Tag: Android

Gift Guide: Gadgets under $100

By Ted Kritsonis

You can be forgiven for thinking that buying a tech gift for someone special this holiday season might burn a hole through your bank account, but it doesn’t have to be that way. For $100 or less, you can find a quality gadget that would not only make a great gift, but would be easy to put to good use as well.

Does Lenovo have a winner with Yoga Android tablet?

By Ted Kritsonis

Actor Ashton Kutcher almost seems to have done an about-face, portraying the late Steve Jobs in a biopic about the Apple CEO’s life, and then joining Lenovo as an actual employee to help the company engineer and design great new products. The Yoga tablet isn’t a Kutcher creation but it signals that Lenovo is serious about making a quality Android tablet and building a brand around it.

Smartwatch Showdown: Pebble vs. Samsung Galaxy Gear

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla Pebble and Samsung’s Galaxy Gear are two of the newest devices aiming for the smart watch throne. While their functions are similar, their approach is wholly different.

Review: Sonos Play:1 pumps out great music in smaller package

By Ted Kritsonis

Sonos has become one of the best consumer brands for high-quality speakers, but its traditionally priced itself too high for much of the market. That may have changed now that the Play:1 has launched, making it possible to use a smaller speaker that fills a room with good sound at a more reasonable price point of $219.

Indigo looks to take on Amazon with new mobile app

By Ted Kritsonis

Indigo has released a free mobile app for iOS and Android today that aims to help draw in more customers, as a means to fighting off the increasing competition by Amazon. The app has been designed to “simplify the shopping experience” by incorporating browsing, ordering, gifting and sales prices into it.

Dell launches new tablets and they’re based on Windows and Android

Text and photos by Ted Kritsonis

NEW YORK – Having been on the outside looking in at the growing tablet battle between rivals, Dell has entered the fray with a pair of Android and another pair of Windows tablets to take on the competition. But without a killer model that pushes the envelope, it will be interesting to see how much of an impact they can make.

Review: LG G2 is one of the best Android phones available

By Ted Kritsonis

LG G2 heroIt wasn’t that long ago that LG wasn’t even in the race for a top-notch smartphone in the Android arena, but after moderate success with the Optimus G and Nexus 4, the G2 takes the best of those two handsets and adds some useful features and design tweaks that propel it amongst the best of the best.