Archive : Op-Ed

The Post PC era is going to take some time. There are many tech pundits at present that will tell you, without batting an eyelash, that the PC is dying and we are already in the Post PC era. It seems that so many of them are obsessed with the trend of tablets and smart phones that they can’t...

  You know what, I’m mad at Google right about now. Here’s why. Note, this is a true story: I was talking to a couple of friends about a week ago. One of them an iOS user, one of them an Android user (I don’t believe in that “You use Apple so I don’t talk to you”...

The OUYA is certainly one of the more unique Android based devices by far. It carries the title of a console with the openness of a Nexus device. Overall, the Android community put forth massive support behind it, evident in its Kickstarter ventures as well as its amount of news coverage. However, I...

I have been reading a lot of comments from people all over the globe giving ASUS and Samsung a negative response from the latest tablet releases. Heck, I have even read a number of reviews, hands-on chats and releases about it too.  Not always due to specs, but more so to do with the ability to make...

Dear Google, Thank you for the Android platform. You have created the greatest operating system on the planet with access to the world at my finger tips. You do your very best to improve upon the OS and your various applications that help run my day-to-day life. I have access to the web and you even...

How Do You Like Your Internet?  I Like Mine Free… Hello one and all, as many of you have heard there is a proposed meeting of International Delegates that are going to try and decide how our internet moves in the future.  The ITU, International Telecommunications Union, is looking to hold a...

  This post comes from my own and several other users’ frustrations who are plagued with Google services failing on a daily basis. Google seems more concerned with pushing out new OS versions than they are fixing existing problems for users. There’s still many problems with its services...

I have the luxury of having three wonderfully amazing kids. No sarcasm at all in that statement. Over the last few days I have been thinking to my self, what can I do using my devices and accessories to scare the pants off them. I think I have come up with something that should do the trick quite...

Oh noes! My favorite manufacturer, HTC is in trouble…again. The numbers for the third quarter are in and it’s not looking so good for the Taiwanese titan. They made $2.4 Billion in revenue in the third quarter, which seems like a lot, but is actually 48% from the same time last year and...

[box_dark]im·pu·dence n. 1. The quality of being offensively bold. 2. Offensively bold behavior.[/box_dark] Impudence is a word that I’d normally save for the likes of Apple, but today it applies to someone who’s just as audacious as the beloved Cupertino Zombie Factory. Paul Ceglia,...

Swype has updated the keyboard we’ve all known and loved. The great thing is that the performance is better, as usual. The mildly good news is they added themes. The bad news is the themes need work. To get this new release all you need to do is register at the Swype.com site, request the Beta,...

Most people aren’t like me. While they love their phone, they don’t have this obsessive control issue where it’s the Armageddon when it isn’t within a palm’s length distance. And yes, you read palm’s length correctly. I believe I have what’s akin to a panic attack when I can’t...

This one might touch on a lot of subjects that might upset some of you, irritate some of you or make some of you hate me. That is OK by me. It is more about the way things are going and about how things are then anything else. Much of this will be based solely on long-term use of Android, my history...

Hello…My Name Is AkaTheMacDaddy and I’m a CrackFlasher!”   I flash a minimum of 1 to 3 times a day. If nothing has been updated or I really like the specific rom or kernel I flashed, then I sometimes do go for a few days without flashing anything. I can’t even give you a maximum...

OK, some of you may already know that I finally had a chance to move away from little Samsung Vibrant and picked up a Samsung Galaxy S III. Normally I would go through how utterly amazing the device is and show you all some video. I will still do that later today, but first I have to get something...