The Gay Geek: Recent Episodes
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The 2018 Mobile World Congress kicked off Sunday and the headliner definitely is the Galaxy S9 with its dual aperture camera. Other great news: Sony's hardware gets a much-needed redesign and Nokia adopts a winning software strategy. OnePlus, on the other hand, suffers another blow.
I summarize the Consumer Electronics Show, address what's next in Smartphones, and forecast what we'll be hearing about in 2018.
I went hands on with an iPhone X and Essential Phone and I have some final thoughts on those. Razer debuts the latest and greatest Android phone. Sprint and T-Mobile are officially not talking any more.
Google drops their latest, Apple misses out on low hanging fruit, trials and tribulations at OnePlus, nothing is safe (on WiFi) and Huawei's latest.
HTC and Google do a $1.1 billion deal which sees half of HTC's engineers heading to Google. Android One hits the U.S. (YAY!) via Project Fi. Apple's new Series 3 watch and AppleTV 4K stumble right out of the gate.
iOS 11 drops this week but you might want to wait a couple of days. Motorola reverses course on Android Oreo for the G4 line. Android One is the Droid many of us are looking for. The Blueborne vulnerability targets Android, Windows, and Linux devices (including many "Smart" devices).
Many people are asking themselves which new iPhone is best for them. It comes down to the value each brings to your lifestyle/workflow.
The iPhone 8 is coming, the Note 8 is almost here and Android Oreo is here if you have a Pixel/Nexus device. Let's dive in. Also, Android fragmentation and what Google and OEMs should be doing.
Samsung looks to put the Note 7 fiasco behind with the new Galaxy S8, Congress allows your ISP to sell your data, and AMD rolls out new CPUs you might actually use.
Today Apple released a new iPad (that's the name and it replaces the iPad Air 2), updated its iPad mini lineup, unveiled a new red color for the iPhone 7/7 Plus, and brought new Apple Watch bands that scream "SPRING!"
Mentioned: Sophos Home, LastPass, Private Internet Access, and eero/Luma/Plume/Google WiFi.