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Google tip: Got a smartphone or tablet? Try handwriting for your next search

Google tip: Got a smartphone or tablet? Try handwriting for your next search

by ben patterson | Aug 8, 2012 | how-tos, phones, security, tablets

Ever feel the urge to skip the on-screen keypad on your iPhone or Android handset and just scribble words with your fingertip? If so, now’s your chance, courtesy of Google search. Google recently launched a intriguing new feature that lets you write out search...
Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T

Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T

by ben patterson | Feb 16, 2012 | phones, reviews, tablets

Is it a phone or a tablet? That’s the big (and I do mean “big”) question about the Samsung Galaxy Note, a new and gargantuan Android phone that—if you ask me—tries a little too hard to do it all. Slated to go on sale February 19 through AT&T, the...
Yes, you can use a stylus with your touchscreen tablet or phone

Yes, you can use a stylus with your touchscreen tablet or phone

by ben patterson | Sep 28, 2011 | accessories, phones, reviews, tablets

Former Apple boss Steve Jobs famously dismissed the idea of using a stylus with a touchscreen as he unveiled the very first iPhone, but that doesn’t mean there’s a rule against using a stylus with your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. Press reps from...
“Kitchen-safe” iPad stand, stylus lets you tap and swipe with messy hands

“Kitchen-safe” iPad stand, stylus lets you tap and swipe with messy hands

by ben patterson | Sep 16, 2011 | accessories, news, tablets

The iPad is perfect when it comes to pulling up recipes in the kitchen—my wife and I do it all the time, actually—but sooner or later you’re standing there with slimy hands and a snoozing iPad screen. Now what? Enter Belkin and its brilliant new iPad chef...
Hands-on with the HTC Flyer’s (nifty) stylus

Hands-on with the HTC Flyer’s (nifty) stylus

by ben patterson | May 25, 2011 | reviews, tablets

A tablet with a stylus? How … well, 2005, right? Maybe so, but the stylus that comes with the HTC Flyer packs in a few unexpected delights. The seven-inch, Android 2.3 “Gingerbread”-powered Flyer ($499, available now from Best Buy) will work perfectly fine...

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