Notification dots are on Android phones – new to me! They’re optional. I tried them, to make my phone familiar like my old iPhone, but ditched them. No more ugly dots! I prefer the Android status bar notification icons. #nerd #geek Continue reading Notification Dots
You and I both know that smartphones don’t last forever. But shouldn’t they last more than a year? I wrote about this recently in relation to a Computer World article that singled out Motorola for not playing nice with phone updates on its new $1,000 phone. Then another article appeared, this time on Android Central, calling out Motorola again on this issue. And you know what? The next day, Motorola responded in the positive! Continue reading Motorola Updates Upgrade Promise
Do you think about what category your smartphone is in? Like, does it really matter to you if your phone is a “flagship?” Maybe that term doesn’t even register. You might be like, “Um, I have a Samsung.” Or, “It’s an iPhone.” Fair enough! Continue reading The Smartphone Spectrum
Now that the new iPhone SE 4.7″ display is “small,” an Android manuf. should make a 4.5″ or smaller phone for the sizeable market that wants a small phone! Like a 4″ Moto G Mini w/ a mid-range CPU starting at $199! Continue reading Android Mini
You, readers and bloggers, have either an Android smartphone or an iPhone, unless you’ve chosen an old-school classic “dumb” phone. In the US, there’s about a 50% chance that you have an iPhone right now. That’s according to a research site I ran into while sheltering and surfing in place. It also revealed more. Continue reading Moto Phone Mojo
April 16th marks the sale start date of the new Moto G Power and Moto G Stylus in the US – the 8th gen of the G’s! You can #addtocart now! On April 15th, Apple announced the new iPhone SE starting at $399. But why spend that much when you can get a Moto G Power for $249? Maybe not apples to apples, but still. … Continue reading New Moto G Phones Available Now
At long last! Motorola’s newest mid-range and budget-friendly phones are being released in the US soon – April 16th to be exact. Continue reading Upcoming Moto G Power
Well, guess what? You might finally be able to automatically have your iPhone just open links in the Firefox or Chrome web browser – what a feature! The Verge published a great editorial about potential changes coming to iPhones; Apple may actually loosen their third-party app restrictions. Well, at least maybe a little bit. I’m already looking forward to enjoying any third-party app or feature by default. But it won’t be on Apple’s device. I’ve already decided to trade my iPhone for an Android phone. Continue reading Defaulting To Android
