Sage is a wandering vagabond currently based out of Seoul. When he's not busy scouring the web for the latest tech news and gossip, he does his best to teach Korea's next generation the finer points of the English language. If he's not on the web or in the classroom, he's probably drinking a latte and daydreaming about next-generation tablets or ultraportables. If you run across him in the street, do him a favor and invite him out for some samgyupsal (삼겹살). He loves that stuff.
By Sage Lane |
On Monday, Microsoft unveiled the Surface at a Los Angeles event that had been shortly announced and shrouded in mystery. The media in attendance didn’t know whether to be excited or frustrated, for only hours previously had they been told where the event would be…
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Nothing comes without a cost. I couldn’t help but think that to myself as I looked at the new Retina MacBook Pro. It’s slimmer, more powerful, and packs a whopping 5+ million pixels into a 15″ screen. It’s gorgeous, and all in all, a beautiful, beautiful…
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As of this writing, it has been 682 days since Apple last refreshed the Mac Pro line. To many this is unsurprising. It is at the highest end of the Apple performance and cost spectrum, and provides an amount of power that most…
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Despite being unveiled only one day ago, and still not available to the general public, some have been quick to denounce the Galaxy S III as a disappointment, merely an incremental upgrade, and a missed opportunity. More jaded mouths might even describe it as failure.…
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I am returning my new iPad. It’s not that I don’t like it. I’ve always been a pixel-density devotee, and the new display really does it for me. It’s just that after less than a week, I have come to realize that it doesn’t have…
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Apple’s penchant for minimalism is well known, and it’s a motif that frequently reveals itself in the history of Apple’s design. Most of Apple’s products have followed this progression of minimalism since their introduction. The iMac itself has evolved dramatically in this fashion since it…
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Much of the talk surrounding the iPhone 5 concerns LTE radios, a bigger screen and faster processors. Those are great additions, there is something else that could be added to the phone that could be even more practical. Smartphones are an investment, and we take…
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At 2:00 am I found myself sitting half-naked in my desk chair, staring deeply into the incandescent glow of my monitor as I scanned an email. I had been trying to sell my iMac on craigslist for a few weeks, and I had a bite.…
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The iPad has generated a lot of fans. Perhaps coincidentally, many of those fans reside on the boards of other companies. Since its inception it has been copied ad nauseum. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing as that’s how innovation becomes mainstream. However, I…
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It’s that time of year again, when rumors about the next iPad are in full swing. This year, there are already rumors circulating concerning the display, stating that Apple has moved to Sharp and Samsung from LG for production of their screens. It’s also rumored…
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Among the four Asian Tigers, the one that arguably proves most relevant to the West in terms of consumer technology is Korea. Certainly, those immersed in technology are acquainted with the idea of Korea being a technologically-savvy nation, and are probably even more well-acquainted with…
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It’s about that time of year again, the time of year when little technophiles the world over dream of new gadgets, and electronics companies trek from places far away to descend upon the desert to display their latest wares. Yes, it’s time again for CES,…
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There’s been a lot of press covering Samsung’s apparent penchant for all things Apple. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, one might conjecture that the Korean giant is infatuated with the folks in Cupertino. The patent and trade dress issues concerning the Galaxy…
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Something as simple as buttons should be easy to figure out, right? After watching and waiting for Android to mature, we’re finally seeing the right steps taken in a very fundamental part of the phone. However, there are still a few problems to clean up.…
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2011 has been a landmark year for smartphones and technology as a whole. LTE has gone mainstream and 720p screens have taken over the high end. Ice Cream Sandwich has consumers salivating, and Apple held off on the release of the iPhone 5. Nokia and…
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Few video game franchises are as recognizable as Super Mario. Almost everyone aged five to fifty, geek or non-geek, can readily identify the titular character, and, in most cases, several of his sidekicks. Having debuted in 1981 as Jumpman in Nintendo’s Donkey Kong, Mario and…
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I remember when I was little and I went to the Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas. I must have been seven or eight. I saw a lot of great things on that trip, but nothing was so enthralling as the IMAX theater. The movie we…
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The first photograph was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. It’s a rather fuzzy and unimpressive image, but what can you expect from the first of its kind? It wasn’t until 13 years later in 1839 that the first photograph of a human being…
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I hope that J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz wears flame retardant briefs and slacks, because after his recent statement regarding the Kindle Fire and iPad, he’s going to need protection from the fire and brimstone Apple-haters everywhere are going to be spewing at him. According…
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It surprises me very much whenever I learn that Company X is working on producing a portable media player. It’s not that I lack an affinity for those devices – I’ve owned more than a few – but rather that I feel their survivability is…
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About 6 months ago, HTC released a pair of Facebook branded phones, the Salsa and the ChaCha, for those dedicated to the social network. The rumor mill is now turning again, saying that the Facebook itself is working hard to refresh the idea of a Facebook…
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I recently wrote an article discussing the survivability of multiple platforms within the smartphone industry. I opined that there is ample market share to capture, if the struggling platforms were willing to work to differentiate themselves in a meaningful way. One of those platforms is…
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The state of serious gaming involves two kinds of players: PC and Console. Despite the widespread adoption of mobile gaming, I’m still hesitate to involve any association of depth with it. Regardless of the popularity of smartphones and tablets, the games remain gimmicky, and the…
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The Droid X2, the Droid 3, the Photon 4G, the Droid Bionic, the Atrix II, the Droid Razr. Six phones, six months. Any one of them could be considered flagships based on their specifications, yet none have had the time to establish themselves as such.…
