by dbadmin | Oct 10, 2024 | Google Nest, Reviews, Smart Home
Even with positive developments like growing Matter and Thread adoption, the modern smart home is still plagued by incompatible standards, expensive subscriptions, and discontinued products. Nest, under the stewardship of Google, is responsible for its fair share of...
by dbadmin | Oct 5, 2024 | Google Pixel 9, Reviews, Spigen
For all the years I’ve been reviewing phone cases, one constant has remained: I do not like clear TPU cases. Despite being the most common type of case you find on the market, I can’t stand them. They look cheap, fit poorly, and worst of all, collect fingerprints like...
by dbadmin | Oct 4, 2024 | Google Pixel 9, Reviews
There aren’t many brands making leather cases for phones outside of Apple’s lineup, but Bellroy is among the few. The Bellroy Leather case is the best leather case you can get for the Pixel 9 series, but when I got one in to test, I was not impressed. Sure, it felt...
by dbadmin | Oct 4, 2024 | Google Pixel 9, Mous, Reviews
A Pixel 9! In a Mous case! If you’ve spent any amount of time reading about phones, you’ve probably seen those annoying Mous ads. If not, I’m sorry to say that after opening this page it’s only a matter of time.
by dbadmin | Oct 1, 2024 | Apple, Apple Watch, Reviews, smartwatches, Wearables
It’s an old adage that Apple only introduces incremental change from one generation to the next, but this year, the new Series 10’s upgrades truly are impactful. I’m not claiming the Cupertino giant reinvented the Apple Watch (or even produced anything particularly...
by dbadmin | Sep 28, 2024 | Chargers, Google, Google Pixel 9, Reviews
Quirky charging requirements are nothing new. Whether it’s OnePlus and OPPO using SuperVOOC to charge their devices — and only their devices — at blistering speeds or Apple sticking with its proprietary Lightning port until it was essentially forced to switch to...