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Form over function: When will smartphone warranties catch up to design?

Business And Money Damaging your smartphone is the technological equivalent of getting bad plastic surgery, except one is easier to get corrected. In my experience, smartphone repair shops have taken it upon themselves to make the repair process as expensive...

Apr 2nd by Chase Bonar 11 9 Reactions

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PhoneDog is becoming FoneKat, complete with Kitty Hands!

Lifestyle We're motivated by our past but we're excited about the future, and to that end, we're proud to announce FoneKat.com, the new name for our company. Complete with a new social metric called "Kitty Hands," FoneKat is positioned to take 2013...

Apr 1st by Aaron Baker 20

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It's time for the April Fools jokes to go by the wayside

Lifestyle So today is April 1, which means that’s somewhat of a holiday for some people out there. This is the one day of the year that the Internet’s biggest names drop their serious faces and do their best to crack a joke. Or two....

Apr 1st by Evan Selleck 6 2 Reactions

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Google Now can make the smart watch tick

Google The smart watch has had a rough pre-release over the past few months. If there's anything we can learn from the great smart watch rumor mill, it's that the smart watch is set to have a rough kick-off when the first models enter the...

Mar 31st by Chase Bonar 28 14 Reactions

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Here’s your problem, HTC: Your phones have short shelf life

Lifestyle From Windows Mobile carrying over to Android, HTC is one of the most versatile manufacturers in the market today. However, just because a company is versatile doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily the best. How does a company that was doing...

Mar 31st by Anna Scantlin 86 35 Reactions

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Here's one way to stop smartphone screens from growing

Ios Smartphones are getting big. They're getting lighter. Most are getting wider, too. Ultimately, the trend of larger smartphones is mimicking how the very first cell phones looked: enormous to the point of recklessness. But the trend of...

Mar 30th by Chase Bonar 47 35 Reactions

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Processing power shouldn’t take precedence over battery life

Lifestyle Tony Tamasi, SVP of Content and Technology for Nvidia, recently predicted that the next generation of mobile devices rolling in will have processors that surpass those of popular gaming consoles like the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. But...

Mar 30th by Anna Scantlin 46 37 Reactions

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Why hasn’t anybody besides Samsung decided to employ the stylus?

Lifestyle Even when the phone was just a rumor, the Galaxy Note was one of the most highly anticipated devices to be released by Samsung. The device had it all: a huge screen, a good display, great battery life, and also… a stylus. Well, a stylus...

Mar 29th by Anna Scantlin 131 100 Reactions

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Oh no, not another Facebook phone!

Android Speculations of a new “Facebook Phone” resurface with news this week, stemming from an e-flyer posted by Facebook inviting users to a press release event on April 4th. Could this announcement mean yet another attempt at creating a...

Mar 29th by Anna Scantlin 25 20 Reactions

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Five on Friday: Top travel spots for work

Lifestyle In this Five on Friday , it's all about work travel! I'm recapping the top five places I've traveled to for work. One of the perks of the job (while stressful) is the constant work travel that accompanies it. From Las...

Mar 29th by Aaron Baker 2

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T-Mobile is ready to go big in 2013

Lifestyle The men and women in magenta are closer than ever from cutting unsuspecting consumers free from conniving two-year commitments. With T-Mobile's recent announcement as the Uncarrier, the facade of your impenetrable commitment is nearing to...

Mar 29th by Chase Bonar 42 33 Reactions

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#ifihadglass, I probably wouldn't use it

Lifestyle Ah, yes. Google Glass - the epitome of our future. It’s the best of both worlds; you take a mobile device, miraculously make it completely hands-free, and what do you have? Google Glass . But just how great is this...

Mar 28th by Anna Scantlin 49 35 Reactions

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Don’t patronize me because I like small phones, Samsung!

Android Alright, so you guys probably know by now how much I really don’t want to succumb to the ways of large phones. If this is your first time reading one of my articles, let me fill you in: I don’t like big phones. However, some companies like...

Mar 28th by Anna Scantlin 32 18 Reactions

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Google, please don't neuter the Nexus 5

Android Google has morphed its Nexus line to the point of unrecognition in the past year. The Nexus 4, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10 all have high end devices in their cross hairs. Some consumers have identified with the merit of Google, myself included....

Mar 28th by Chase Bonar 105 25 Reactions

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Would you rather have cheaper iPhones or an improved iOS?

Ios It’s no secret that Apple has to change something in order to get back on track with where any company wants to be – on top. It’s hard to argue with the statement that some say when they claim that the iPhone is “somewhat behind”. With...

Mar 27th by Anna Scantlin 163 139 Reactions

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Is it time to keep our devices on during takeoff and landing?

Lifestyle In August of 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that they would be setting up a working group to study the impact portable electronic devices have on flights. We’re nearing the time when that particular committee is set to...

Mar 27th by Evan Selleck 68 44 Reactions

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The first rule of “anytime upgrade” club is: you always talk about “anytime upgrade” club

Lifestyle T-Mobile and their new breakaway technique to become known as the “uncarrier” has become the hottest news topic as of late in the mobile news industry. The company hopes to make the traditional subsidy model that most carriers support a...

Mar 27th by Anna Scantlin 52 50 Reactions

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Aaron Asks: What's more important, hardware or software?

Lifestyle As the smartphone market converges, it's a battle in many ways between hardware and software. On one hand, you have smartphones like the HTC One and LG (Google) Nexus 4. They're beautiful and bring together the best of the...

Mar 25th by Aaron Baker 31

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I say yes to T-Mobile's Value plans

Lifestyle Today the fourth largest mobile carrier, T-Mobile, launched its rumored Value plans officially on its website. I decided to take a look at just how the new Value plans worked. Personally, I have said and I still think this is a good move...

Mar 24th by Anna Scantlin 103 36 Reactions

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There is hope for BlackBerry

Blackberry Os I've recently stumbled upon CrackBerry's interview with BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, and I have to admit, I'm pleased with the Waterloo-based company's perspective. Heins was asked a series of questions by Kevin Michaluk ranging from...

Mar 24th by Chase Bonar 56 30 Reactions