The Samsung Galaxy

Samsung is releasing what I think is the biggest step in smart phones in a long time. The Note Edge is a Note 4 with a small strip of curved screen running down the side.

The screen contains your recent apps and can show twitter feed. It will show the amount of steps you have taken using S Health and all sorts of other things as developers get a hold of it.

I think that the screen will kinda get in the at of the way most people use a phone such as the Note. It takes two hands and when your typing you done wanna have wrap your hand around that screen and hope you don't touch it. I have enough trouble reaching something at the top of my S5 and not touching something with another part of my hand.

What do you guys think. Will it be a good selling innovative idea or will it do OK or will it tank. Leave a comment below.

(Photo Credit: the verge )

My Swap from iPhone to Android

I was nervous for the swap.  I didn't know if I would miss my old phone.  A month has gone by and I can honestly say that I don't miss it at all.

I had my iPhone 5 for the 2 years of my contract and I loved it.  It was my home for all of my information and all of my media consumption. I had all of my data backed up to my Mac and my iPad and I could not imagine not having everything on all my devices.

I went into the AT&T store and wasn't sure what I was going to get when I got there.  I had thought about waiting and seeing if I wanted the iPhone 6 plus (so glad I didn't.).  I began by looking at the Samsung Galaxy Note 3.  I liked the large screen size but my thoughts soon went to would I want to have that everyday.  Would that really be nice a month later having to carry it in my pocket to my job.  I decided to look at the smaller screen of the Samsung Galaxy S5.  I loved the size of the screen it made the iPhone in my hand feel small but didn't feel so big that I would struggle to use it one handed.  I decided to go with the S5.

I got home and did all the normal stuff that you do with a new phone.  Sign into Twitter and all of my other social media accounts and then I started digging into the Google Play Store.  I had not had any interaction with Android in two years and I was a little concerned I would be lost.  I was wrong.  I got right back into it found that everything that I used on my iPhone was right there for use on my new phone.

The days went on and I still liked to use my iPad to watch videos and consume media because I was used to it.  But as I got more used to my phone I began to get away from my iPad.  My biggest concern at the time was battery life watching videos and reading articles for hours a day. This fear is gone now.  I don't ever worry about my battery life anymore like I did on my iPhone.  I get a full days use with no issues at all.  I don't even use my iPad anymore because I have become so used to using my phone for everything.

In conclusion for me the switch was a much needed change.  I wouldn't go to iPhone right now if you dropped one in my lap.