My haunted Roomba S9+ kept me up all night and iRobot says there’s no way to fix it

[ad_1] I’m going to tell you that my Roomba S9 Plus is haunted, but don’t dwell on the haunting. The buttons are stuck, which may or may not be related. I have been living with the haunted Roomba and its broken buttons since last year, when it was still under warranty, but it only recently…

Byphilip.berne@futurenet.com (Philip Berne)April 13, 20240Comments

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Motorola Razr 2023 review – a flipping cool phone that you can afford

[ad_1] Motorola Razr 2023: One-minute review The Motorola Razr knocked my socks off when I first saw it last year, and it’s remained one of my top three phone designs of the past year (the other two being OnePlus phones). I love the color options, I dig the feel of the ‘vegan leather’ finish,…

Byphilip.berne@futurenet.com (Philip Berne)March 24, 20240Comments

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No Pixel 8? Then Google might not really care about you and your old Pixel

[ad_1] If you have an older Pixel phone and you’ve been wondering when the newest Pixel features would finally be arriving, I have … news! It might be this week, but probably not. There is no rhyme or reason to Google’s Pixel feature drop, and confusion about features like circle-to-search portends deeper problems. Google made…

Byphilip.berne@futurenet.com (Philip Berne)March 9, 20240Comments

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Hands on: Google Gemini hands-on: the new Assistant has plenty of ideas

[ad_1] Google has replaced its Google Assistant with a new AI-based tool, Gemini, at least for those of us in the US daring enough to download the new app. I tried Gemini on my Pixel 8 Pro, testing it side-by-side against the older Google Assistant on my OnePlus 12. The experience is changing very quickly,…

Byphilip.berne@futurenet.com (Philip Berne)February 17, 20240Comments

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Whatever you do, don’t buy a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

[ad_1] Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra is finally here, and on my list of the best phones you can buy it is the best phone overall. On paper it doesn’t look like a huge upgrade over the Galaxy S23 Ultra, and in some ways even seems a step backwards. Should you just buy last year’s Ultra…

Byphilip.berne@futurenet.com (Philip Berne)February 10, 20240Comments

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I bought a car without Apple CarPlay and I don’t miss it at all – that’s a problem

[ad_1] I bought a car that is so old that it doesn’t have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, and I love it. It’s an older BMW, and it has USB but nothing fancy. I use the built-in navigation system for maps, Bluetooth for music, and you know what? I don’t miss CarPlay at all. In…

Byphilip.berne@futurenet.com (Philip Berne)February 3, 20240Comments

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OnePlus 12 review: the coolest phone you can buy, if you dare

[ad_1] OnePlus 12: Two-minute review The OnePlus 12 is cool, there is no doubt about it. It looks gorgeous, and OnePlus has somehow managed to set itself apart from the slew of slabs that clutter store shelves with one of the sweetest color options I’ve ever seen on a phone, along with a design…

Byphilip.berne@futurenet.com (Philip Berne)February 2, 20240Comments

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Samsung Galaxy S23 FE review – buy this phone instead of that other one

[ad_1] Galaxy S23 FE: Two-minute review (Image credit: Future / Philip Berne) If you ask Samsung folks what the ‘FE’ in Galaxy S23 FE stands for, they’ll tell you it no longer stands for ‘Fan Edition’; it doesn’t stand for anything. I’m telling you this really is a Galaxy S23 for the fans.…

Byphilip.berne@futurenet.com (Philip Berne)December 8, 20230Comments

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The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is here to run AI on your next phone, whatever that means

[ad_1] Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset at its Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2023 in Maui. The company paid for my trip to the island to check out the next platform that will power phones that could include the Galaxy S24, the OnePlus 12, and many more of the best phones we expect…

Byphilip.berne@futurenet.com (Philip Berne)October 25, 20230Comments

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OnePlus Open review: the only foldable phone that doesn’t compromise

[ad_1] OnePlus Open: Two-minute review (Image credit: Future / Philip Berne) The OnePlus Open is the first tablet foldable phone that feels right. All the ‘Folds’ that came before, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the Pixel Fold most recently, feel wrong. They’re shaped funny when closed: the Galaxy is too narrow; the…

Byphilip.berne@futurenet.com (Philip Berne)October 19, 20230Comments