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).

Author's latest articles, videos, reviews and more...

HulloMail brings voice-email to Android for free

Launching in the US on the Fourth of July, HulloMail will initially be available to Android users only. iPhone, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile device support will follow. HulloMail converts your...

Which myTouch should I get?

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google will be available for pre-order on July 8th. I plan to be one of the first in the queue. The only problem is that I haven't decided on the only option. I'm not...

Can we expect an Android/Tegra team up?

If you're not familiar with Nvidia's Tegra chip, now would be a good time to tuck that name away somewhere in your memory banks. As Noah showed us at the Nvision 2008 show, Tegra brings Hi-Def video...

Geektech: how to run Android apps under Ubuntu

So you want to see what the Android fuss is about but don't want to ditch your contract or can't afford a new phone? Well you can try out an Android emulator on your Ubuntu computer, and it's really...

John's HTC Touch Cruise review

Overview What's good: small and very pocketable, cool form factor, Footprints, 3.2 MP cam with geo-tagging, D-pad doubles as scroll wheel, TouchFLO, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, bluetooth, 3G.What's bad: Windows...

Palm's Mojo SDK available

This isn't exactly a planned release; the beta of the kit for developing Pre apps was given to a few folks and leaked. But for those who just can't wait to dig in, Check the following links. Get it...

John's Nokia E75 Silver Black review

Overview What's good: 3.5 mm audio/video jack, Internet radio, 3.2 MP camera, video at 30 fps, secondary camera, text-to-speech, long battery life. What's bad: priced way out of range, dual-purpose...

HTC Hero Unveiling

This is my last video from the Hero event in London. I still have one more post coming with all of the specs and nitty gritty on what this thing can do, so be sure to keep an eye out. I know the...

Hands on the Hero and Sense

I have used HTC's new UI, previously known as Rosie, on an over-clocked G1 before - just like a lot of other Android modders out there. I knew it would be quicker on the Hero. I hoped it would be...

Briefing with Horace Luke, part 1

Horace Luke is HTC's Chief Innovation Officer. He heads up the team responsible for the design of the Hero, Diamond, and some other ground-breaking devices. If you hate the chin, this is the man to...

Briefing with Horace Luke, part 2

In this video from HTC's London event, Horace Luke discusses widgets, the browser, HTC's naming conventions, getting the right people together for a job, and the visual design of the user interface....

Briefing with Horace Luke, part 3

Is this video from the briefing with Horace Luke, he covers Flash integration, The Drunken Thumb's contributions to the Hero's lovely keyboard and input interpretation, scenes, the chin, insane...

Quick Hero post from London

I'm back at the hotel post-event, but a cocktail party and dinner are coming soon. I've got a lot of footage to go through after the trip, but hopefully have at least one that's good enough to post...

I'm off to the HTC event in London

Time to go, all. I've got a quick bounce to Seattle, then nine hours to Heathrow. HTC's event takes place on the 24th at 11:00 am London Time, and I'll be reporting *something* not too long after. If...

Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy

I've got to be brief with this post because I'm throwing together some things last minute for my flight to London, where I'm almost positive that I'll be seeing another new Android handset. It's a...

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