Recent content by dallasbesty

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    How to Pick a New Voice in Google Assistant

    ACaughlin, it sounds like you need to download the google assistant from the Google Playstore first. There is almost NO variation in the voices. It's more like a girl, a butch girl, a guy, and a chill guy. How about some English and Australian accents? Maybe a ghetto voice or two, also...
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    What Needs to Change in Android P Before it Launches

    Andy Rubin, the creator, and co-founder of Android made what I was waiting for; a "white box" phone for Android. If the new team at Google writing Android P is optimizing it for Google's Pixel line of phones and going to leave other faithful manufacturers of Android phones floundering, that is...
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    Best Big Phones: Top Picks 5.5 Inches or Larger

    Tom needs to update/re-review the Essential Phone. Essential has issued software updates that fix the problems that were present during the initial release of the phone and you do not have to wait for your carrier to do it, Essential does it because the phones come unlocked (except Sprint...
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    Now Is a Terrible Time to Buy a Phone

    The latest smartphones are asking and getting premium phone prices. The absolute latest ones need time to work out the "bugs/issues" with all this new technology they are sporting. I can't support financing through a carrier, even with their "aggressive pricing". You are locked into that...
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    5 Reasons to Buy the LG G7 ThinQ (and 3 Reasons to Skip It)

    Regarding the notch: They are all copying the Essential, which was out long before the rest, including Apple X. Did you mention The Samsung S9 enough times to get your kickback dollars? Your bias towards that unremarkable phone is obvious that you have lost credibility in the phone review...
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    Samsung Galaxy X Rumors: Foldable Phone Release Date, Specs and More

    It is not going to be flexible. it will have 3 screens. two on the inside and 1 on the outside to view when it is folded.
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    Galaxy S9 Hits Record Low for Sales

    In Samsung's case, there was not enough time between the S8 and the S9 and not enough leap in technology to create a demand for the phone. People are also getting tired of paying top dollar for phones that they inherently know cost less to produce now. The twenty-somethings that always buy the...
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    YouTube Gets New Parental Controls: How to Use Them

    OMG! Really? "programmatic technology that nefarious content creators could slip past"? How much nefarious content is there? A tiny fraction! The kid will have to set up for them in the first place. YouTube can and should remove the "medical" and "waxing" videos and 99.98% of anything...
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    Essential Phone Drops to $299 on Amazon

    As been said, it is $399. That is $100 off and a great deal on a great phone. Buy a cover for it. The glass does break if it is dropped and Essential does not cover it under warranty and you cannot buy Essential's extended warranty unless you buy it from them and get the warranty at the time...
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    Amazon's Main Alexa Devices Get a Temporary Price Drop

    We need ore Calgon!