Roy Choi is a Southern California native. He has been infatuated with technology reviews ever since he bought his first crummy laptop in the summer of 2000. He's been a writer for 8 years with The Walt Disney Company prior to joining TechnoBuffalo. When he's not writing he enjoys spending time with this wife doing nerdy things. Follow him @TheRealRoyChoi
Hyundai recently invited TechnoBuffalo to test drive the 2015 Hyundai Genesis on the desert highways of Arizona. While many consumers were surprised to see the South Korean auto manufacturer enter the luxury market half a decade ago, sales of the Genesis have never been stronger (245-percent increase in sales since its first year). Though sales are strong, Hyundai figured the Genesis...
Kia invited TechnoBuffalo to take a drive in the Kia K900 around Southern California for the day. And I mean AROUND Southern California. A 163 mile round trip. I enjoyed nearly every moment of that ride.
Which device will you crown as this year's Mobile Madness champs? The BlackBerry Z30 or the LG Nexus 5? You decide.
I was reluctant to believe I’d achieve any large gains over my existing wireless router. I mean honestly how could this little black box improve my connectivity that much?
Which device do you see winning this round? The LG G2 or the LG Nexus 5? You decide.
Which device do you see winning this round? The Moto X or BlackBerry Z30? You decide.
Yesterday's match-up between the LG G2 and the iPhone 5c ended up with the the G2 absolutely crushing the 5c. The vote came down 76 percent in favor of the G2 vs. the iPhone 5c. In most cases, we've discovered its hard for medium to budget devices to beat flagship devices and it appears that is what happened in this case. Up today we have a match-up of two flagship devices, the Nexus 5...
Yesterday's pairing of the Sony Xperia Z2 vs. the BlackBerry Z30 resulted in a win by the Z30. The Z30 will advance on to the next round to go up against the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Today's pairing will feature the LG G2 vs. the iPhone 5c.
Our first grouping of match-ups of this year's Mobile Madness have concluded and we know which 8 devices will face each other in the next round. First up we have the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs. the Moto X. Personally I had these two devices as my favorites of 2013. Each one for different reasons. In fact I carried both phones around for quite a few months.
Yesterday’s match-up between the LG Nexus 5 and the LG G Flex was a complete blow-out. The Nexus 5 ended up beating the G Flex by 82 percent to 18 percent. Probably our largest margin ever in Mobile Madness. I suppose we can attribute the win to more readers preferring a stock version of Android, and maybe the G Flex is just too gimmicky for mass consumption. At any rate the Nexus 5...
Yesterday’s match-up was not as close as our previous one. The iPhone 5c garnered just shy of 70 percent of the votes and the Nokia X+ pulled in 30 percent. While it is nice to see more solid offerings in the budget Android market, like the Moto G and now the Nokia X family of devices, it is obvious most of our fans want to see a more complete Android experience and a device with some...
Yesterday’s match-up featured our closest competition thus far in Mobile Madness 2014. Voting closed with the LG G2 edging out the HTC One by just 2 percentage points. The LG G2 actually was behind by double digits leading up to this morning and slowly carved away HTC’s Lead. The LG G2 will now go on to face the winner of today’s contest, the iPhone 5c or the Nokia X+. There were...
Starbucks opened a new location Monday at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, Calif. While we don’t normally cover Starbucks openings, this location features something different that the folks at Disney and Starbucks wanted to show off to us. We had a chance to chat with Bill Sleeth, Vice President of Design, Americas who was responsible for designing this stylish new Starbucks Store. Bill...
Yesterday’s pairing, the Nokia XL vs. the BlackBerry Z30, ended in a definitive win by the BlackBerry Z30 over the Nokia XL. While the XL looks like most other Nokia devices, and sports Android’s operating system, it certainly falls short of a flagship device. It appears the specs of the XL couldn’t compete against BlackBerry’s Z30 effort. Today’s match up pits the HTC One vs. the LG...
Yesterday’s match-up between the Sony Xperia Z2 and the Nokia Lumia 1520 was fairly close. While the previous match-ups were complete blow-outs (30%+ differece), this round was less lopsided, with the Sony Xperia Z2 advancing to the next round. In fact many users may be surprised the Lumia 1520 stuck closely again Sony’s new flagship phone. It is quite telling how far along the Windows...
Yesterday’s match-up saw the paring of the Moto X vs. the newly announced Samsung Galaxy S5. It may surprise some users but the Moto X won quite handedly. We could chock it up to not many voters having checked out the Galaxy S5, since it has yet to officially launch. Though you have to give the Moto X credit for being one of the most pleasant Android devices to use. Today we pitting...
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 won in a 2 to 1 margin against the HTC One Max in yesterday’s Mobile Madness matchup. Today’s winner will eventually go up against the Galaxy Note 3 in the next matchup. Up today is TechnoBuffalo’s smartphone of the year, the Moto X, vs. the newly announced Samsung Galaxy S5. While the Galaxy S5 is not yet available in stores we do have the hands-on below to...
Pebble was one of the first to launch and produce an effective smartwatch and continues to compete in a market that is bound to become more crowded. Samsung, Sony, Qualcomm and many more players have already entered the market to some arguable degree of success. Even with all these new entrants, Pebble has found a nice sweet spot as a notification accessory to your smartphone. It...
LG announced that it will unveil a trio of L Series smartphones (L90, L70, and L40) during this year’s Mobile World Congress. All three of the new Android devices will launch with Android 4.4 KitKat pre-loaded. The L SeriesIII devices are marketed as mid-range smartphones and won’t be sporting LTE speeds, though the inclusion of KitKat should entice plenty of users to the lineup. We’...
Ford announced four new apps for its in-dash SYNC AppLink during CES 2014. Domino’s Easy Order, ADT, Gracenote HABU, Parkopedia, Parkmobile arrive on Ford’s AppLink equipped consoles. Now you will be able to order pizzas for delivery or pick up, check in on your home or business, adjust your playlist, find and pay for parking space all with voice controls from a Ford vehicle. Ford...