Android 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.
read moreApple iCloud and the potential for amazing things
Last Monday Apple released an interesting new product, iCloud. Now most people will groan at Apple’s unwavering love for everything “i-related”, but the idea of what iCloud is, is incredibly interesting. Initially thought to just be “iTunes in the cloud”, but it turns out to be much, much more. Overall iCloud is the replacement for MobileMe, as that was the replacement for .Mac, but goes a few steps further. Yes iCloud will give you email, calendar, contact syncing that MobileMe currently gives you, but deeply integrates with iOS to deliver something MobileMe could never do. With iOS 5, Apple decided to completely get rid of the need for a PC/Mac and let you sync everything from the cloud wirelessly or even from your computer, but wirelessly. WiFi syncing isn’t new at all, but it’s a welcomed feature that’s been missing since iOS was first brought to fruition. WiFi sync is nice, but what if you don’t have a PC/Mac? In comes iCloud.
read moreDoes the camera make the photographer, or does the photographer make the camera?
As you can see by my photos over there, I’m an amateur photographer. I’ve been trying for a few years now, off and on, but one thing has been bothering me as of late. Does the camera make the photographer, or does the photographer make the camera? I’ve had two DSLRs in my past. An Olympus E-420 and now a Sony NEX-5. Both are great cameras, but would I get more out of a Nikon D7000 or a Canon 60D? Both of the DSLRs that I’ve had have been entry-level cameras. Usually when you think “entry-level”, you think cheap, missing features, just not all around that good. To be honest, it does seem to be more of a mental thing than anything. But is there a big difference between these entry-level ones and mid-range to semi-pro level? Is it worth spending 3 times the money on a better camera? Will this more expensive camera actually take better pictures? Should you just rather learn more about photography than just throwing money at it? That’s what I want to find out.
read more3D TV: The wave of the future?
Whether you want it or not, 3D TV is here, but the question is, is it here to stay? 
There are a lot of mixed opinions on this topic. 3D TVs are justhitting the market, but not only are they expensive, they also require additional glasses to see the “effect”. Is it worth spending $2-3k on a TV, plus the glasses? Given what I’ve seen, not yet. But let’s get into the aspects of why you’d want a 3D TV and why you wouldn’t. You could argue that you’re just trying to “future proof” yourself by buying a 3D TV. However, look at what the HD-DUD (HD-DVD) people said, and we all know what happened there. The last time I checked, the cheapest 3D TV you could get, was close to $2,000, if not more. So why the sudden frenzy of 3D in Hollywood lately? Why is there such a big push to get everything to 3D?
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