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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Android app review: TED

TED is an acronym for Technology, Entertainment, Design. The gatherings, also known as TED Talks, are an annual conference at which some of the brightest minds in the world discuss science,...

Android app review: Hot or Not

I'm ashamed to be writing this because I have to admit that I knew what this app was before downloading it. Hot or Not is a website where people post pictures of themselves and others rate their...

Android weaponry

There are many kinds of geeks in the world: phone geeks, computer geeks, physics geeks, film geeks, renaissance faire geeks, comic book (sorry, graphic novel) geeks, music geeks, etc. The cataloging...

Android app review: NesEmu

A Nintendo on my telephone? Yeah, kid. You read that right. What may seem like tragically hip kitsch to some a few years ahead of me (and probably like ancient, pathetic history to those a few years...

Attack of the Android soundboards

After the success of the flatulence apps in the iPhone App Store and Android Market, it was bound to happen: soundboards of a less disgusting variety are being developed, published, and are gaining...

Android multi-touch: it will happen

Remember that video from a while back that demonstrated rudimentary multi-touch support on a G1that basically amounted to unreliable finger painting? Well, it's happened incrementally, but the tech...

Verizon lights a fire under the old home phone

February first will see the launch of the Verizon Hub - a VoIP home phone replacement that works through virtually any broadband connection. As you can see below, it's a slick device that combines a...

Android app review: Craigslist Checker

It's about time one of these came along, and I'm happy to say that it's been done right. The app has five tabs: search, listings, saved listings, saved searches, and location. As you can probably...

Android app review: Google's Astrid

Astrid is a cute little to-do list and reminder program that probably takes the title as the most reliable of such apps available in the Android Market. I've indicated before what a huge supporter I...

Close-ups of Sapphire (G2)

If you liked our post stuffed with snaps of HTC's '09 lineup, take a look at these fairly clear shots of the phone previously listed as Sapphire. Thanks to recent news about the Kogan Agora, I think...

BlackBerry Storefront now accepting applications

That is, applications filled out by a person who wants to sell a product; and apps, as in the kind that run on your cell phone. Though it will be a little while before the unveiling, this signals one...

Poll: T-Mobile's customer service

Last week, I was stood up by a T-Mobile supervisor who was supposed to call me back in regards to my fifth G1, which was sent to a state I haven't lived in since 2003. You know I've got some posts...

Nokia's N79 Active model helps you stay fit

So there are a host of products that a person can wear during exercise to measure heart rate, body temp, distance traveled, steps taken, etc. Many people, myself included, like to wear an MP3 player...

Rumor: Dell, making phones?

This is one of those possibility-due-to-association type of rumors. After Dell's hiring of Motorola's Ron Garriques in 2007, some speculation about the company's entry into the mobile game has...

Bolt brings better browsing to dumb phones

Yeah, feature phone sounds a lot better. But when you're trying to hit the web on a low-end handset, feature doesn't really describe the experience, does it? I just installed a beta version of a new...

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