Razer Edge Gaming Handheld Review Hands On At CES 2023

The Razer Edge will go on sale in the US starting January 26th. There will be a Wi-Fi version and a 5G version through Verizon wireless. The Razer Edge Wi-Fi will sell for $399.99, and you can reserve your now at Razer's website if you like to make sure you get yours on January 26th. The Founders Edition includes a Razer Hammerhead True Wireless (2021) earbuds and costs $499.99. The Razer Edge in the short time testing it out at CES 2023 the device felt very solid, great in the hands. It feels very light weight in your hands and can help out for those long gaming hours! The Razer Edge comes with the new Kishi V2 Pro controller. It is detachable, so basically this is a small 6.8-inch tablet running Android. There were many other handheld gaming devices at CES 2023 and also based on a small tablet running Android. The Razer Edge also has 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage (expandable with microSD cards up to 2TB). This should be fast enough for all Android games to play smoothly from the device. This won't be playing triple AAA games from the Razer Edge but you will be able to do this through your Xbox cloud, or Steam Link apps which in testing was very fluid! The 6.8” AMOLED display has 2,400 x 1,080px resolution with a 20:9 and 144Hz refresh rate to keep everything looking very smooth and fluid while playing your games. The portable gaming is now getting more popular than before. Nintendo Switch has been around for years and now has more competition. Hope to get more hands-on time with the Razer Edge.

Amazon Kindle Scribe Review Gen 1 2022 Release

Amazon has released their first note taking and e-book reader and though it is still missing note taking syncing features. This has to be their best e-book reader over all! If you are looking for the ability to take notes and mark up PDF files, then the Amazon Kindle Scribe will be a great all in one device to use. There is dedicated devices that are geared towards taking notes, marking up documents, pdf files, etc... and some also have the ability to use the Google play store which you can download e-book readers to use just like the Kindle Scribe but with more note taking features then the Kindle Scribe at the moment. Amazon is saying that in a feature update, they will have more ways to edit other documents as well. In the meantime, the Amazon Kindle Scribe is a great well-built device that I would recommend. If you are looking into getting an e-book reader, you might want to give the Amazon Kindle Scribe a try.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 Carbon Case Review: Kaisenkec Slim & Thin Case

If you are looking for carbon fiber case for your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 phone. You might want to take a look at the slim & thin carbon case from Kaisenkec. This case fits perfectly on your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4. All openings and cut outs for openings on the Galaxy Z Fold 4 are aligned perfectly, basically fits like a glove on your Galaxy Z Fold 4! If you are interested on picking up the Kaisenkec slim carbon case, I will put a link below so you can take a look on Amazon. This case will also give you better grip so your Galaxy Z Fold 4 won't be slipping out of your hands... though you still have to be careful because no matter what case you have, your phone can slip out depending on the situation. Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 5G Thom Browne Special Edition Overview...

I was able to get my hands on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 5G Thom Browne Edition... and this special edition phone is Awesome! The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 5G has been a great phone that I have been using for over the past 4 months! This gives you the option to use it as a phone or Tablet! The build quality of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 5G is very solid and Samsung didn't cheap out on this phone at all! You can see the design is very well done, and the overall design and finish are top-notch! at least for me... 😀

Microsoft Surface Duo: Ember Color Bumper Great Protection!

             


Microsoft Surface Duo has released color bumpers to add different colors to the bumper line up, besides the Glacier White bumper that comes inside the box. I picked up the Ember color bumper which is a much nicer color than the picture from the online Microsoft website and at first didn't install the Glacier White bumper because it just seemed to plain of a color. Overall the bumper does give you a better grip to hold the Microsoft Surface Duo in your hand and also if it happens to slide from your hand it can give it some protection when dropping and hitting the floor, table, or any hard surface. Also, the Ember color bumper added a nice detail to the Surface Duo! It is a bit pricey, but I think it's worth the price of the bumper.

Huawei Mate X 5G At CES 2020: Hands On With A Great Foldable Phone!

I was able to get hands on the Huawei Mate X 5G at CES 2020 and was very impressed on the build quality of the phone! This is one solid foldable phone that actually is better fit then the current Samsung Galaxy Fold. Huawei finally released the Mate X 5G in China, though you can’t purchase it the US but hoping to see this phone come to the US very soon. In the very short time I was able to check out the Mate X 5G at CES 2020 it was very responsive, fluid and very nice to hold and use in your hand. In the video you will see a quick overview of the Huawei Mate X 5G but the videos you see of the phone really doesn’t show how well it is design and built. 

Samsung Galaxy Fold MONTBLANC Case Review...

When Samsung released the Galaxy Fold it also released the 5G version that included the Montblanc case. Many were not able to get the case but I was able to get a hold of a couple of these cases to test and use as my daily case for my Samsung Galaxy Fold. Over all you will see in the video that the case very well design and made to last! It will add a bit of thickness compared to the non 5G Galaxy Fold that was released for the US, but in my opinion its not that bad... it actually helps out especially when you put your phone on a table on its back side. With the Montblanc case being a bit thicker, it protects the camera lens! Over I really like this case, I do switch back to the carbon case that comes in the non 5G model. This would be more of a preference on the user on which case they like, whether a barely there case or a bit of thicker but still light weight case...  

Samsung announces KitKat 4.4 for 14 devices…

With the recent release of the Galaxy Tab Pro and Note Pro tablet series, all running the latest Kitkat 4.4 OS. Samsung announced several devices that will be updated to 4.4 KitKat as well. This should make many users very happy, as we should start to see the update to start rolling out as of end of February 2014.

LG G Flex coming to Sprint on Jan 31…

Sprint announced it would be taking pre-orders for the LG G Flex starting January 16, 2014. The LG G Flex will officially go on sale on Sprint’s website starting Jan. 31 and you would be available at the Sprint’s stores starting Feb. 7.

I got some hands on the LG G Flex at CES 2014 and it is a great looking phone, if you are willing to carry a much bigger phone.

Sprint will be giving the Quickwindow Folio case if you pre-order the LG G Flex until Jan. 31. The case is something like Samsung’s S-View Folio cases, in which you can easly see reminders, text, etc…

Samsung Galax Note 3 Pink Edition Unboxing and Overview

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Blush Pink Edition

Samsung has made available the Galaxy Note 3 in either Classic White or Jet Black. We have heard and seen that the Galaxy Note 3 in Pink would be released, well looks like if you really want to get your hands on the Blush Pink Galaxy Note 3, you are going to have to import it. You can head over to Negrielectronics and place your order.

Here is a quick video review of the Galaxy Note 3 in the Blush Pink and I also ran a Quadrant test to compare the difference vs a US version of the Galaxy Note 3.

Remember there is three International versions. This is the N9005 that supports 4G LTE, not in the US though and there is the N900 which is 3G version and the N9002 which is a Dual SIM . If you are going to purchase a International version, I recommend you get the N9005. Even though you can’t use the LTE here in the US, you will have better resale value if you ever sold and so far works fairly well on AT&T H+ 4G network.

Sony introduces the Xperia Z1 at IFA 2013

Sony announced the upgrade to the Xperia Z at IFA 2013 with the Xperia Z1. Sony has packed some real punch with the Xperia Z1 which is also packing a powerful camera. The Z1 will be competing with the Nokia Lumia 1020 and the 900 series Lumia's. As the consumers demand for better cameras on their phones and more power, the Xperia Z1 is no slouch with its Snapdragon 800 chipset and the 20.7MP camera with G Lens. We should expect some great shots, given the big 1/2.3 sensor, and with its great 5-inch display, you will be able to view those great shots.

Sony Xperia Z1:

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, penta-band UMTS/HSPA, 100 Mbps LTE
• Water-resistant camera phone
• 144 x 74 x 8.5 mm, 170g
• 5" 16M-color 1080p (441ppi) capacitive touchscreen TFT Triluminous display with X-Reality and OptiContrast
• Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800, quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Adreno 330, 2GB
• Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
• 20.7MP camera with 1/2.3" Exmor RS sensor and Sony G Lens, F/2.0 aperture; 2MP front-facing camera
• Video camera with 1080p video capture and HDR mode
• Built-in 16GB storage, microSD card slot, up to 64GB
• Connectivity Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, standard microUSB port with MHL and USB host, GPS receiver with A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, NFC
• Sealed battery - 3,000mAh battery
• Water resistant with IP58 certified - dust-sealed and water resistant beyond 1 meter; shatter proof and scratch-resistant glass for the front and the back panel, metal frame on the side

 

 The solid one-piece aluminum frame on the Sony Xperia Z1 gives it that great classy look, and the with round edges should make it very comfortable to hold in your hand.

 

Sony has packed in a 1/2.3 sensor, which is what you can find in most point-and-shoot cameras. Though this is not as good as the Nokia Lumia 1020, but you should be able to get great shots. This is also same sensor you will find in the Galaxy Camera and the Galaxy S4 Zoom Camera. Will be looking forward to testing the Sony Xperia Z1 later this coming weeks.

 If you are the type that likes to bring your phone to pool party's, you'll be glad to hear that the Sony Xperia Z1 can withstand 30 minutes underwater at 1.5 meters deep. This will also come in handy on a rainy day, if you happen to need to take a picture.

 

When the Sony Xperia Z1 becomes available globally in September, it will be running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. This is what most non Google device are running, which in other words, is the latest OS that you can find.

 

The Sony Xperia Z1 is also taller and wider than the current Samsung Galaxy S4, but still will be very easy to slip into your pant pocket without thinking about it twice.

 

 

 

 



Android Device Manager: Setup remote wipe and locate your device…

Just a few days ago Google had announced Android  Device Manager. This would at least bring Android OS with the ability of wiping, locate and soon be able to lock your Android device.

Unfortunately its not available on all Android devices. As I was testing on a few devices of mine. On my wife’s Galaxy SIV the Android Device Manager wasn’t available under the Google Settings in the apps. This is the Green icon in your apps that is called Google Settings, has a letter “g” and sort of a gear icon.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Pre-order available now

Samsung finally made it official at Mobile World Congress by announcing the Galaxy Note 8. Like many of you have been waiting when the Galaxy Note 8 will be available to purchase, well looks like at least for the moment you can Pre-order your Galaxy Note 8. This is one step closer to getting your hands on the S-Pen enabled tablet.

So far we know that Samsung will be releasing a 3G and a WiFi version of the Galaxy Note 8. With the 3G setting you back $639.50 and the WiFi version $539.50. A bit pricey for 16GB tablet, but if you really need a 8-inch tablet with a digitizer to have a pretty experience using the stylus, well the Galaxy Note 8 is your only choice at this time.
Samsung improves the S-Pen experience every new release of a Galaxy product they release. At 5.3 x 8.3 x .3 you can easily use the Galaxy Note 8 as your note pad that you normally carry to take notes. You also get great display resolution at 1280 x 800 with 189ppi, though I was really hoping to see a higher ppi number. This also makes the Samsung Exynos Quad-Core 1.6GHz with 2GB of RAM pretty much zip along lag free with pretty much anything you can throw at it.
With the Galaxy Note 8, Samsung has included a good size battery at 4,600 mAh. We still need to see some testing, even though it is a very nice size battery, we would need to see how efficient the Exynos at 1.6GHz will be. Hoping to at least see 8 to 10 hours of good productive work with the Galaxy Note 8.
You also will see that the Galaxy Note 8 comes with a MicroSD slot, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi a/b/g/n,GPS and IR for using as your remote control for your media center, this is a plus!
At the moment, Samsung hasn’t mentioned when the Galaxy Note 8 will be available in the US, for now you will have to import your Galaxy Note 8 which should be available in the second quarter. The price tag might be a bit hard to sell when you can pick up the bigger bother Galaxy Note 10.1 3G for around $580. But the again, this is packing a faster processor and is much more portable.
Galaxy Note 8 specs:
Data
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Dimensions
210.8 x 135.9 x 8 mm (8.30 x 5.35 x 0.31 in)
Weight 338 g (11.92 oz)
Display Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Screen resolution
800 x 1280 pixels, 8.0 inches (~189 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch
Yes
Loudspeaker
Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack
Yes
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal storage
16 GB or 32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
DATA GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE
Class 12
WLAN
HSDPA, 21 Mbps: HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Infared Port
Yes
USB
Yes, v2.0 (MHL), USB Host
Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus
Features
Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p
Secondary Yes, 1.3 MP
FEATURES OS
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset
Exynos 4412
CPU Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU
Mali-400MP
Sensors
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser
HTML5
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Color
White
- S Pen stylus
- SNS integration
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- MP4/DivX/Xvid/FLV/MKV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document editor/viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input (Swype)

HTC EVO Shift 4G

As many have viewed the previous post of the HTC Knight which is close to the HTC EVO Shift but the Shift runs Android OS. This will be running on Sprint's 4G and 3G network when released and some already have posted that Best Buy has it in the system. This device will be running on 800MHz processor. I can see why HTC down graded from the previous 1 GHz on the HTC EVO. More likely to save battery life on the device, as we all well know that 4G consumes a lot of juice from your battery. Some of the leaks showing the phone to be very snappy, even though it is running on 800MHz. Need to test it out and really give it a try and see if it can really keep up in the real world use.

Gingerbread 2.3 and SIP

The new Gingerbread OS AKA as 2.3 will have SIP setup built in the OS. Check the video on how easy it will be to setup your SIP account to place calls on your Android phone using your SIP account. This will use your data on your mobile phone, so those that have limited data might want to stay away from this. As long as this will work without user thinking twice on how to place a call with a SIP account, it will be very nice to be able to use this when abroad, to make calls to other SIP users.

Acer Tablet Running Android

Acer has been showing off their tablet lately. I can say that every other OEM also leaking some type of device as CES2011 gets closer. These videos have showed up in YouTube and looks like this is a 10" tablet running Android Froyo. From several leaks Acer plans on releasing these tablets around April with Honeycomb OS installed. This is the same time frame Apple plans on releasing the new iPad as well. Will have to wait and see at the CES2011 show.

Lenovo Tablet headed to US

 

Looks like Lenovo is going to be releasing the LePad. Chances is this will be at CES2011. CEO Yang Yuanqing told the Wall Street Journal that they planned on releasing the Android tablet and headed to the US in 2011. Hopefully this will have all the Google Market Place as well or I’m sure that there will be some hack to install it. But this is not good for the general consumer, as they really don’t know how to install these apk files to do more and beyond the out of box experience.

Sony PSP / Phone?

 

I had the chance to try out the Xperia X10 for about 3 weeks and I can say the quality was very good. The only thing holding it back was the lack of Android 1.6 on it. If this new Sony phone / PSP gets released with the specs that we are hearing about. It will be a very nice device for those that want to be able to use as a portable gaming system.This would replace the current PSP go system, as this would be your all in one device. From the website Engadget it shows that it will have 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655, 512MB of RAM for better performance, for any future Android updates that might require more RAM or just to make apps run much better. More is better, and  1GB of ROM. The screen is not really confirmed, but I think if it was no smaller than 4” like the current Xperia X10 it will be perfect size. So hoperfully Sony can pull this one off, since the Xperia X10 is a great phone, but having the older OS is not a good thing, and only has 256 of RAM. This one seem to have multi-touch screen which will again be a good thing. Like I mentioned, I really liked the Xperia X10, but Android 1.6 was just a bit out dated for me. I wasn’t able to run some apps that required 2.1 or above. So lets hope to see this very soon, or at least a more solid release date.

Samsung Captivate with Froyo 2.2 & Tether

 

This was just a quick video showing that using the WiFi Tether app works great on the Samsung Galaxy Captivate Froyo 2.2. I also use the iPhone 4 with MyWi as well to share the internet over WiFi to my Laptops or at times to my 3G iPad. This is very nice to be able to share the internet over the WiFi. This comes in very handy when your out and need to connect, but don’t have WiFi available. You can just fire up the Tether app for the Captivate and in a about 20 seconds later, you will be connected with what ever device needed internet connection over WiFi.

 

Used the iPhone 4 to video tape.

Velocity Micro Cruz Tablet at Best Buy

 

If you really want to get your hands on a 7” Android Tablet. Well then head down to your nearest Best Buy store. This is providing that your local Best Buy has them in stock. I checked a few stores and they didn’t have any available. They did have a display model and decided to check it out, and see how well it compared to my Samsung Galaxy Captivate. For starters the touch screen was not that responsive, compared to my Captivate, iPad, tm2 TouchSmart, etc… At times I did have to click twice for it to launch the app. It was running Eclair, which seemed to do pretty good on the device. Didn’t seem to have a multi-touch screen.

Opening applications also had some very slight delay, but for the $299.99 price tag, you might want to try out Walgreens $99 tablet. It didn’t have the Android Market Place, but instead it has it’s own Cruz Market Place to download apps. The quality was good. It seem to have a nice sturdy housing and all plastic that was very solid. The screen appeared to be some type of plastic. They also had the Archos 7 Home Tablet next to it, so I also compared the size of the Cruz Tablet. It was not heavy at all, which would make a nice e-book reader as well. At this point you might be better to wait for the upcoming Huawei Ideos 7” tablet. From the rumors, the price will be $299.99 for the Ideos 7.

I myself, if I was thinking of getting a tablet. I would wait for the S7, but for now I really like my 3G iPad, which I use daily for work and for catching up on the latest news. I will have to check Best Buy November 7 and see if the S7 is available and give it a try if they have a display model. You never know, I might just bring one home. The 7” display makes it a perfect travel device. Not that my iPad isn’t a perfect travel device, but at times I sure could get by with a 7” device. These lower priced tablets, usually don’t have built-in GPS. I kind of got use to having a device with built-in GPS, but it wouldn’t be a deal breaker for me, since most my other devices already have GPS.

 

Here is the specs for the Cruz tablet:

Product Height 4.9"

Product Width 7.5"

Product Weight 1 lb.

Product Depth 0.7"

Platform Android

Total Built-In Memory 1GB; 4GB microSD card

Expandable Memory microSD

Modem Included Yes

PC Required No

Screen Size (Measured Diagonally) 7"

Supports Voice Transmission No

Number of Ports 1

Connection Port USB

Supports MP3 Yes

Display Type Color TFT

Keyboard Entry Yes, on display

Calculator Yes

Calendar Yes

Word Processor Yes

Adjustable Font Size Yes

Backlight Yes

Battery Type Lithium-ion

Connectivity Wi-Fi