Category Archives: cell/smartphones

12 Useful Gifts Under $50

Posted on 5 November 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

A tight budget doesn’t mean you need to fill stockings with a funny coffee mug, socks, or an impersonal $25 Amazon gift card. Here are a dozen cool new gadgets for less than 50 bucks each. Read all about these … Continue reading →

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SmartTechCheck Podcast: Apple iPhone 12

Posted on 17 October 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

My October 16, 2020 appearance on the SmartTechCheck podcast with host Mark Vena and fellow tech reporters John Quain and Rob Pegoraro. This week we discussed the new Apple iPhone 12. Watch the video on YouTube here, and listen to … Continue reading →

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You Should Upgrade to iPhone 12, Here’s Why

Posted on 13 October 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

Usually, with new Apple iPhone introductions, the question is: “Is it worth upgrading?” But with the iPhone 12, the question of upgrading – even if you own an iPhone 11 – is moot. With 5G now available for iPhone, as well as … Continue reading →

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Huge Changes Coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps

Posted on 22 June 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

Today, at WWDC20, Apple unveiled a multitude of improvements coming to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. The new features will come with the release of iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and MacOS X Big Sur later this year and function across all … Continue reading →

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SmartTechCheck Podcast (6-23-20)

Posted on 17 June 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

My June 23, 2020 appearance on the SmartTechCheck podcast with host Mark Vena and fellow tech reporter John Quain. This week we recapped the recently concluded Apple WWDC. Watch the video of the podcast on YouTube here or listen to … Continue reading →

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5G’s Historically Bizarre Rollout

Posted on 1 June 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

Technology rollouts are often messy. Multiple vendors propose competing (and often incompatible) variations in the hope of capturing the golden ticket to new market dominance. Entrenched interests campaign, lobby against or even legally threaten their eventual replacement. Technology misunderstanding or … Continue reading →

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Apple Unveils a New $399 iPhone SE

Posted on 15 April 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

The words “cheap” and iPhone” rarely appear in the same sentence, but that’s the best way to describe its new $399 Apple iPhone SE. Like the first generation iPhone SE (which starting shipping in March 2016 for $399), the new iPhone SE is … Continue reading →

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TCL Teases Flexible AMOLED Smartphone Prototypes

Posted on 6 March 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

Foldable phones such as the aptly-named Samsung Galaxy Fold, its second-generation successor the Galaxy Z Flip, and the reborn Motorola RAZR, are suddenly…a thing. So self-professed “fast follower” TCL, which will enter the U.S. smartphone market this spring with its … Continue reading →

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Our Favorite 7 Cases for Samsung Galaxy S20 Phones

Posted on 18 February 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

Buying one of the three new Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra phones is an investment,with prices starting at just under $1,000. And like with any sizable investment you make, you’ll want to protect it – in this instance with a … Continue reading →

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My CES 2020 Coverage

Posted on 10 January 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

As I have for the last 35 years or so, I helped cover the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for the official CES Show Daily, published by TWICE. Here is a sampling some of my pre-show and on-the-spot reporting. FCC Chair … Continue reading →

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