As iOS and Android duel for supremacy and BlackBerry struggles to hang on, Microsoft’s unique mobile platform makes its move. The Basics What does the Windows Phone OS have over Android and iOS? Consistency, for one thing. Unlike the myriad flavors of Android, Microsoft’s interface looks the same on every device. And compared with the [...]
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On paper, the Samsung Galaxy Note is rich with top-of-the-line features. It has a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 16GB of internal storage and an 8-megapixel camera, all tied to ATT’s speedy 4G LTE network. But see the Note in the flesh and you’ll notice one thing above all else: its massive, 5.3-inch display. The screen is [...]
Generational heresy alert: I’ve always hated Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Maybe I’m a killjoy, but I thought the titular character was a spoiled brat who needed to learn that actions have consequences. Plus, even a replica of a Ferrari 250 GT California doesn’t deserve to end up in a ravine. It was with great satisfaction, [...]
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Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired.com 50 Cent is primarily known for two things: cranking out club hits and surviving a nonuple shooting. Now the rap mogul is trying out a new hustle: ultra-luxe, musician-marketed headphones. Mr. Cent is hardly the first to venture into this star-studded pool of mediocrity. But here’s where the gambit gets interesting: Cent’s [...]
Generally, the better a jacket is at keeping the wet out, the better it is at keeping the wet in. While the wind whips and the rain pelts, you stay dry … until your body temperature climbs and that muggy, wrapped-in-plastic feeling sets in. Waterproof-yet-breathable fabric technologies are abundant in the outerwear world, but even [...]
The Wacom Inkling tracks the movements of your pen as you sketch on paper, creating a digital version of your drawing. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com As an illustrator who works in both paper and digital media, I’ve been looking forward to getting my hands on the Wacom Inkling ever since it was first announced. A physical [...]
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If you call yourself an auto enthusiast, you’ve got to have some love for Mazda. I don’t care if you take factory delivery of a new M3 every four years or have a Mustang logo tattooed on your bicep — when it comes to championing technology that nobody else will, the fifth-largest Japanese automaker can’t [...]
In a brilliant marketing move, Gerber Gear has repurposed a series of its bushwhacking and survival tools as necessities for the improbable (inevitable?) zombie apocalypse. If you have an ancient stone Mayan calendar in your living room, you know what I’m talking about. The original limited edition Apocalypse Kit, promoted in conjunction with the AMC [...]
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