A couple of weeks ago I received my freshly minted OnePlus 2 phone. I won an invite because of the efforts of our internship program. They are building software for an exhibit to open June 2016 at the St. Louis Science Center. You can see a video about this project here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fai3SzTIYn4). The OP2 sports […]
Tag Archives: Chrome OS
Pixelated
At the beginning of 2013, I was thrilled to receive the new Google designed Pixel. It was, and still is, a pleasure to use. I have written about it many times the last two years with very little negative to say about it. Many harped on its few weaknesses, primarily battery life and getting a […]
Broken: Multiple User Accounts in Chrome
Google: Multi-account use in Chrome OS is broken. You should talk to his brother Android, he has it all figured out… I use Chrome OS all day, every day, 50% of my waking moments are using Chrome OS. I perform my job with it, I communicate with my grown children with it, I watch a little […]
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Toshiba CB2
I have written hundreds of articles and dozens of reviews over the years. I can honestly say that reviewing the Toshiba 13” FHD Chromebook 2 has been the most difficult. The difficulty has arisen from a number of directions. On one hand Toshiba has directly addressed many of the gripes chromebook users have had (IPS […]
Samsung Chromebook 2 11 and HP 11, Better Than The Dell?
Last week I contrasted the Samsung CB2 13” with my stable of Chromebooks and my Chromebox. I purchased a couple of additional Chromebooks for our Intern Hackathon prizes. I took the opportunity to try the units and get some impressions fresh off of the other review. I think this allowed me to quickly and efficiently […]
How Does Samsung’s Chromebook 2 13″ Really Work?
When a product category has matured to the point of multiple good offerings from many manufacturers, comparing devices gets more difficult but more fun. Last year I was contrasting the Pixel to the original Samsung Chromebook and the Lenovo 131e, not exactly a fair fight. Sort of like Germany playing Portugal in the World Cup […]