iOS vs Android: The Showdown between the iPhone 4S and the Galaxy S3
A friend of mine brought to my attention the Samsung Galaxy S3, and how amazing it looked. He thought I should try it out and see how it compared to iOS and the iPhone. Me being the gadget lover that I am, I took him up on the challenge. He kept sending me YouTube videos of how nice the thing was, etc…So I finally bit the bullet and got it Monday. If you’ve read anything on this blog, you’ll know that I have an affection for Apple products, but that doesn’t mean I’m only going to like iOS. That being said, does Android have what it takes to win over an iOS user? Let’s find out:
read moreRetina MacBook Pro
Could this be considered a review? Possibly, but it’s more of observation than anything. I’ll say this first, yes I like Apple products as they seem to make the best products around. That being said, let’s dive into what the “Retina MacBook Pro” actually is. It’s been almost two weeks since it was announced at WWDC, but is it actually worth getting or buying? Unfortunately, the rMBP wasn’t available in stores the same day as Apple announced it, or even a few days after. But I did get a chance to see one in stores a week after. Does the “retina” display have what it takes to be worth the purchase? Let’s find out:
read moreAndroid has a massive lack of quality control
If you’ve ever used an Android phone in the past year or two, there’s one thing that you can immediately notice; it’s slow. Things just don’t move as smoothly as they should, things crash, and just the overall experience is pretty sad. Android has been around since 2008 and is currently at 3.2.1 for tablets and 2.3.7 for phones. Now I want to make one thing absolutely clear, I’m not hating on Android or loving one Operating System over another, this is just purely tech observations about my experiences with one OS and comparing it to another. I have no intention to single out a single OS or make one feel superior in any way. With that said, Android as a whole has a very massive lack of quality control. Why is it ok for manufacturers to think it’s ok to ship phones with buggy ROMs or with things that just don’t work? The sad part of it is that customers just accept it and go about their way. Granted there are ways of fixing things, since you can root your phone and gain access to everything. However, if the issue lies in the drivers, you have no control over these. So what aspects of Android lack in QC?
read moreiPhone 4S preview
Tuesday, Apple announced the iPhone 4S, the next iteration of the iPhone. Now many people were expecting the iPhone 5, but that’s not quite what Apple had in mind. If you remember, Apple released the 3GS a year after the 3G. It looked exactly the same as the 3G, but had better hardware inside. A year later, they introduced the iPhone 4, with a brand new look. This time, Apple is doing it again with the 4S. Leading up to the keynote, there were probably 12,000 different rumors about what the new iPhone would be. Everything from a brand new design (along with the title iPhone 5), to a 4″ screen, to a teardrop design made of complete metal to two models being released. Unfortunately for some, none of these rumors were true. The only shred of evidence came from a beta of iTunes 10.5 that revealed images of the “iPhone 4S”. So what is the iPhone 4S, and what does it offer over the regular 4?
read moreAT&T HP Pre3 review
With the demise of WebOS about a month or two ago, HP still had a phone up it’s sleeve, the Pre3. Since HP bought Palm back in 2010, we had hoped that a big name would actually revive WebOS and make it a contender in the smartphone OS market. Little did we know that HP would sink WebOS so fast, we didn’t know what hit us. After HP shut down all WebOS hardware, all the major cell phone carriers in the US cancelled their orders for the Pre3, and it never officially saw the light of day. However, eBay started trickling out AT&T models little by little, only at a cost of $600+. Flash forward to a few weeks later, and I was able to get one for $250. Being an avid Mac/iPhone user, I was eagerly waiting to see how WebOS would play on much better hardware (compared to the older Pres, and the crappy Pixi/Veer). So is the phone that never made it to retail a worthy device? The answer is an astounding yes.
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