If I’ve learned anything from my numerous hours playing Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night, it’s that just because something isn’t what you’re used to, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad thing. Konami took a big gamble by delivering a puzzle game inside a Castlevania package. Boy, did that gamble pay off. Castlevania Puzzle:…
The Mobile Roundup – The ‘what a RIM-arkable week’ edition
Research In Motion dominated the headlines this weak but not all of it was good news. The company unveiled its first slider with the BlackBerry Torch but RIM is also facing some potential bans in lucrative markets. The Apple iPhone 4 has been jailbroken with a simple website and Android is growing strong as Froyo…
Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and Mini Pro
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro captured everybody’s attention when it was announced at Mobile World Congress 2010. It was flanked by the Vivaz Pro, which was a QWERTY variant using a smartphone OS few cared for, and the X10 Mini, which seemed impractical without a real keyboard. The original X10, though looked good…
Review: LG Ally for Verizon – Is it a ‘smart’ Android smartphone?
The LG Ally marks the introduction of the Korean smarphone maker’s first Android device available in the US, and just one of the many devices in their Android invasion. The Ally sports a 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen, 3.2-megapixel camera with LED flash, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and is powered by Google’s Android 2.1 OS. LG…
Review: Saddleback Leather iPad Sleeve
Not so long ago, the good folks at Saddleback Leather sent me one of their iPad Sleeves to check out. After having put the darn thing to use for some time now, I figured I might as well put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and tell you all about it. Overall, I’m impressed……
Review: Boost Mobile Motorola i1 – Does prepaid Android work well?
The Motorola i1 smartphone is the first Android device for Boost Mobile and it’s one of the most difficult phones for me to review. It packs some decent features like a 5-megapixel camera and push-to-talk capabilities over the iDEN network but it is nowhere near the top shelf of Android where the Motorola Droid X,…
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Unboxing and Impressions
My plans for posting a review of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini Pro early this week have been derailed by its even littler brother, the XPERIA X10 Mini arriving at my doorstep on Monday. After playing with it for a few days, I’ve got some thoughts, especially in comparison to the X10 Mini Pro.…
Motorola Droid X Panorama Assist Video Demo
There are all kinds of reasons you’d want to hit up your local Verizon store and pick up a Motorola Droid X, but today we’re just going to focus on one of the lesser-mentioned camera features known as Panorama Assist. Its easy to see how a specs-sheet filled with mentions of a 4.3-inch display, GPS,…
The Mobile Roundup – The ‘Money Never Sleeps’ edition
It was Wall Street week as Apple, Microsoft and Nokia posted very different quarterly earnings and these provided great insight into who is winning in the mobile space. We also put the Samsung Galaxy S phones under the microscope and Apple finally started taking orders for those free bumper cases. Let’s stop wasting time and…
Review: Samsung Captivate for AT&T – Does this Galaxy S phone shine?
The Samsung Captivate is the Galaxy S variant for AT&T and the Android phone is really, really good – It’s packed full of features, has a good operating system and the screen will blow you away. But with the Motorola Droid X, EVO 4G and Apple iPhone 4, “really good” is not good enough for…