Wednesday 24 August 2011

Android Diaries, Part 4: Fixing the SGS2



The Samsung Galaxy S II is a wonderful device out of the box but the one thing that irks me is the TouchWiz UI skin. The plain simple Android experience is damn near perfect, I don’t understand why manufacturers need to add extra bloat and crap (MotoBlur, Sense, TouchWiz, etc.) to the user experience. This guide documents my attempts to get rid of all the excess crap.

Samsung Galaxy S II Review (9.5/10)



Let’s just get this out of the way: this phone is about as perfect as it gets for now. There are only a few places things Samsung could have improved on (although I suspect by the time the next round of super phones come out, these issues will all be resolved). Until the next round of super phones comes out, it’s very difficult to see past the sheer awesome that is the Samsung Galaxy S II.

Motorola XOOM: A second look…


Suffice it to say, I love my tablet. Sure it’s got tons of faults and it’s a very niche product, but I definitely love it. I’m not sure, however, if I would buy it again, now that I’ve had the chance to use it for a few months. Back when I got the XOOM, it was the premier Android tablet on the market (and the only Honeycomb one to date); now, the market has several other very worthy contenders and I’m not so sure I would go the XOOM route again.