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#TBT: New iPhone 5 Makes Scrolling a Thing of the Past

Tim October 10, 2019

I was discussing Essential's GEM device on Twitter this week when an individual reminded me about a parody video that was released in 2012. In it, Apple is introducing the iPhone 5, but the whole video is a joke about a phone with a super long display, kinda...

#TBT: That Time SNL Poked Fun at Verizon 4G LTE and Android Device Names

Tim September 19, 2019

The launch of 4G LTE was silly times and the names for some Android devices back in the day surely didn't help. There was the DROID Xyboard, HTC Thunderbolt, DROID Charge, and a gang of other silly device names. Well, in 2013, SNL decided to poke fun at...

#TBT: HTC Sense Touch Could’ve Been Legit, But No

Tim June 13, 2019

In 2016, a designer who we assumed was hired or employed by HTC at some point, accidentally posted a video of Ocean. At the time, it was an unknown device, but what was exciting about the phone was Sense Touch. Sense Touch was supposed to be a group of sensors...

#TBT: 8pen is Just as Painful in 2019 as It Was in 2010

Tim May 30, 2019

If you have been following Android for a while, then maybe you'll remember 8pen. The app was a keyboard replacement, but unlike Swype or SwiftKey, 8pen was a complete reimagining of what we know as a keyboard. 8pen used gestures and swipes for input, and after...

Question: What Phone From Back in the Day Would You Buy in 2019 if They Updated the Specs?

Tim May 16, 2019

As a bit of a #TBT, I have a fun question for you.Let's say Motorola, Samsung, or whoever decided to re-release one of its old phones, but updated the internals to go along with what we have in 2019. For example, a Galaxy Nexus with a QHD display and...

#TBT: The Story of How the OG DROID Helped Save Three Companies

Tim May 2, 2019

In April of 2011, Wired published a brilliant piece on the original Motorola DROID, a phone that many of you may have owned back in the day. Well, as cool as we all know that phone is and was, did you know that the OG DROID helped save three companies? Oh,...

#TBT: Bask in the Beauty of the R2-D2 DROID2

Tim April 18, 2019

Last year, I shared the original R2-D2 DROID 2 wallpapers to celebrate Star Wars Day (May 4). Shortly after, I decided it would be cool to buy an R2-D2 DROID 2 off of eBay, only because I never got to own one back in the day. I'm so happy I did. It's not like...

#TBT: Razer’s $150 Forge TV Released in Mid-2015, Forgotten About by Year’s End

Tim November 16, 2017 10

Razer just launched its new Razer Phone (unboxing here) and it got us thinking -- when was the last time Razer launched an Android-powered product? Well, it wasn't too long ago, but it's easy to overlook because the product wasn't very popular. At CES in 2015,...