Recent content by Virtus

It's been a long time since apple did something innovative, so I'm glad to see the fingerprint scanner. It works good enough for most people. So far it takes so long to beat it that the phone would be remotely wiped before the thief could do anything with it. Codes and pattern locks are much...

I'm about to jump into the market for an ultra book. This looks like it might be a really compelling alternative.

... and then everyone will cover it with a black case...

Google - it's in the terms of service. A free service. People should pay attention. Like google maps? Guess what... they track GPS info too. That goes for any of their services. Like your fancy android phone? They scan that too. Like your iPhone? Apple does it too. I don't mind because I agreed...

I'd be surprised if it wasn't gaining steam - yesterday I went into a Best Buy for the first time in over a year and they literally had 10 display tables with laptops and surfaces. All of them were running windows 8. I'm not sure that an average consumer would even know how to buy something with...

It's working already... I feel like snacking on a Kit Kat. I don't think I've had one since last Halloween.

Maybe I'm an optimist, but I like mine.I have a chromecast and a roku 2 plugged into out main TV. We use the roku more that the CC, but the CC is a lot more fun and convenient for two reasons - First is Google Music (which is where all of our music resides). It's easy to cue up songs and...

I hate to say it but I'm waiting for the improved battery life and cooling of the next gen processors before looking at w8 slates again. That's bad to day because there is always something better on the horizon, but in this case it sounds like there are significant improvements coming.

I guess it depends on your business - I work in the financial sector and I'm seeing widespread dabbling into iPads in our firms and our competitor's firms. But most people only need them to quote stocks, show presentations, or pull up client info. There's also a clear shift to web-based tools or...

Yep, count me in the "more-productive" category. Unfortunately, corporate market share is starting to be driven by consumer market share. People get familiar with iPads at home, so now they want to shoehorn them into a productive role at work. Obviously a more capable device like a surface pro...

I've looked at that but I was under the impression that it has a 10" screen - which isn't convenient for me atm.

Well if MS wants to compete they need to get into the 2/3 of the market that's exploding - soon. The nexus 7 is already on gen 2. Google, samsung, and apple have been really quiet about the large tablet arena. Regardless, I think they haven't done a great job explaining what an average...

The funny thing is - just about anyone with mutual funds in their retirement accounts own some microsoft... and apple... and google... But back on topic. I've owned a samsung slate for a couple years (basically is a surface pro, I5, 2GB, wacom, etc...). I like it a lot, but I find myself...

Local streaming would be nice - hopefully plex or xbmc will jump onboard to fix this like they did with AppleTV and Roku. Who doesn't have high speed internet? All streaming devices that use cloud services (netflix, hulu, amazon, etc...) live or die by their connection. Yes, this is targeted...

Wow - there is a lot of misinformation out there (esp in the media). The name of the game with this stick is convenience. Your easy-to-navigate device that you are already using will tell it what to stream off of the internet. That's all it does. Very fast, very simple. That's why it's $35. No...