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The Verizon Wireless Samsung Galaxy S4 needs no introduction, and chances are, you have already read 10+ articles with specs, photos, and comparisons.  Believe me, I had initial plans to head down that road, but you deserve better.  You deserve more! After a solid 2 weeks with the VZW S4, I'm now prepared to show you why you need to drop what you are doing, head to the store, and grab one for yourself.

First a little background.  I am a Samsung Veteran.  I have had an original Samsung Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Tab 7.0, Galaxy 10.1, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, and Galaxy Note 10.1.  If that doesn't scream Samsung pro, I don't know what does!  But I digress . . . up until the drop of the SGS4 on Verizon Wireless I have bounced back and forth between my SGS3 and Note2.  Both have been, hands down, my two favorite devices of all time.

Tech geek that I am, I have followed the SGS4 from rumor mill to store shelves.  The whole way through I scratched my head wondering why and if I should make the jump from my trusty S3 and Note2 to this new smartphone.  As much as I [...]

Usually I spend heavy hands on time with the big hitters, the flagship devices.  Knowing that not everyone will or can spend top dollar on a new device, I jumped at the opportunity to take the all new Verizon Wireless Pantech Perception for test drive!

I entered this demo with an open mind and truly did not know what to expect.  My experiences with Pantech devices in the past, well . . . let's just say are miles away from this excellent contender in the current handset marketplace.  I knew that Pantech thrived on an entry level market, but that is out the window with this particular smartphone.


Not only does the Perception have a solid build quality, but Pantech must have been taking notes on what consumers need/want from a phone.  This device offers a removable back, that while plastic, looks and feels like brushed aluminum.  The lithium ion battery is also removable and had no issues lasting a full day of power user torture.


Taking a quick walk around the device, the user is met with a great combination of build materials including a metal surround and quality buttons.  This a a good time to point out that the Pantech Perception [...]

Texting and driving is no joking matter, yet most of us admit to using our smartphones while in the driver's seat.  As this current generation of technology users continues to revel in instant gratification, the risks of killing ourselves or others is steadily increasing.  Facebook, Twitter, Email, Texting, and Google Searches quite literally could be the death of us all.

I will admit that I am enslaved to my smartphone.  Like many of you, if a notification chimes in, there is no putting off checking what awaits me in my inbox.  Believe you me, I have tried.  It feels like torture trying to avoid that quick and innocent peek at who or what item of importance I could possibly be missing out on.  This is just plain silly.  I need to wrap my head around a simple fact . . . It Can Wait!

AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, and 200 other businesses have joined forces with an anti-texting while driving initiative called It Can Wait.  The goal is to end texting and driving, a dirty habit that increases the risk of a motor vehicle accident by 23 times!  The reality is that we all know the danger [...]

Many of our readers come from either the Android or iOS persuasion.  Both users are faced with the question, at some point of their device ownership,  "root or not, jailbreak or not?"

My Android devices are almost always immediately rooted . . . once root access is achieved.  As for my iPad, I have actually avoided jailbreaking.  I'm stumped as to why, but reading this post from our very own Dubie76 helped me realize that I am not taking full advantage of what my iOS devices have to offer.

I'm not sure why I am so content pushing my Android devices to the limit, yet iSheeping my way through a typical Apple experience.

Do you root or jailbreak your devices?  What are your thoughts?

Please take a few minutes to read @Dubie76's post "to jailbreak or not"

Many people's first thought about jailbreaking their iPhone is that its piracy. I can tell you that it is not. Lets start off with what a jailbreak really is.

Jailbreaking an iPhone is the same thing as "rooting" an android phone. It gives you access to the root files of ios just like it does with an android phone. Once this is achieved, you have the ability to modify, [...]