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HTC 10 After The Buzz: Has HTC rebounded?

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Juan Carlos Bagnell

Oh HTC. This company had a pretty rough year in 2015. The One M9 was one of a handful of phones which were somewhat burned by performance concerns over Qualcomm’s snapdragon 810 chipset. No one seemed much interested in a phone with inconsistent performance which would run hot to the touch. Consumers wandered, and HTC lost market share.The response for 2016 was a fresh take on refining the aspects of HTC products we have all liked in the past. The HTC 10 arrived as a counterpoint to the Samsung / Apple duopoly, waging battle against LG for market share. In our early reviews we were ...

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Can the Dash app train you to be a better driver? One year road test!

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Juan Carlos Bagnell

It’s a rare situation, reviewing an app which almost instantly becomes a service we use every day.The developers behind the Dash driving app are on a mission to help people become safer drivers, and to save those people money by being better drivers. This free app connects to your car’s computer (through the use of some kind of wireless adapter), and collects detailed information on driving habits and engine data. When combine with your phone’s GPS, users can can save extremely detailed mileage logs on every trip they take, get instant notifications on ...

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Microsoft Lumia 950 After the Buzz: Finally ready for prime time?

Posted on May 23, 2016May 24, 2016 by Juan Carlos Bagnell

Microsoft hasn’t managed to inspire much confidence of late in the mobile market. Six months ago we reviewed the newest Lumia flagship. It was an interesting phone, running the earliest builds of Windows 10 for mobile, and packed a few neat tricks like an iris scanner to unlock the device. Plus you could count on the Zeiss branded camera to produce solid photos and videos. Unfortunately, the phone suffered from bland design, and buggy software. While we could handily recommend it to fans of Live Tiles, people willing to travel the BETA software journey with Microsoft, it was more ...

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LG V10 After the Buzz: It’s still a really big phone…

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Juan Carlos Bagnell

You know the drill. A new phone launches. We all go crazy with commentary and videos for a couple weeks. Then, we all move on to the next new phone. How a phone ages is an important part of discussing smartphone performance. Let’s revisit a fan favorite. This phone is a beast. This phone is a tank. This phone is a monster.LG was in an odd spot following the launch of the G Flex 2. Performance concerns surrounding the Qualcomm 810 eclipsed the discussion on both HTC and LG at the beginning of 2015. Following that ...

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