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Gadgets: The Good, The Bad and the Coming Soon

by Alex David Jimenez

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We’re well on our way into 2014, and with each milestone we pass, the future becomes more, well, nerdy. Nerdy, that is, in the sense of existing on a more technology and algorithm-based plane. The planet around us is growing smaller as more and more of our OS and HTML obsessed brains grow just a little bit larger. The tech world grows faster every day, and it shows. The late 2013 is no exception to the rule, having given us many bright new gadgets, as well as many dull ones.

In a nutshell, here are the better, best, and not-so-good #gadgets of 2013, (as well as the rising stars to watch in 2014) including smart phones, tablets, laptops, gaming systems, wearable tech, apps, mobile operating systems, and other miscellaneous gadgets.


Smart Phones 2013

Winner: Apple iPhone 5s

Runner-up: HTC One

Loser: Blackberry Z10

The one to watch in 2014: Motorola Project ARA

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Graphic courtesy Alex Hillsberg – financesonline.com

Tablets 2013

Winner: Apple iPad Air

Runner-up: Google Nexus 7

Loser: Microsoft Surface RT

The one to watch in 2014: Amazon Kindle Fire HDX

Graphic courtesy Alex Hillsberg - financesonline.com
Graphic courtesy Alex Hillsberg – financesonline.com

Laptops 2013

Winner: Apple MacBook Air 13″

Runner-up: Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus

Loser: Google Chromebook Pixel

The one to watch in 2014: Asus Taichi

Graphic courtesy Alex Hillsberg - financesonline.com
Graphic courtesy Alex Hillsberg – financesonline.com

Gaming Systems 2013

Winner: Sony Playstation 4

Runner-up: Microsoft XBox One

Loser: Ouya

The one to watch in 2014: Oculus Rift

Graphic courtesy Alex Hillsberg – financesonline.com

Wearable Tech 2013

Winner: Pebble Smartwatch

Runner-up: Misfit Shine

Loser: Samsung Galaxy Gear

The one to watch in 2014: Google Glass

Graphic courtesy Alex Hillsberg – financesonline.com

Mobile Apps 2013

Winner: Waze

Runner-up: Blackberry Messenger

Loser: Twitter #Music

The one to watch in 2014: Tinder

Graphic courtesy Alex Hillsberg – financesonline.com

Mobile OS 2013

Winner: Android 4.4 KitKat

Runner-up: Apple iOS 7

Loser: Blackberry BB10

The one to watch in 2014: UBUNTU

Graphic courtesy Alex Hillsberg – financesonline.com

Other Gadgets of 2013

Winner: Google Chromecast

Runner-up: NEST Project

Loser: Hapilabs Hapifork

The one to watch in 2014: Leap Motion

Graphic courtesy Alex Hillsberg – financesonline.com

All graphics are courtesy Finances Online and designed by Ruby Media Corporation

 

 

Filed Under: OPINION, TECHNOLOGY Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Apple, asus, best, Blackberry, chrome book, chrome cast, gadgets, Google, HTC, ios, Leap Motion, microspft, Nest, pebble, playstation, Samsung, tech, technology, Twitter, waze, worst, xbox

Review: Quickoffice for iOS and Android

by Brian Booher

If there is one function that I want most of all in mobile devices in the ability to inter-operate between platforms.  Since I like to get the best of all worlds, in this case iOS and Android, I don’t like the idea of being locked down to a particular device just to be able to do work.  I don’t want to assume that the device I have my work on will be with me at all times, as I have had times where I needed something and the device I had at the time didn’t have that item I wanted as it was on something else.  This is why I have come to enjoy “Quickoffice”.

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Quickoffice is not anything new as for coming onto the app platforms, it has been out for a few years.  Google  bought them back in June 2012.  If you don’t remember this app from last year, here is the original logo.

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I’ll be honest that I had forgotten about Google buying this app last year, so I thought this was a completely new app.  Oh how time flies.

The biggest thing they do promote in the app, regardless of platform, is signing into your Google Drive account, so you can make documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on your phone and have it uploaded to Google Drive to be accessible from a web browser or another device.  You do have the ability to save directly on the device, but as suggestion, it would be best to save to both for backup purposes.  Saving directly to your phone will allow for offline access in case you are in an area that does not have cell phone service, like a subway.

During my testing of both iOS and Android versions of the app, I found it to be very simple to use.  The document creator was as simple as tapping on the screen to pull up the keyboard and type away.  The spreadsheet was the same way, only if I wanted to do something like calculations, I would have to search through the list of functions like SUM.  The presentation creator was as simple as double tapping on the cells to create titles and descriptions, just like on a desktop computer.

I wish there were some really awesome functions that isn’t found on any other office productivity app, but I couldn’t find them, though they are probably there and it wouldn’t be a surprise if I told you on this review.

The app is free on iOS App Store and Android Play Store.

The iOS version is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.  One app to rule them all!

If you use Apple’s productivity apps like Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, I say give Quickoffice a try.  Look at it as more of a backup of your documents to the cloud where you are not locked down to a single location.  iCloud is a good place to store your documents, but it’s only viewable on an Apple product.  There might come a time where you need a document, but don’t have access to an Apple device.  Whereas iCloud gives only 5GB of free storage, Google Drive begins with 15GB of free storage.  Any documents that you make on Google Drive does not count to your storage, although I want to say that I am not sure if documents you make on your phone or tablet will count.  I will research that and update soon.

So go out there and have fun with making documents on the go, if there is a fun side to that.

Have Fun and Geek Out!

Filed Under: TECHNOLOGY Tagged With: android, app store, Apple, documents, Google, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, keynote, numbers, office, pages, play store, quickoffice

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