Adriana Lee

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Adriana Lee

Adriana Lee, a journalist and admitted gadget freak, has covered everything from business and tech trends to fashion and pop culture. Published in consumer and trade titles, she’s been showing people how to get stuff done for more than 10 years. And she’ll argue with anyone who sees mobile tech as just an accessory. To her, it’s a lifestyle choice.

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AT&T's Facebook page overwhelmed by angry subscribers

  Dumbest. Move. Ever. Some brainiac in the AT&T public relations department decided it would be a good idea to add a little “sump’in sump’in” to the corporate email that went out to customers...

Smartphone wars: iPhone is dead, long live WinPho!, says Microsoft

I once complained to my hubbo about how Android and iPhone owners (as well as users of BlackBerry and WebOS, to a lesser degree) go at each other. To me, the platform wars were inane. Silly, even....

Someone had to go first: iPhone 4/FaceTime porn is a reality

Before I dive into this, let’s get one thing straight: I do not use my phone for porn. I know that some people are into this gray area, whether that’s “sexting,” MMSing racy stuff or something else....

Amid the flurry of advanced phones, one device boldly goes the opposite way

I’m in awe over something really simple, and I’m not 100 percent sure why. This cellie, called John’s Phone, holds no fuss, no muss and, well, not really much of anything outside calls. No LCD. No...

Accessory review: Wrapsol Ultra phone skins

I am spectacularly bad at applying skins to my phone. No matter what I do or how long I squeegee the bubbles out, I still wind up with nasty air pockets and lint stuck in between the film and my...

Holy smokes!: A mongo spreadsheet of specs for every Android device

This week, an unbelievable item caught my eye. Is seems Portable Electronics Ltd. has done the unthinkable — it compiled specs from every Android device on the market, both here in the U.S. and...

Do iPhone owners "get lucky" more often? Are Androiders lying cheats?

iPhone owners may tend to love their phones more than any other smartphone user, but it looks like the handsets aren’t the only things they’re loving. [Cue Marvin Gay’s “Sexual Healing.”] The online...

Smartphone addiction, part deux: Acceptance is the cure

Noah’s illuminating post a couple weeks ago, “Overcoming smartphone addiction” (Aug 2), gave me a lot of food for thought. I’ve been more aware of my own usage patterns ever since I read it, and in...

Behind the scenes: BlackBerry Torch event

[NOTE: This post isn’t actually about the BlackBerry Torch 9800 device itself. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at how the media event coverage came together, and how two different devices assisted in...

First Look: Samsung Epic 4G (Sprint)

Adriana gets a quick look at the hardware on the beta model of the Samsung Epic 4G, an Android slider that is Sprint's second 4G smartphone. Will this device, with 1 GHz Hummingbird processor,...

Adriana's First Impressions: Samsung Epic 4G (beta)

A couple of questions have come my way about the Epic 4G, a beta version of which I got to see today in person. I have a vid in the works for this later on (and a photo gallery posted already), but I...

Gallery: Samsung Epic 4G

I just got back from a Sprint meeting, where the reps offered me a peek at the pre-release beta of the Epic 4G, the carrier’s much-anticipated Galaxy S phone. I managed to shoot some footage, so...

BlackBerry Torch 9800 (AT&T) - Hands-on/Demo from media event (NYC)

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 slider phone, with both touchscreen and hardware QWERTY, offers a major new form factor plus reimagined OS: BlackBerry 6. So will this new handset and software revamp be...

Adriana's First Impressions: BlackBerry Torch 9800 (AT&T)

Just got back from the BlackBerry media event in New York City, where I got an up-close look at the new Blackberry Torch RIM’s first slider phone, with touchscreen and hardware QWERTY...

BlackBerry Torch 9800 Launch Event Gallery

I'm on location at the BlackBerry/AT&T media event in New York City, where RIM has announced the BlackBerry Torch 9800, complete with BlackBerry 6.  Check out the gallery below for pictures from...

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