Tag: Android
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I Used a Physical Keyboard on my Pixel 9 for 7 Months: A Long-Term Clicks Review

Disclaimer: Just like last time, this is still not a paid promotion. I originally paid for the Clicks keyboard in this review out of my own pocket. Same with the other things I mention throughout like the Speck case I was using or the Popsocket accessory I brought up. Thus, I can be as critical and honest…
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When Convenience Works Against Us

Here’s a hypothetical. Let’s say I developed an Android app for you to use. You can download it for free, and I give you two options on how you would rather have the app work: Great, now I’ll give you some time to sit back and decide if you would rather have option 1 or…
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I Used a Physical Keyboard on my Pixel 9 for 3 Weeks: A Clicks Review

Disclaimer: This is not a paid promotion. I paid for the Clicks keyboard in this review out of my own pocket. Thus, I can be as critical and honest about the product as I like. I hope you enjoy. I hinted at it way back when I first started writing about how I turned “The…
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Launcher 10 Relieves my Windows Phone Nostalgia

NOTE: As usual, this is not paid or endorsed in any way. Rather, this is an honest review of an Android launcher after I used it for a while. Because nobody has paid me to express myself, I get to be as honest and critical as I like. I didn’t update on this during my…
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I Tried 3 Spotify Alternatives within a Month. Here’s How They Compare.

I started seriously using Spotify approximately nine years ago. My current account is the one I’ve stuck with through thick and thin, and it has so much of my listening history from over the years. But I’d be lying if I said the grass didn’t look greener sometimes. I believe it was almost two years…
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An Android User Switched to His First iPhone for a Year

I’ve been meaning to write this for a long time now, especially since I’ve had the past few years at this point to reflect on how everything has been since then. In fact, I could argue that writing this personal retrospective now makes me more objective than if I had just switched back to an…
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Transitioning to a “Dumbphone” Part 2!

Deja vu? No, I’ve written about this subject before, but I failed miserably to switch last time. In case anyone forgot, this phone runs Android while featuring the look and feel of a mid-2000s feature phone. It looks like a perfect compromise between wanting to be a digital minimalist while still having a few “smart”…
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Switching to a “Dumbphone”: Challenge Failed

This is a humbling post to make, but as stated in the title: I failed to make the successful switch to a simpler phone. I’ve already spent a week using this phone, the Xiaomi Qin F22 Pro. I previously discussed my attempt to make the full switch a short while back, so I’ll go ahead…
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Transitioning to a “Dumbphone”

I’m not somebody addicted to using a smartphone. In fact, I sort of adopted the digital minimalist mindset around six months ago and started using my existing smartphone, a OnePlus 10 5G, with the amazing Before Launcher. But something told me that wasn’t enough. I felt like I needed to do even more to make…
