Don't Trash Your Old Phone, Help the Environment Instead
Smartphones have been around long enough that you're probably holding on to more than one of them. What do we do when it's time to replace our old ones?
Smartphones have been around long enough that you're probably holding on to more than one of them. What do we do when it's time to replace our old ones?
In terms of portability, graphics, and sheer computing power, Android phones make for great little game consoles. It's a shame, then, that game save data is often so hard to find, back up, sync, and transfer from one device to the next.
Reading a book digitally is different from holding a paper copy in your hands, and that's a good thing. I can vertical scroll through books like I'm reading a webpage or feed, and I read more in the process.
For years, I dreamed of someone releasing a fully-featured smartphone with an E-Paper display in the US. The Minimal Phone is that phone and more, thanks to the included physical keyboard. This is a good option for anyone familiar with E-Paper who is on the lookout for an intentional phone still compatible with modern digital life.
As someone who grew up with Nintendo Game Boys, I'm still amazed by the game consoles we all now carry in our pockets. Yet there are things, good and bad, that most people don't know about what it's like to play games on an Android phone.
I fell in love with Monument Valley back when I first reviewed it for Android Police in 2014, and while it's not the kind of title I've spent a lot of time with since, it has spawned a love for similar types of games.
Console prices are creeping up, but it's not the systems, it's the games that get you. As individual game prices inch ever closer to $100, the value to be found in mobile games becomes harder to ignore.
Over the past year, most of the music I've listened to has come from two labels: Lo-Fi Girl and Chillhop. I find this music so calming, but my wife isn't a fan. This got me wondering why, and I think our childhoods may have something to do with it.