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[CASIO G-SHOCK SMARTWATCH REVIEW]
Did you know that one of the most famous watch brands in the world owes its existence to an accident? Nearly four decades ago, Casio engineer Kikuo Ibe dropped and shattered a treasured timepiece passed down from his father. He was so affected by this, the story goes, that he decided to make a watch so durable it couldn’t be broken by dropping it. In 1983, after building two hundred prototypes, Ibe’s team released the first Casio G-SHOCK … and in the thirty-eight years since, these robust wristwatches have ringed the wrists of special forces operators, Air Force pilots … even astronauts.
It took until 2021 for Casio to merge that legacy of durability with a feature set complete enough to be called a smartwatch, and the result is the Casio GSW-H1000 review device that’s the focus of this video. Under other circumstances this watch would represent a stellar starting point for a new chapter in G-Shock history. But in watches more so than most things, it really is “all in the timing” … and sadly, there’s never been a worse time to build or to buy a Google-powered smartwatch.
Join Michael Fisher for MrMobile’s Casio G-Shock Smartwatch Review!
This review was produced following eight days with a Casio G-Shock smartwatch review sample (model GSWH1000-1) provided by Casio and tested with a Motorola Razr 5G. The device was running the latest software available at the time of review: Wear OS 2.27 H MR2.
MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview or copy approval rights concerning this review. The lone sponsor of this video is Surfshark VPN.
Google I/O 2021 In 15 Minutes – Android Central [YouTube]:
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I wanted to do this video precisely because no one was asking for it – and I think that’s kind of sad. Because the Palm Centro was part of a legacy that laid so much of the foundation for what became the modern smartphone … and at the same time, it was also the last of its kind.
We’ve talked about the Palm brand on this series before: PalmOS powered that Samsung SPH-i500 flip smartphone from 2003. And yes, someday we will talk about the company’s most tragically celebrated trailblazer, 2009’s ill-fated Palm Pre – a device so epic in ambition that its influence is still felt today.But in order to turn that corner, Palm needed to maintain market share (and, you know, money). So in 2007, it crammed its popular Treo smartphone into a much smaller casing, called it the Centro, and sold it for $99 on contract.
The result was a phone that sold a million units in less than half a year … and served as my final college smartphone just when I was trying to turn a corner of my own.
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[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN – PALM CENTRO]
This is the fifteenth in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world’s most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.
When Phones Were Fun: Episode 15 features an AT&T-branded Palm Centro purchased by MrMobile / Future plc. Filmed on location in MrMobile’s college town of Norfolk, VA, both on and off the campus of Old Dominion University. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage (nor did it preview or approve this content before publication).
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Palm Centro Commercial [The Phone Commercials Classic]:
PalmDB (a community effort to preserve the work and history of Palm OS and its developers):
https://palmdb.net/
Palm Sells Its One-Millionth Centro [Palm Infocenter]:
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/7793/palm-sells-its-onemillionth-centro/
Six Apart to support Palm Foleo [The Blog Herald]:
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I haven’t used a 15″ laptop as thin or lightweight as the Galaxy Book Pro 360 since the LG Gram. While I wish it had a brighter screen (and a proper place to put the pen), it’s still a compelling notebook from a manufacturer better known for its smartphones.
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Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 360 Review [Windows Central]:
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If you’re looking for something a little different when it comes to your laptops and smartphones, ASUS has gotta be one of your go-tos. Using the company’s dual-screen laptops over the past couple years has changed what I expect from a mobile computer … and the latest ROG Phone is so well-equipped, it tempted even a non-gamer like myself.
Compared to those envelope-pushers, ASUS’s two new Zenfones are far tamer offerings. That’s because they’re trying to appeal to a more mainstream audience, while still offering features other manufacturers have mostly written off. The question is whether either one goes far enough.
This review was produced following seven days with a Zenfone 8 review sample and a Zenfone 8 Flip review sample, each provided by ASUS and tested on AT&T in Brooklyn and Eastern Long Island, NY. The devices were running the latest software available at the time of review: version 30.10.46.64 for the Zenfone 8, and version 30.10.39.62 for the Zenfone 8 Flip.
MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview or copy approval rights concerning this review.
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ASUS Zenfone 7 UNWRAPPING [Joshua Vergara]:
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Review [Android Central]:
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Every new folding phone that launches is good news for those of us who believe that foldables are the future.
Competition drives down prices; it spurs innovation; it increases choice. So I’m happy the Mi Mix Fold from Xiaomi exists – even if right now, I can’t think of anyone here in the US I’d actually recommend it to.
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This Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold Review was produced following seven days with a retail Mi Mix Fold device (China market, Google Play enabled) purchased by MrMobile and tested on AT&T and T-Mobile in New York City.
MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews; no payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview or copy approval rights concerning this content.
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Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold Real World Test [TheUnlockr]:
Philips Invents Liquid Lens for Camera Phones [PhoneScoop]:
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[IS THE HUAWEI MATE X2 THE FUTURE OF FOLDABLES? INTO THE FOLD EPISODE 7]
This is the seventh in a series of episodes exploring the many facets of life on a folding screen. From the best foldable phones of 2021 to the bleeding-edge world of folding-screen laptops, Into The Fold is MrMobile’s showcase for the most exciting movement in mobile technology since 2007!
Episode 7 was planned as a traditional first-impressions video of the Huawei Mate X2, a rethinking of that company’s approach to folding-screen smartphones and a direct competitor to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 2. But then something happened to my own Z Fold 2 that made me wonder whether the Huawei Mate X2 might in fact be something bigger: a preview of the future of foldable phones in general. Join me for episode 7 of Into The Fold!
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[ABOUT INTO THE FOLD EPISODE 7]
This episode of “Into The Fold” was produced following six days with a Huawei Mate X2 review sample provided by Huawei.
Samsung was contacted to offer insights concerning the Galaxy Z Fold 2 display failure but declined to comment.
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A few weeks ago, I reviewed the OnePlus 9 Pro and found a smartphone that delivers a lot, but asks too much in exchange. The OnePlus Watch is almost the inverse of that: it’s missing many features compared to the competition, but it’s also asking far less for the privilege. With a starting price of $159 it undercuts not just the Apple Watch, but also the Google-powered smartwatches I wear on a regular basis. The question is, does it sacrifice too much functionality in the process – or at least, that’s what I’d normally ask. After ten days with the OnePlus Watch, I’ve found that the real question is: what will this smartwatch look like when it’s actually finished?
You can find out yourself when it goes on sale April 14th, but take my advice: watch MrMobile’s OnePlus Watch Review first.
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MrMobile’s OnePlus Watch Review was produced following ten days with a OnePlus Watch review sample (model W301GB) provided by OnePlus. Preproduction sample running launch-day software version W301GB_11_B.33. Tested with a Motorola Razr 5G.
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From “Lucky Goldstar” to “Life’s Good” to … Last Gasp. That’s the rough trajectory of LG Mobile: a technology brand that over the past twenty years went from a strong second choice for American dumbphone buyers, to the only game in town if you wanted the hottest messaging phones available, to a case study on how to do Android smartphones differently – for better, and for worse.
Join Michael Fisher for a MrMobile retrospective on LG Mobile. From the LG Chocolate to the LG Wing (and the Pradas, Rumors, Flexes and Optimii in between) we’ll re-live LG’s highs and lows, and try to extract a useful lesson from its 2021 withdrawal from the mobile tech space.
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LG finally acknowledges LG G4 ‘boot loop’ problem [TechRadar]:
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LG smartphone bootloop issues [Wikipedia]:
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