Author Archives: alexknight

There’s an undeniable problem with the comic book industry that has bugged me since I first became a fan in the 80s. No, I’m not talking about Marvel and DC’s ongoing struggle with transitioning to digital. Growing up through the 80s, I became a lover and loyal fan of comics. I never took part inContinue reading “The Comic Book Industry Could Learn from Apple”

It seems that I always revisit this topic after any iPhone release, and sometimes even after a new iOS update. This time, I seem to be getting a whiff of more reports than usual of battery drain issues than on a typical major iPhone release. When the iPhone 4S was announced a couple weeks back,Continue reading “Exploring Supposed iPhone 4S Battery Issues”

Andy Rubin doesn’t think we should be talking to our phones. Yes, okay Andy, you are entitled to your opinion — however wrong it may be. I don’t believe that your phone should be an assistant. Your phone is a tool for communicating. You shouldn’t be communicating with the phone; you should be communicating withContinue reading “Sorry Andy, the Future Is Voice Dictation”

Currently you can’t delete individual or select groups of photos from your iCloud Photo Stream, which is rather unfortunate. You can however backup photos that are not currently in your Photo Stream, if you use iPhoto 9.2 or newer on your Mac. I didn’t discover this by reading any documentation, but rather by stumbling overContinue reading “Backing Up Your iPhoto Library to iCloud’s Photo Stream”

On Wednesday morning, I happily connected my iPhone 4 to my MacBook Pro via the USB cable, for the very last time. I fired up iTunes and clicked “Check for Updates” at 10am PST, hoping that I would be able to successfully download iOS 5. After a bit if waiting, I was able to grabContinue reading “iOS 5 Bugs”

Watching Tim Cook present for the first time during this week’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event was really interesting. Although we’ve seen Cook speak at several previous events, this was his first time in the lime-light. Let me preface this piece with one important factor: I will not attempt to compare Tim with Steve. These twoContinue reading “A Loss for Words”

The way I see it, the iPhone 4, 14 months after its release is still the best smartphone on the market, as far as overall design is concerned. It’s incredibly hard to imagine how Apple could drastically improve on its current design in any meaningful way. The requisite improvements are always expected from us —Continue reading “The Case for A Larger iPhone Display”

For as long as I can remember, I have been an audiophile. I believe my obsession with audio quality started a couple years into learning how to play the electric guitar; about 18 years ago. Up until last month, I was still purchasing CDs from a local small shop specializing in Metal, and of courseContinue reading “Rdio and Streaming Music Services”

What if we got rid of our iMacs and MacBooks as we know them? Imagine a future in which your primary computing device is an iPad. For advanced tasks, when you are connected via your home WiFi, you could tap an app on your iPad and simply swipe and move it off the screen ontoContinue reading “A Future Where iMacs And MacBooks Don’t Exist”

There’s no doubt that Android has been a success as far as pure activation of handsets is concerned. There’s one major stumbling block among the plethora of device manufacturers that I see, and that is how they can differentiate between competitive devices running the same OS. This is by no means an easy feat, soContinue reading “The Android Device Disruption Conundrum”