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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Open letter from Steve Jobs, re: Adobe Flash

Steve Jobs is sick of getting asked about Adobe Flash. You could see it all over his face in the Q&A after the iPhone 4.0 preview, when he faced questions about it. He’s even been quoted behind...

Apple buys chipmaker Intrinsity for a steal, readies for speed war?

Apple sure seems to be in a spending mood these days. The company spent as much as $100 to 200 million to buy Siri, a virtual assistant applications developer. Now the New York Times confirms that it...

HP implying WebOS tablets on tap? (Already?)

That didn’t take long for brand new speculation to surface. Brian Humphries, HP’s vice president of strategy and corporate development, set some tongues wagging during the conference call about the...

Viral Vid: 99-year-old loves her iPad

While the bloggers and tech fans still debate the worthiness of the Apple iPad, some — like 99-year-old Virginia Campbell — have taken the plunge. This tablet is the senior citizen’s first computing...

Lufthansa to iPhone 4G "loser": Escape from your woes to Germany

I hardly know what to say to this. My pal Marin over at IntoMobile just posted something that had me do a doubletake.  Let’s say you were the dude who lost the next-gen iPhone at a German biergarten...

The 4G Cheatsheet, pt 2: Where we at with all this?

In Part 1, I listed several key 3G and 4G technologies. But those terms don’t mean much without some context, so here’s a quick look at where our Fab Four (major) carriers are with their 4G efforts...

The 4G Cheatsheet, pt 1: WiMax, LTE, etc. What is this stuff?

When the “iPhone 4G” prototype surfaced recently, I got a few questions like, “Really? Apple’s releasing a 4G handset?” (For the record, no. The “4G” moniker that’s often applied to this device...

How the iPhone "4G" got lost

  Let's face it — Alcohol has been the cause of many, many moments of regret. But for one 27-year-old beer drinker and Apple software engineer, his walk of shame had nothing to do with girls. It was...

iPhone 4.0 OS event in review: Tent poles, OS holes, and people are disappointed

The latest iPhone OS 4.0 announcements may have had a lot of Apple haters sitting back, smiling at their computer screens and feeling validated. But over at Today’s iPhone, the general mood in the...

Apple iPad: Adriana's full review

Overview What's good: The iPad puts several key features (though not all) from netbooks, gaming devices, MP3 players, and e-readers and mashes them into a sleek form factor with a fun, intuitive UI....

iPad apps vs. iPhone apps: GQ, NPR & Epicurious

Is the iPad really just a glorified iPod Touch? Adriana pits 3 iPhone apps against their iPad counterparts, to find out. 

Adriana's first impressions of the iPad

Noah emailed me the other day, asking what I thought of the iPad so far. I responded with some first impressions, and he said: Post it on PhoneDog. And when your editor-in-chief tells you to do...

iPhone 4.0: Apple sends invitations for preview, 4/8

Apple isn't wasting any time. Right on the heels of the iPad launch and all the hoopla surrounding it, the Cupertino company sent out the following invitations today for an event taking place at 10...

Apple iPad Unboxing & Hands-On

Adriana breaks open the iPad box and goes hands-on with some tablet-sized apps. So does it meet the hype, or Is it really just a big iTouch? See for yourself.

iPhone 4.0 Rumor: Multitasking's heading our way, Exposé-style

After being deprived of some key smartphone functionality for so long, it looks like some seriously welcome relief is set to drop this summer via iPhone 4.0. Sourcing “people familiar with Apple's...

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