Brent Rose's discussions

Are there any locks out there that are good enough that you say, "Fuckit, not worth the trouble"? Read more

The problem really comes from the carriers and manufacturers (each of whom point fingers toward each other). There just isn't much incentive for either of them to support their older devices (some of which are actually very new). As consumers we think, "it would be great if Google would require that phones tablets get… Read more

Some think of him as Android's "Savior." It's not hard to see why. Read more

Yeah, especially if you do "Improve Facial Unlocking" a few times. I've come to really like it. Read more

Damn. Catch-22. Read more

Not a bad idea at all. Read more

Are my eyes lying to my brain, or is my brain lying to my eyes? Think about it. Read more

How's this for a conspiracy theory: Amazon hears that Google is announcing a $200 tablet tomorrow that, if rumors are true, will be better than the Fire in virtually every way. Then a leak just happens to come out that Amazon has something big and cool up its sleeve so don't count them out. Perhaps the scheming of one… Read more

Yep, that was one of my favorite things about the tablet S. Samsung and Vizio have integrated it into some of theirs, too. Read more

100% agreed. Even though there are nice additions here and there, I think hardware is the way they should be differentiating themselves. Why not just include their skins as an app, like LauncherPro or Go Launcher? Same with all of their widgets. Some of them are great. But let us uninstall/disable them and go with… Read more

SonofaB you're right! Thanks! I'm updating the post. Read more

We linked to a gallery of stock ICS in the second paragraph. We would have added it to the side-by-side slides but it looked too squished, and we didn't want to crop. MIUI is cool but we're just doing ROM that come straight from the major manufacturers (for now). Read more

Couldn't compare it because it's still running on top of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Sony needs to get faster with their updates. Read more

Yeah, HTC took a HUGE leap forward with Sense 4.0. But damn that calendar app... Read more

Alright gang, you've feasted your eyes. Do you have a favorite? If so, which and why? (and "stock Android" is a perfectly legitimate answer) Read more

See, I actually don't much care for the way the new Firefox manages tabs. With Chrome I can just swipe to quickly move from one to another. Firefox requires a few clicks here and there. Read more

Crazy as it sounds, I've liked Android tablets that have built-in RF. Setting up devices is generally really easy thanks to the built-in internets, and they integrate with some really slick listing apps (like Peel), so you just click on what you want to watch (on the tablet), and the TV just takes you there. A lot of… Read more

Heyos. Looks like it took them a few minutes to update, but the link works now. It should be version 14. Check it out and tell us what you think! Do you see the speed improvements? How about the bugs? Anybody going to make this their default browser? Read more

The point isn't that T-Mo wouldn't have had LTE without Verizon, it's that this deal is going to give them a gigantic boost when they roll out LTE next year. Read more

Nope. LTE is not a CDMA technology. Read more