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What do you do when you get a text from an unknown number?

Lifestyle Let’s set the scene. You are in your living room, there’s a TV on in the background but you’re not really paying attention to it. Instead, you’ve found yourself in your favorite chair, in the perfect spot that maximizes comfort, and you’ve...

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Should tablets launch with an option for cellular connectivity?

Android Tablets have played an interesting role in my life. I love them. Not as much as Taylor Martin, but then again I don’t know anyone who loves tablets as much as Taylor does. But, I can say I have a healthy amount of love for the mobile...

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Would you root your Android device to get the newest software?

Android As companies start rolling out announcements regarding smartphones getting upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, it’s pretty easy to get lost in the irony that they’re getting updated to a version of Google’s mobile OS that’s already...

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Jelly Bean has kept me in the Android fold

Android Before the Galaxy S III by Samsung launched for Verizon, I found myself playing with a Sprint-branded version at a local wireless shop. I’m not sure what made me want to start using it, considering it wasn’t a device I was particularly...

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What would you change about iOS?

Ios Don’t fix what isn’t broken. I saw that reiterated a few times after the unveiling of iOS 6 . I can understand the sentiment. That’s essentially what Apple showcased. iOS, previously known as iPhone OS, hasn’t...

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Do you ever get interrupted while you use your device?

Lifestyle Sometimes, we just like to get lost in our devices. There are points in the day that we take our smartphones or tablets in our hands, and just focus on what’s right in front of our eyes. We block out the rest of the world. For...

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Are voice controls the future for our devices?

Lifestyle Since Google unveiled Google Now, I’ve noticed something interesting about the competition. While I, personally, don’t believe that Siri was accepted into the real world with open arms, I know that it was indeed a selling point for the...

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Would you pay to use FaceTime over the cellular network?

Business And Money It’s all fun and games until someone starts charging you to do something. That’s kind of the way I’m looking at this recent news that Apple’s FaceTime video-calling service could see charges for the first time...

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Will Apple kill the iPod Touch in favor of a smaller iPad?

Apple Iphone 4 Launch Everyone seems to want a small tablet these days. It’s funny how these kinds of trends just seemingly pop up out of nowhere, isn’t it? After all, it wasn’t too long ago that the smaller tablets out there weren’t given much attention at all.

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Are features leaving our batteries behind?

Business And Money As we start adopting new features into our lives, whether it’s brought on by new software or a new device in general (with new software, usually), the one thing that some people don’t seem to take into account is battery...

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What if carriers didn't drop prices on aging phones?

Business And Money When a new phone is about to launch, one of the main things that most of us try to guess is pricing. We do it for a couple of reasons, but it mostly comes down to how it compares to other devices in the market. Other devices on the...

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Should Google bring Google Now to other platforms?

Android Not too long ago I asked you, Dear Reader, if you thought it would be a good idea for Microsoft to bring Zune Software to iOS (or other platforms, too). My pain point of the article was to talk about cross-platform capabilities, and how...

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Should HTC get back into the tablet race?

Tablets Does it seem like manufacturers have slowed down on tablets? It seems like just last year when we were seeing all sorts of tablets finding their way into the market. It was even worse in 2010. They were all over the place. And,...

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I want the ability to share my streaming music in real-time

Lifestyle We love our smartphones, and our tablets, and all of our gadgets. We love them because they can do so many things. They’re impressive devices, so why wouldn’t we love them? But you know what? Our phones are lame when it...

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Does it really matter if you're one version behind?

Android Fragmentation . Say it in your head with a bit of emphasis. I think that’s how you’re supposed to say it, anyway. After all, it’s a scary word, right? Scary words are supposed to be said with emphasis so they can...

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Samsung, it's time to look beyond your own handsets

Business And Money I’ll admit it: I like the Galaxy S III by Samsung. I didn’t think I would. In fact, I never had any plans to actually touch one, that’s how disappointed in the device at launch I was. It just “didn’t do it for me,” as they say. But, once I...

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The Samsung Galaxy S III has managed to bring me back into the Android fold

Android Even before I started writing about the mobile industry, I was always someone who couldn’t manage to stick to the same phone for long. I was working for one of the carriers before I really put a focus on writing about them, and so I always...

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Which smartphone would you recommend for a first-time buyer?

Lifestyle Each carrier, whether it’s national or regional, prides itself on having options. While it’s true that some of the regional carriers, or even the national pre-paid options, may not have the most in number, there are usually different form...

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Does size suggest function when it comes to tablets?

Tablets When the TouchPad by HP went on its fire sale last year, I told my dad about this tablet that normally sold for around $400, but had been knocked down to a ridiculously low $100. He didn’t really have any idea what a tablet was used for,...

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In-app purchases are ruining mobile games

Lifestyle Yesterday, Taylor Martin offered you up a brief summary on in-app purchases , related to mobile games. Near the end he asked you if you, Dear Reader, are apt to purchasing in-app content for your favorite games. Or any game,...

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Do you use one app to check multiple services?

Lifestyle Over the years, we have been given the opportunity to cut back on the number of devices we carry at any given moment, all courtesy of consolidation. Our favorite manufacturers do their best to cram as much stuff into our devices, whether...

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Which smartphone features can you live without?

Lifestyle We have talked about what kinds of things take up space on your phone, and Taylor Martin asked you what you’re essential applications are. So let’s move to the other end of the spectrum, and shift our focus from smartphone applications to...

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Is Google's social strategy the wrong one?

Business And Money Having an effective strategy for doing just about anything is probably one of the most important parts of succeeding. Sure, sometimes you get lucky, but the best strategy usually wins out in the end. At least for a little while,...

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Apple could expand their ecosystem with a video game console

Business And Money Apple’s focus on gaming in the mobile space has grown almost exponentially since 2008. So much so, in fact, that there are some who believe Sony and Nintendo, which have traditionally dominated the mobile gaming space thanks to their...

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Should Microsoft create their own Windows Phone device?

Windows Phone 7 Around the mid-afternoon mark yesterday, news started finding its way around the Internet that Microsoft wouldn’t be making its own Windows Phone-based device. This probably wasn’t a shock to most people, but I can understand where the...

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Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.8 isn't a bad deal

Windows Phone 7 It has only been a few days since Microsoft took the stage and showcased the next evolution of their mobile operating system, Windows Phone, but as you can expect people are still talking about it. The Windows Phone Summit wasn’t all about...

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What do you fill your phone's memory with?

Lifestyle Not too long ago, after it became known that the Galaxy S III on some carriers wouldn’t be allowed to take advantage of a cloud storage deal, I asked you if you thought that the carriers should start marketing cloud storage as a feature,...

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Why are you making us wait for Surface, Microsoft?

Business And Money Yesterday, Microsoft managed to reign in all the speculation, rumors and everything in between to step up on stage in Los Angeles, California and showcase what they’ve been hard at work on. it didn’t take long before the rumors suggested...

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Does every major phone release have to revolutionize the market?

Lifestyle There are a lot of new devices released every year from several different manufacturers. However, while there may be more announced in a year than we’d like to count (or even pay attention to), there are a few that warrant extra attention,...

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Cross-platform should be part of the game plan as well

Business And Money If you are invested in an ecosystem just as much as you are totally enamored about a particular manufacturer, then you probably don’t think too much about cross-platform capabilities. The fact that your favorite brand has...

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