Tag: Android Rediscovery
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It’s a boat! It’s a tank! It’s the physical description of the Nokia X100 budget phone
In my last post, I mentioned that I would provide a physical description of the Nokia X100, the budget phone I’m using to re-discover Android. As of this writing, T-Mobile offers the X100 for $252, however promotions can bring this price down even further. When I first beheld the Nokia X100, my initial impression was…
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Diving into Android, a journey of rediscovery
As those of you who may have followed this blog for a while probably know, every few years or so, I generally switch my primary mobile operating system between iOS and Android. I’ve done this for a few reasons, first because I feel it’s important that I keep up with how each operating system is…
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Android, giving Pie a try
Those of you who have followed me for quite some time know that every so often, I decide to give Android a try, to see if I can use it as my primary mobile operating system. I confess, the geek in me loves the openness of Android, the idea that I can customize just about…
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My Frustrations with Android Notifications
Notifications: They tell me when I’ve missed a call, gotten an Email, received a text message and so so much more. Notifications have become a critical part of how I work and play and without them, I sometimes wonder if I’d know where to begin. The Lock Screen On iOS, the first way I…
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While all men may have been created equal, all Android devices are not.
I wanted to write about something which Android folks probably take incredibly for granted, but which might be a bit perplexing to users coming from iOS. And it’s one of these things that, as I write it, seems incredibly silly yet it’s really not. In fact, it’s one of those twist of irony things that…
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Getting started with my Moto G4, pretty straight-forward, until it wasn’t.
One of the things that I’m most excited about with Android is that now, it’s possible to activate TalkBack when the device is first booted. While folks today may take this for granted, this ability to be off and running right out of the box wasn’t always the case. Back in the day, with my…
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Rediscovering Android, my journey begins
While I’ve been an iOS user for many years, I’ve always been very curious about Android. Indeed, the openness of the platform and all that that entails speaks to my inner geek. I first experimented with Android back in 2011 when Android 2.1 was all the rage because way back then, it was still possible…