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How have you embraced the second screen experience?

Lifestyle When I get a chance to catch TV, the only thing I've begun to notice on a regular basis is the push to use the second screen experience. Whether that's from your tablet or phone, or your laptop, some networks and shows are hoping you'll...

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Should HTC focus more on Windows Phone?

Android With a new year rapidly approaching, it's a perfect time for companies to start looking back over 2012 and evaluate how the year went. What went wrong? Did anything go wrong? What did we do right? Anything? By taking the time to...

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What's the longest you've owned and used a phone?

Lifestyle I have a tendency to go through phones pretty quickly. It doesn't even matter if I really like the phone I have at the moment. There's a chance that something new is going to come along and I'm going to want to get my hands on it....

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Why do you not use iOS?

Iphone Os Not too long ago I asked all of you why you use Apple's devices . Whether it's an iPad or iPhone, or maybe even an iPod Touch, you all gave me plenty of reasons why you've chosen Apple's mobile OS as your favorite software. They were...

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Do you want console level gaming on your smartphone?

Games Do you remember Snake? Oh, or Brick Breaker! Those games are awesome. Or were awesome, anyway. Sure, they're still around in one way or another, in different forms or just "upgraded" versions of the games we used to love, but they aren't...

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Do you prefer reading news on your phone or tablet?

Lifestyle It’s a nice thing to always be connected, sometimes . When it comes to getting important information, having a phone or other always-connected device on-hand is pretty remarkable. Especially if you’re someone who likes to...

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Are you interested in Google's Wallet card?

Android So how does an NFC-based payment system evolve? Does it get more . . . NFC-based? Probably not. I mean, what would you do there, right? Make it work from further way? Then you wouldn’t be able to tap-to-pay, and there goes all...

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Are you switching to Windows Phone 8?

Windows Phone 8 At this point, I think we’ve just about covered all the questions regarding Windows Phone 8. We know the devices. We know which carriers they are going to. And we know that they are launching at some point here in the next few weeks...

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Where was the last place you dropped your phone?

Lifestyle With as much money as we spend on our phones, it’s no surprise that we’re perfectly okay with spending a bit more to put some protective gear on it. Thankfully there are all sorts of different options for people who want to protect their...

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Has the mobile industry become too serious?

Business And Money “Why so serious?” That’s a question I’ve been asking the mobile market for what seems like a long time now. It has been quite some time since I’ve thought the manufacturers who create our favorite devices have had any fun doing what they...

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Can any other Android series compete with the Galaxy series?

Business And Money I look at Android, over the years, and I realize that I look at the platform in stages. You can do the same for pretty much every other platform, especially when we tie in the hardware market, but for Android it’s different. The...

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Microsoft needs a Google Now competitor for Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone 8 As we creep into November, we inevitably inch closer to the launch of HTC’s Windows Phone 8X and Nokia’s Lumia 920 . These two devices are the pinnacle to Microsoft’s mobile operating system. The shining lights,...

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Do you ever disconnect?

Lifestyle It’s late while I write this. Even at the start, the clock has ticked over the midnight mark, and above this dimly lit laptop display I can see darkness through a window. For all intents and purposes, I should be asleep. Now, I...

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After two major events, why do we still not have a launch date for the Lumia 920?

Windows Phone 7 Yesterday, Microsoft took the stage to officially announce Windows Phone 8. Again. This is the second event Microsoft has held for their brand new mobile operating system, but unlike the first one, this event was geared entirely towards...

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Should Google announce the 32GB Nexus 7 on October 29th anyway?

Android The event has been canceled due to weather. That’s an understatement, really. Google’s event in New York has been canceled because there’s the “storm of the century” happening in their neck of the woods right now, so the company wisely...

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Why do you use Windows Phone?

Windows Phone 8 I’ve asked you why you use Android, iOS, and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry OS, and now I’m putting the focus on Microsoft’s mobile offering. I waited until now to ask this particular question for one specific reason: their event tomorrow.

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Have you ever faked a phone call to escape a situation?

Lifestyle Last night at dinner, sitting at a table next to a booth occupied by a couple, I saw something very strange happen. I had heard about it, but up until last night I had never actually seen it happen before. There was a small part of me that...

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Did Microsoft miss a release date opportunity?

Windows Phone 7 Last night, I wanted to scour the Internet to see what I could find about rumored release dates regarding upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices. Three of them, anyway. Here in the States, we’ve only been able to hear about these devices, and...

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Do you watch full-length movies on your phone?

Lifestyle I love being able to access media from my device. As the options for gaining access to new things, I just become more of a happy camper. Sure, I wish my phone had a better battery some days, especially the days where I’m trying to watch...

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Are you buying an iPad Mini?

Ios Two months ago, I was waist-deep in one particular ecosystem. As much as I could be, anyway. I had the phone. I had the tablet. I had the computer. All three devices were synced within the glorious ethereal tendrils of the digital cloud,...

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Why do you use a BlackBerry?

Blackberry Os I don’t remember the exact model number, but the first smartphone that I actually enjoyed using was a BlackBerry. That full keyboard, the trackball (!), and just the way the universal inbox made everything so easily...

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Would you prefer multiple Nexus phones or tablets?

Android Suddenly, we’re awash in Nexus news. It’s great, isn’t it? When it comes to Android, the Nexus name is something to really cherish. Even if, in all honesty, the last model kind of tarnished the whole deal for a...

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Will you buy a 10 inch Nexus tablet?

Android As we near the end of October, we’re looking at a pretty eventful wrap to the month. While Microsoft is gearing up to unveil the new features within Windows Phone 8, as well as officially launch Surface and Windows 8, the house that built...

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I need more Xbox LIVE features in my Windows Phone

Windows Phone 8 Back in August, I wrote a piece on how Xbox LIVE needs to be a bigger focal point for Microsoft when Windows Phone 8 finally lands in people’s hands. I wrote mainly about the gaming aspect of LIVE, which makes sense because when someone...

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Is Surface RT priced just right?

Business And Money It has been a long time coming, but the “day of days” has finally arrived. There’s been rumors. Speculation. Advertisements without pricing. And we’ve seen Xbox Music officially released into the wild as well, but up until today we’ve...

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I want stock Windows 8 apps in Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone 8 Stock applications are a mixed bag, aren’t they? It’s one of those things that that can either support a device, or just annoy the owner to the point where “drastic measures” have to be taken. I’ve personally rooted an Android device just...

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Why do you use Android?

Android In this next installment, I want to take the focus off of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS, and turn your attention to Google’s offering: Android. The mobile platform came into existence for the general consumer after iOS, and it has...

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How often do you share through social networks on your mobile device?

Lifestyle Earlier today, I asked you why you use iOS. I asked that question for a couple of different reasons, but mostly because I think it’s interesting to know why some people choose one operating system over another, especially because a...

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Why do you use iOS?

Ios More than any other aspect of the changing times, I think the personalization of our phones is the one thing that really stands out. No, not from different colors or cases, but from the way that these phones have become so integrated with...

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Should carriers allow for a color swap?

Business And Money One thing that I’ve noticed over the years, is that our phones have become another way to differentiate ourselves. I’m not talking about using one mobile operating system over another. This time around, I’m looking...

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