Posts Tagged ‘Nexus 7’
Abandoning Apple
I’ve been a happy iPhone and iPad user for a couple of years, but the time has come to move on. It’s not that I dislike Apple stuff, I just don’t think it’s the best for my needs, and certainly isn’t worth the premium. That said, I’m not very convinced by iOS7, or OS X Mavericks […]
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Tags: android, Galaxy, iOS, iPad, iphone, Nexus 7, S4 mini, Samsung, Swype
Yesterday I wrote about how Google Wallet is even worse than PayPal. A quick reminder: When I buy stuff on PayPal I don’t have to pretend to have a billing address in a different country. They’re quite happy for me to use my UK issued card for payments to US suppliers. I don’t recall ever […]
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Tags: dicks, fail, fraud, geolocation, google, LTE, Nexus 7, payments, paypal, Play, resolution, store, wallet
I’ve seen a ton of bad news stories about PayPal over the last few years – here are just the top three from my payments tag on pinboard.in. I’ve even run afoul of their over sensitive fraud detection myself in the last couple of months (whilst trying to buy Club Penguin subscriptions for my kids whilst […]
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Tags: fail, fraud, geolocation, google, LTE, Nexus 7, payments, paypal, Play, resolution, store
Tablets for Christmas
I remember a Christmas in the late 90s where it seemed like everybody got a mobile phone. This year it’s looking like we’re going to see the tablet equivalent, so I thought I’d do a quick round up of what I’m expecting to see. The home front If I include my in-laws then there will […]
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Tags: amazon, android, Christmas, convertible, Fire, google, HD, iPad, kindle, Microsoft, Nexus 7, Surface, tablet, ultrabook
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