet mode, but they were just too heavy and impractical. Within the first several months of the iPad [...]