The Mobile App Gap
There's a distinct lack of high quality, sophisticated paid commercial mobile apps for both iOS and Android. Is the computer desktop inherently more valuable to the end user than mobile platform computing?
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Android
OnePlus X Smartphone
OnePlus are back in the limelight with a new phone, the OnePlus X. The first device in a new product line, the X isn't an out-and-out powerhouse but focuses on high quality materials and great design. The OnePlus X comes in two variants, the Onyx and the Ceramic. The Onyx consists of jet black glass with a darkened silver aluminum
Barriers To Productivity
It’s been just a few days since purchasing a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 256 gigabyte tablet with the type cover. I am finding that I really enjoy the experience. Microsoft really has struck a chord I find myself responding to. I believe this is the computing experience I have been seeking for a while now. Over the years I’ve had
OnePlus 2 Open Sale
If you've been thinking about a OnePlus 2 but you've been put off by the invite queue, there's an opportunity to grab the new phone in a series of open sales on Monday 12 October. Spread across four timezones, each sale will be open for only an hour. Asia: 12:00-13:00 HKT Inda: 12:00-1:00 pm IST (via amazon.in) Europe: 12:00-13:00 CEST North America:
Coming Full Circle
Over the years I've made use of most every personal computing device as it came along. I've have been through a long succession of desktop and laptop computers (both Windows and OS/X), along with expensive but rather limited use PDA type devices, and in more recent years smartphones and tablets (both iOS and Android).The capacitive glass touchscreen smartphone era was
Android 6 Marshmallow – Meh!
Google's new motto might be "Do the Right Thing" but after loading Marshmallow on my Nexus 9 tablet last night I'm wondering if Google did anything at all. With a 700MB download I was expecting something new and fresh from Google but I can't tell the difference between the previous version Lollipop and Marshmallow. Both Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) and
Google, There’s Something Wrong With My Nexus
This morning I discovered Google has changed the way the app drawer works on Nexus devices without any warning. Instead of scrolling horizontally in pages, the drawer now scrolls vertically in a single large page. Yesterday it worked the old way, today it works the new way. Google sneaked this in via the Play Store's auto-update feature. Note the scroll