Tech Toys

24 Hours With DROID Bionic and Lapdock

24 Hours With DROID Bionic and Lapdock

Sitting in a meeting, taking notes with Evernote and writing a blog post in two different tabs in Firefox, I have completely forgotten that my MacBook is still sitting in my bag, untouched. This is just one of my incredible experiences with the new Motorola DROID Bionic. Its a dual-core phone with a GB of [...]

Google Voice Search Gets Personal

Google Voice Search Gets Personal

If you have Android 2.2, you may have noticed an update to Google Voice Search. The big change is an opt-in service that allows Google to help recognize your patterns of speech.  Like Dragon Naturally Speaking and other speech recognition software that have come before, you can train the speech engine – in this case [...]

One-On-One With the iPad

One-On-One With the iPad

Let’s cut to the chase, I’m still not impressed. The apps load fast and the rendering is great.  It is, as advertised, a “magic” device that’s not a computer, starts up quick and connects if there’s an app for it. But this is a toy, not a tool. The very pro-Apple-drinking Kool Aid guy who [...]