John Walton

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John Walton

John Walton is a student and writer who spends most of his free time fingerpicking an acoustic guitar and authoring biographical snippets in the third-person. He lives with his wife and their cat, who are, like him, compulsive movers/travelers. He is passionate about open source software, learning to speak Thai, and watching poker tournaments on television (WPT).

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John's Motorola Droid review

Overview What's good: Android 2.0 with Google Navigation; 3.7" WVGA capacitive display at 480 X 854 is visually stunning and sensitive to the touch; 5 MP cam has dual LED flash; 3.5 mm audio jack; ...

What up, Droid?

Things have gotten so crazy in the word of Android over the last month or two that it can be difficult at times to simply keep up with a single day's news. And while Aaron, Adriana, Noah, and now...

Samsung Behold 2: John's unboxing and hands-on

Well, I'm not a big fan of the plastic panel on the front... or it is real brushed metal? Wait, no... it's plastic... right? I'm kinda wishing the entire casing was made of metal, but the phone feels...

HTC Eris: John's unboxing and first impressions

I have to admit that I wasn't very excited about this phone. I had reviewed the European Hero and Sprint's CDMA version, and a proximity sensor - although nice - wasn't the bump in specs I was hoping...

Motorola Droid: What about my media?

If you just bought a Droid and it's your first Android device, you're probably still busy getting used to the interface, setting up all of your email accounts, calendars, and the like, and possibly...

John's Samsung Omnia HD i8910 review

Overview What's good: the 3.7" AMOLED touch-screen at 360 x 640 pixels looks fantastic; the 8 MP cam is probably the best I've used on a phone - for still photos and video, which are easily shared;...

John unboxes the Samsung Moment (Sprint)

Here she is; Sprint's vanilla Android alternative to the Hero. With a full hardware QWERTY, an 800 MHz processor, and a luscious AMOLED display, I'd say Moment is a good contender. I'll be passing...

Motorola DEXT available for order in UK

The European version of the Motorola Cliq, DEXT, is available for order at a site called Phones4U, and will ship October 9th on Orange. As can be seen at the site and in the screen shots below, there...

Archos 5 pre-sale at BestBuy.com

Here they are: priced at $299, $379, $399, and $499, the Android-powered line of Archos 5 Internet Media Tablets. Outfitted, respectively, with 16, 32, 160, and 500 GB of storage. There's only a...

John's Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Black review

Overview What's good: great looks; 3.2 MP auto-focus cam; MMS; Wi-Fi; Bluetooth, FM radio; accelerometer; proximity sensor; resistive touch screen is pretty sensitive; under $300; cool new home...

Tubaloo: Android VoIP via 3G

Amidst the storm of debates surrounding the FCC's investigation of Apple's refusal to allow Google Voice into the Apple App Store and the befuddlement over the tech giant's acceptance of the Vonage...

A look at Tubaloo for Android

If you missed it, be sure to check out my post, Tubaloo: Android VoIP via 3G. There you'll find more general information about the app and a quick bit of context. I heard about Tubaloo several...

Samsung's WEP470 and 870 bluetooth headsets

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been bouncing back and forth between Samsung's new WEP470 bluetooth earpiece ($39.99), and their WEP870 ($89.99). I did not get a chance to check out the middle...

T-Mobile roadmap shows Cliq and Huawei

For those who have been following Cliq news, this newly leaked rodmap from a T-Mo insider doesn't look quite right. It indicates that the phone will be selling in November, but another credible leak...

myTouch 3G: T-Mo's big push

They launched it with skydivers. They advertized it with icons. Now, T-Mo is pushing the myTouch with...Oprah? Yup. Check out the screenshot below of T-Mobile's site and you'll see a blurb reminding...

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