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The Galaxy Note 20. The first few days.

I didn’t make it totally obvious but I got a new phone on Tuesday. A Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Initial reactions? The most obvious change from the Note 10 is the total 180 flip of the design. The buttons move from the left hand side of the chassis across to the right hand side.Continue reading “The Galaxy Note 20. The first few days.”

The Old and the New

My new Galaxy Note 9 arrived. My 18 month Galaxy Note 8 has served me very well and is a device I very much love, but a few features of the Galaxy Note 9 really sold it to me. Bigger battery – less battery anxiety. Bluetooth stylus – great for selfies Dockless DeX – IContinue reading “The Old and the New”

Pie time!

I love Android updates.

Minecraft? How’s it going…?

Ivybridge is starting to grow now. We have an observation tower and I’ve started on town walls too.

Of new tablets and stuff…

So, on Friday I saw a Galaxy Tab S3 in CeX (a chain of tech second hand shops). It was over £100 less than the full price in Currys and was actually in A1 condition. Not the 4G variant, but I can always tether to satisfy that problem. I decided to take the plunge asContinue reading “Of new tablets and stuff…”

Software update incoming…

Galaxy Note 8. I presume it’s the 1st June security patch.

Ditch the phone

It’s amazing how we all sit there with what in essence is a pocket computer in our pockets (think Blondie’s song “Picture this”). We constantly have to check on our social world, just in case we have missed something; and yet the real world around us passes is by. Getting a 4G smart watch madeContinue reading “Ditch the phone”

How smartphone users see each other…

I think this captures our opinions of each other perfectly. I’m on Android by the way… you bunch of Blackberry owning dinosaurs!

…of album releases, and stuff.

Tonight, I sit playing around with the Android dev kit on my Ubuntu laptop. It’s very nice… especially considering just 5 or so years ago I’d have paid £££ for a devkit (and indeed, did for a couple of Amiga devkits). Android really is the future – unlike Apple with it’s attempt at world domination,Continue reading “…of album releases, and stuff.”

Oooooh a new phone!

I got a new phone this week… OK… well… a huge slab of a device, but what a device. It’s a Dell Streak, which is a mother of a 5″ screen yielding slab of technology – packed to the brim with goodies including a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HDMI output, and to topContinue reading “Oooooh a new phone!”