17 November 2011 0 Comments

Droid RAZR: The return of an icon for Verizon Wireless

Droid RAZR: The return of an icon for Verizon Wireless

I admit it, I was super excited to hear about the return of the RAZR brand.  I also will proudly admit that I was the owner of more than a few RAZR’s in my day and, at the time, thought it was the coolest phone to ever come out.  So, with a flagship brand name [...]

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21 June 2011 0 Comments

Samsung Droid Charge Review: What’s Not To Like?

Samsung Droid Charge Review: What’s Not To Like?

Since this review is a bit late to the game, and, as usual, I will try to keep this review opinion based, I have decided to break this out into a few different categories: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.  Not sure if I can organize my thoughts this way, but lets give it [...]

17 March 2011 5 Comments

Verizon Thunderbolt Review: FAST!!!!

Verizon Thunderbolt Review: FAST!!!!

The HTC/Verizon Thunderbolt is the first device to utilize Verizon’s new LTE/4G service.  This device, which reminds me a lot of the HTC Inspire on AT&T, has some major differences.  This review will look at the good and the bad of the latest and greatest that Google, HTC and Verizon have to offer. Hardware I [...]

2 March 2011 0 Comments

Motorola Xoom Review: Nice iPad Competitor

Motorola Xoom Review: Nice iPad Competitor

It’s hard to review a tablet computing device and not compare it to Apple’s iPad.  It is really hard to believe that Apple was able to take a first generation product and make it so good right out of the gate.  Sure, Google did answer with the Samsung Tab, but it really never felt like [...]

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24 January 2011 3 Comments

Google Voice Porting – Never port your number again!

I have been a Google Voice (GV) user since it was Grand Central back in 2007.  It was a nice idea, yet it had a missing essential component preventing it from really going mainstream — number porting.  That is until now.  Google has finally enabled it’s users the ability to port their cell phone numbers [...]

29 November 2010 0 Comments

Samsung Galaxy Tab Review: How does it stack up against the iPad?

Samsung Galaxy Tab Review: How does it stack up against the iPad?

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is the first real competitor to the iPad and a formidable one at that.  It has been a long time coming since it was first announced and it will be very interesting to see if it can challenge the iPad with any kind of sales competition.  This is the first in [...]

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27 September 2010 1 Comment

Samsung Fascinate Review: A Decent Droid X Competitor

Samsung Fascinate Review: A Decent Droid X Competitor

I have recently had the opportunity to spend some time with the new Samsung Fascinate by Verizon Wireless, which is the Galaxy S variant, and am happy to report that I am pleasantly surprised with the latest Android handset to come from Verizon.  While there are some things that I like and some I dislike, [...]

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16 August 2010 5 Comments

Droid 2 Review: Far better than the original Droid!

Droid 2 Review: Far better than the original Droid!

I had an opportunity to review a Droid 2 from Verizon Wireless over the last week and wanted to share with you all some of my impressions.  When the original Droid came out, I stood in line and was thrilled to try the new Android operating system.  Having been a Blackberry user for many years before [...]

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15 July 2010 24 Comments

Droid X: Goodbye AT&T (iPhone), Hello Verizon (Android)!

Droid X: Goodbye AT&T (iPhone), Hello Verizon (Android)!

Greetings everyone, it has been a while! I have taken a bit of a hiatus and got lost on Empire Avenue (I will blog about EAV soon!). Today’s post is going to be about the new Motorola Droid X from Verizon Wireless. I know, it is a bit of a shock, considering most of my [...]

27 May 2010 1 Comment

Google TV v. Apple TV: Could the iPad help them both succeed?

Google TV v. Apple TV: Could the iPad help them both succeed?

Almost a week ago at Google I/O, the search giant announced Google TV.  For those that haven’t heard, Google TV is a modified version of the Google Chrome web browser that will allow users to access their favorite TV shows, search the web and work with Android-based apps on their TV’s.  It will either be [...]