John Whiting

With twenty-five years as an electronic instrument repair tech in aerospace under his belt he is also a self-taught makeup artist and actor. In electronics, his expertise was in fixing things, and in software, his expertise is in breaking things. Highly opinionated and sometimes actually knowledgeable.

I think we can safely assume that everyone who is a gadget nut (and why else are you here?) knows what a tricorder is. But we also know that assumptions are the mothers of mistakes, so I’ll digress a moment.… Read More...

HTC and Verizon Wireless jointly put out a press release on the recently released Thunderbolt smartphone.

Sounding as much like a commercial as a press release, they are nothing if not enthusiastic about the new device.

Read their release below:… Read More...

I have a couple of standardized disclaimers to make here.

The first is that this is exactly my second smartphone review, (also involving the Android OS) and I must say that I’m already developing preferences. One of those preferences is… Read More...

HP’s webOS 2.0 makes its debut on their Pre 2 smartphone. In turn, the Pre 2 seems to be making its debut on the Verizon Wireless 4G network.

For more information, read Verizon’s press release below:

BASKING RIDGE, NJ —… Read More...

MetroPCS, a flat-rate wireless service, and Samsung jointly announced their second 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) device. As an additional incentive to us gadget-junkies, it comes with a pre-installed copy of Ironman 2 to watch.

LTE-enabled 4G smartphone Galaxy Indulge… Read More...

On January 5th, 2011, Samsung announced the new 4G Infuse at the Consumer Electronics show.  Reported on by Andrew Munchbach, the Infuse features a large (4.5 inch) Active Matrix Organic LED (AMOLED) touch-sensitive screen.

Samsung's new Infuse 4G phone with… Read More...

Initially announced at an MSRP of $1399, Lenovo has announced that the IdeaPad U1 might retail for $999 in the United States. The IdeaPad U1 functions both as an independent tablet with a touch-sensitive screen and as a laptop with… Read More...

Lenovo recently announced two new eye-catching tablet products.  Part tablet, part laptop, and all mobile, the IdeaPad U1 and the LePad are hybrid devices that manage to be most things to most people.

Here’s what Lenovo had to say in… Read More...

The Xperia arc, which first surfaced as a news leak, has been confirmed and unveiled.

Here’s the January 5th news release:

Bert Nordberg, President, Sony Ericsson said, “We’re starting strong in 2011 by introducing our most exciting Xperia™ product yet.… Read More...

On January 6th, T-Mobile issued a press release that their 4G network, which currently serves approximately 200 million people (and growing), will soon double its download speeds. They also announced new data-hungry devices designed to drink deeply of this new… Read More...

I have a couple of disclaimers to make here.

The first is that I’ve never had a smartphone before. A few moderately bright phones, sure, but I’ve never had one of these hand-held multi-media computers before. Two weeks is not… Read More...

I’ve had an opportunity to use the Phoenix Series BTS001 BeatRoute Bluetooth stereo speakers for several weeks now, and I think I’m ready to comment on it.

The speaker unit

I spoke a couple of times with Octave Systems’ (… Read More...

Sanyo recently announced the Taho, a Sprint 3G cellphone built with more than just the office in mind.  Military-tough, it resists dust, shock, vibration, even rain.  A flash-equipped camera and camcorder cover imagery needs, while stereo Bluetooth handles connectivity.  A… Read More...

There you are, making your high-tech presentation to the boss or an important client. You’ve got a laptop, a portable projector, a Power Point(tm) presentation . . . and an assistant to change to the next slide for you.

Wireless… Read More...

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