John Walton

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John Walton

John Walton is a student and writer who spends most of his free time fingerpicking an acoustic guitar and authoring biographical snippets in the third-person. He lives with his wife and their cat, who are, like him, compulsive movers/travelers. He is passionate about open source software, learning to speak Thai, and watching poker tournaments on television (WPT).

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HTC's Click and an Ion running Sense

The HTC Click - not to be confused with the Cliq, a.k.a., Motorola Morrison - appears here running Android android 1.50.999.0 (purported to be Donut), and looking a lot like a member of the HTC Touch...

Archos running Android drops on 9/15

It feels like we've been hearing about the Android-powered Archos Internet Media Tablet for a very long time now. Thankfully, we're just a few weeks away from an official unveiling. Archos will also...

Is the Lancaster vaporware?

Despite disappointing specs, HTC's Lancaster has a great form factor and lovely image. Perhaps most importantly, it represents the first chance for AT&T subscribers to nab an Android handset....

TomTom for Android

TomTom has apparently "implied to Pocket-lint" that they will follow up on their successful iPhone software launch with a GPS navigation app for the Android Market. A TomTom exec named Benoit Simery...

T-Mobile Pulse clears FCC

While the banding isn't right for 3G speeds on T-Mobile US, a recent FCC filing shows the stamp of approval for "Model Number:T-Mobile Pulse/Pulse/U8220." I suppose it could be a T-Mo Europe phone to...

Video ads for magazines have arrived

Just like The Daily Prophet newspaper from the Harry Potter films - but probably without the spastic sneering - Entertainment Weekly is about to publish video ads on paper. CBS and Pepsi put together...

Questioning the G1's future

It's no secret that HTC's G1 - the first device to ship with Android - has become a hacker and modder playground. As far as I know, it is the most tweaked and twiddled phone in the annals of (...

John's HTC myTouch 3G White review

Overview What's good: *extremely* customizable - both inside and out, sleek design, excellent touch screen, the "with Google" brand means that it's open and ready for modification. What's bad: no...

Super easy G1 hack

I haven't had the chance to test this one out for myself yet but it looks pretty great. I think it's safe to say you shouldn't be running the auto-rooting app on your myTouch. From what I've read,...

Sitting on the Samsung Mondi

I've been sitting on the Samsung Mondi for nearly a month now. In that time I've played with the device on two occasions. Each time, I wished for WiMAX coverage, and each time I went without. Samsung...

iPod Touch with camera on the way?

It's natural evolution, right? Looks like very soon the only thing iPhone will have over iPod is that whole telephony thing. When can we expect iPods with cams? If the buzz is correct, September. A...

What is Moto cooking for CTIA?

I should preface this post by clearly stating that I have no inside information on the gossip contained within. Outside of circumstantial evidence and the educated guesses of others, I have no...

Dell's Benzine Android phone

It may sound like a cream for relieving athlete's foot, but Dell's Benzine is much more appealing a purchase. Leaked photos and rumors have been floating around for some time now, but it looks like...

Voting closes in DroidDog logo contest

Voting closes today in what is sure to go down in history as one of the most complicated and controversial contests ever to befall man. We know some of you were unhappy with the way we chose to do...

John's Nokia N97 review

Overview What's good: cool slider form-factor, widgets, 3.5G, 5MP cam with dual LED flash, 3.5" 640 x 360 pixel display, N-gage gaming. What's bad: maddeningly glitchy software was not improved by a...

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