Brent Rose's discussions

Got some magical cures of your own? Let's hear 'em in this thread. Read more

I think you've hit the nail on the head here. Read more

Also, its shape/weight make it not particularly portable. Read more

No. While I don't have the statistics to back this up, roughly 50% of my friends have Android phones. Roughly 1 or 2% have uploaded their libraries (or even parts of them) to Google Play Music. Most of them don't even know that they can. True story. Read more

Agreed! Read more

Yeah, I can't wait to see what the dev community can do with it. Read more

Alright, so is there anybody out there who really, really wants this? Are you in the niche with the niche? I want to hear from you. Tell us about your setup and why this appeals. Read more

Yeah, I had that confirmed from Google. I think ifixit may be mistaken here. Read more

Charcoal, baby. Every time. I also throw wood chips (usually mesquite) onto the coals. Gives my burgers that nice smokey flavor. Mmmm... Read more

Ha! Read more

Nope. The Kindle Reader app for Android is very good, and the Amazon MP3 app, while not especially pretty, works just fine. The only thing someone might miss is if they watch tons of video via Amazon Prime, but given Prime's movie selection, that's not likely to be tons of people. Read more

I believe so, yes. Sadly, our review unit died by gravity before I was able to confirm. Read more

Yep, fixed. Thankya! Read more

I tend to agree. It's simply a much more capable tablet. The majority of people don't want to root their devices (even more don't even know what rooting is). People who watch a lot of videos on Amazon Prime might take a moment to think about it, but for everyone else, there's really no reason to choose the Fire over… Read more

That's right. I spoke to google about this this morning. It's made by Corning but it is not Gorilla Glass. Read more

Agreed. Read more

Just a code error. Fixed now. There is no contract. It's Wi-Fi only. Read more

Yeah, there's no contract. That was my bad. I'd copy/pasted the specs box code from another review and accidentally left that in there somehow. Fixed now. Read more

I tend to flip back and forth between Spotify and Rdio, but I still use Pandora a fair amount. Pandora isn't talked about as much these days, but I think it's got its own thing going on that will help it survive, namely it's great for music discovery and for surprising you. Read more

Just tried this out on our Nexus 7, and it works. The cool thing is that it doesn't seem to have to actually be a full blink. It can tell when my eyes move from the screen to the camera, or vice versa, and it'll unlock. But if I just stare frozenly, then it will say, "Didn't catch your blink." Very nice. Read more