A buddy at work walked into the store (AT&T I think) on launch day and picked up an iPad Mini. Of course he had to bring it in to work for all the geeks to ogle. Everything about the Mini is exactly what you expect except for one thing – this thing is impossibly thin. […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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I had to go see the Nokia Lumia 920 at the AT&T store today. I assumed I would love the os and hate the weight. My current phone is the lightweight Samsung Focus S, so I figured the comparison would be dramatic. To my surprise, the shape of the phone and the fact that it’s […]
I keep checking the search engines for the Windows Phone 8 release date for AT&T, and when I’m looking for date specific information rather than last years Windows Phone release dates, I often use Google because it allows you to filter results down to recent dates. This has been a key feature that kept me […]
I just went through the upgrade process on a Windows 7 machine I use almost every day. If it didn’t go well I would have a problem…. I purchased the online upgrade from Microsoft. Amazon had the physical media for $69.99 on pre-order with a $30 rebate credit so I picked that up for another […]
Why all the hand wringing about the Surface RT not running the same apps as Windows 8 desktop? Tech blogs all over the place are lambasting Microsoft for not making it clear. Outside of the 5-10% of the population that writes or reads tech blogs and computer magazines, do consumers actually know the difference or […]
A new 13” Macbook Pro was released this week. Faster, lighter, thinner, higher res (retina), etc. An amazing piece of equipment with a really cool commercial. However the price tag leaves me gasping for air. Apple has brilliant marketing to own the high end of the market. The way I buy Macs is to repeatedly […]
I read a few months ago that Microsoft bought a stake in Barnes and Noble or gave them money in some way. Is this for an eventual Windows Phone 8 competitor to the Kindle HD / Nexus 7 / Ipad mini?
I wanted to restart this blog with a comment about the upcoming Windows Phone 8 but I’m trying to maintain my objectivity. In the last 7-8 years I have owned and used daily, in order, the following phone OSes: Palm Windows Mobile 6 (the durable HP Voice Messenger iPaq 510, 2 users after me and […]