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Carriers should offer plans with lower minutes

Lifestyle After looking over my bill today, I noticed a few of things. First of all, the amount of texts that are sent and received from my phone are just ridiculous. Second of all, my data usage isn’t nearly as much as it ought to be, but that’s...

Feb 9th by Anna Scantlin 57 35 Reactions

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How often do you change out your accessories?

Lifestyle Accessories for our phone are wonderful. Cases, screen protectors, and skins are all great ways to visually show the world a little bit of our personality – not to mention it also helps that they help prevent our phones from being as...

Feb 8th by Anna Scantlin 34 19 Reactions

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I hope HTC ditches carrier exclusives

Android HTC’s been having a lot of trouble lately, that’s for sure. The company was once considered one of the top smartphone makers running on Android. HTC has sent out invites to their press event set to occur on Feb. 19th, and presumably they...

Feb 8th by Anna Scantlin 83 59 Reactions

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It’s official: The iPhone is “somewhat behind”

Lifestyle The banter between loyal Apple fans vs. the world will probably never end, but it doesn’t help Apple fans any more now that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has admitted that he thinks the iPhone is “… somewhat behind with features in the...

Feb 7th by Anna Scantlin 264 133 Reactions

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What are your thoughts on the BlackBerry Q10?

Blackberry Os So now that we have the official release of BlackBerry 10 done and over with, most people who are interested in the underdog platform are probably more eager to try out the new Z10, which is one of the few BlackBerry devices that’s been...

Feb 7th by Anna Scantlin 11

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iOS 6: Thoughts on an overdue upgrade

Lifestyle After absolutely refusing to lose my jailbreak, which for a long time had only been available for iOS 5.1 and below, the time has finally come where I can jailbreak my iPhone 4S to iOS 6.1. I decided to go ahead and try out the new...

Feb 6th by Anna Scantlin 8

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Who will have the most graphene patents?

Lifestyle Graphene seems to be the material of the year, as companies like Nokia start testing products made with the material on their newest phones. I first learned about graphene when learning about some companies’ plans to build smartphones that...

Feb 6th by Anna Scantlin 1

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Risky business: Five dangerous situations our phones encounter

Lifestyle So today I had a small heart attack when I couldn’t find my phone. I had just moved some laundry into the dryer, and when I came back upstairs I discovered I had no idea where I’d last seen my phone. I nervously asked Riley if he knew...

Feb 3rd by Anna Scantlin 54 45 Reactions

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A better camera is all I want

Lifestyle Speaking of being ungrateful about our devices, I experienced another ungrateful moment today where I wished my phone’s camera was better. Perhaps that’s one of the things that has been drawing me to the Lumia this whole time. I’ve been...

Feb 2nd by Anna Scantlin 94 75 Reactions

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The art of appreciation, as taught by our phones

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Feb 1st by Anna Scantlin 4

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My app train has come to a halt

Lifestyle Today while using my phone, I realize that my apps have been the same for months and they hardly ever change. I used to download apps all day every day it seemed like - who would have thought that the most important part of my smartphone...

Feb 1st by Anna Scantlin 7

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1, 2, 3, 4: I declare a fruit war!

Blackberry Os News lately seems to be revolving heavily around Apple and BlackBerry for different reasons. Between Apple’s patents and rumors and BlackBerry’s updated platform, we see that both companies have struggles that are trying to be addressed....

Jan 31st by Anna Scantlin 90 72 Reactions

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Could we see three iPhones in 2013?

Ios Rumor mills are at it again with talks of Apple possibly planning to release more than one iDevice this year. While I definitely think some changes are in order for Apple to keep on keeping on, releasing two additional versions of the...

Jan 31st by Anna Scantlin 10

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Do you prefer social networking on your phone or your computer?

Lifestyle While BlackBerry still blows up the news feed of just about every website out there, I’ve decided to give a change of pace with this article and focus on another interesting news piece that’s surfaced regarding Facebook usage: Today marks...

Jan 30th by Anna Scantlin 13

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You know, some BlackBerry pie doesn’t sound too bad right now

Blackberry Os Alright, so there’s a lot of hubbub going on surrounding BlackBerry 10 and the official announcement that came from BlackBerry (not RIM!) today. I’m trying to give BlackBerry the benefit of the doubt here because I’m interested in seeing...

Jan 30th by Anna Scantlin 71 44 Reactions

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Do you need more storage in a device?

Lifestyle There’s a rumor that has surfaced that suggests that Apple may be releasing another iOS device that has 128GB of storage. We already know that iPod (Classic) got all the way up to 160GB of memory, but would people use that much memory in a...

Jan 27th by Anna Scantlin 31

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Big phones, small tablets: How far is too far?

Lifestyle So lately I’ve been noticing that companies are starting to follow a trend: make bigger phones, make smaller tablets. While this trend seems to work for a lot of companies as these forms grow in popularity, I have to wonder how long this...

Jan 26th by Anna Scantlin 33

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What makes a device "great?"

Lifestyle It’s a question we pretty much ask ourselves anytime we see a new device being released: what makes this device stand out from any of the others out on the market today? What makes this device better than the others? What can this device...

Jan 25th by Anna Scantlin 72 54 Reactions

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HTC Mini: A little more than a Pebble smartwatch without the convenience

Lifestyle While title of this article might make you raise an eyebrow and think, “What is she talking about?” Allow me to explain. It seems that HTC’s answer to people (like me) who complain about phones being too big is to include a small...

Jan 25th by Anna Scantlin 3

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Is there a phone you wish you had purchased but never did?

Lifestyle When “upgrade time” creeps closer on the calendar I start to take closer notice of the devices around me. This is about the time I begin to truly realize just how many choices we are offered when it comes to smartphones, and how hard it is...

Jan 25th by Anna Scantlin 26

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Criminalizing the unlocking of phones will pique developers’ interests

Lifestyle As I’m sure many of you are aware, this Saturday, January 26, will be the last day you will “legally” be able to unlock your carrier locked device in the U.S. While many will see this solely as a restriction on our mobile freedom (it is),...

Jan 24th by Anna Scantlin 15

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Is the market ready for a 41-megapixel camera?

Android As more rumors fly around, the latest (and yet not-so-latest at the same time) to fly past my ear is talking about another Nokia phone that may feature a 41-megapixel camera. Perhaps a superior camera that surpasses any other available on...

Jan 23rd by Anna Scantlin 11

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Which open source platform will win us over in 2013?

Android Yesterday the company that owns and runs the Firefox browser, Mozilla, announced that they will be joining the open source OS war that’s in the making for this year. That makes what’s been dubbed “Firefox OS” the fourth announcement this...

Jan 23rd by Anna Scantlin 9

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Protocol involving liquid damaged devices needs to change

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Jan 20th by Anna Scantlin 11

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It's nice to see BlackBerry actively improving the App World

Blackberry Os I can’t stress enough how important an app store is to a smartphone. Any time I write about underdog platforms like BlackBerry and Windows Phone, I will generally mention that I think the app store needs to offer more high-demand apps that...

Jan 19th by Anna Scantlin 18

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The best of both worlds: A touchscreen with physical buttons

Lifestyle When it comes to moving forward with technology, touchscreens seem to be the only way to push ahead (as we can see with examples like BlackBerry). Based in Fremont, California, Tactus Technology has produced a new type of touchscreen that...

Jan 18th by Anna Scantlin 29

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I agree with Google's sentiment that passwords are a thing of the past

Lifestyle When I say “thing of the past” I don’t mean that the world is golden and nobody uses them anymore because we all trust each other not to do anything malicious should an unauthorized party get their hands on our phone. Later on this month,...

Jan 18th by Anna Scantlin 7

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What are some of the most interesting phone accessories you’ve seen?

Lifestyle Long gone are the days where you could manage to walk out of the cell phone store with nothing but a new phone, a car charger, and maybe a Bluetooth headset if you were feeling particularly generous with your money. I’ve compiled a list of...

Jan 17th by Anna Scantlin 9

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Have you ever successfully located your lost device using its GPS?

Lifestyle I presume that most of us, at one point or another, have lost our phone somewhere. Sometimes we’re lucky and it turns out to be under a misplaced book or an article of clothing, or even in our own back pocket. I’ve always had the “Find My...

Jan 17th by Anna Scantlin 34 24 Reactions

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Why are companies allowed to use "unlimited" as a term for 2GB of data?

Lifestyle In not-so-surprising news, it turns out that Straight Talk’s “unlimited” data plan for the iPhone 5 is just like the majority of data plans being offered in the U.S. right now and becomes throttled after 2GB of data usage. While 2GB isn’t...

Jan 16th by Anna Scantlin 40