Thanks to a friend who works at Barnes & Noble I had some quality time with the new nook tablet the day before its launch.  With that quick time I learned a few things I’d like to share. The home screen seems to be a good hybrid between a desktop (lock apps) and a “coverflow” [...]

So you’re thinking of making the jump from a featurephone to a full fledged smartphone. Surely your biggest concern is not the phone… but the PLAN.  Not only are those “data plans” scary and confusing but they’re insanely expensive.  In short Sprint has the best value…. a truly unlimited… but let’s look at Verizon (who [...]

Today is the day.  November 15th.  The day the tech world changed… Just over a week from black Friday 2011… and Kindle Fire is hitting shelves (or in my case a UPS truck). How does the Amazon Kindle Fire stack up against the current reigning tablet champion, the Apple iPad 2? Sure there is a [...]

The holiday season is upon us (I have already seen Christmas trees in stores!) and many people are considering a tablet. There are many options in the tablet space, with the iPad 2 being the most known.  This article isn’t meant to go at length into the $500+ iPad since you either use iOS or [...]

If you have been keeping up on my blog lately you have heard what seems like rant after rant attacking android OS.  I think it is perhaps the slickest most customizable mobile OS ever and I’m happy to join the revolution. Where I think android misses the boat in failing to understand what I have [...]