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Trickyd

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    I would have thought that the unsightly notch on the iPhone would outweigh any 'disadvantages' of the pixel's

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple iPhone 13 Pro vs. Google Pixel 6 Pro: An Update – 80 Comments

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    Like the previous poster , I'm having no real issues with the 6 Pro and love the new cameras , just wish they

    Posted 3 months ago on Google starts rolling out February 2022 Pixel updates – 10 Comments

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    Had mine a few weeks now and generally agree with Paul's points - camera much improved over Pixel 5 with the 4

    Posted 5 months ago on Google Pixel 6 Pro Review – 50 Comments

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    Yes you can , works fine for me with a Dbrand Grip case

    Posted 5 months ago on Google Pixel 6 Pro Review – 50 Comments

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    I think the finger print reader issues are overblown. For me it is at least as fast as my pixel 5 which was po

    Posted 6 months ago on Google Issues Partial Fix for Pixel 6 Fingerprint Sensor Issues – 47 Comments

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    It all depends what you want/need from your phone, I for one am glad that Google bucked the trend to only offe

    Posted 1 year ago on Pixel Imperfect (Premium) – 27 Comments

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    I've had my UK sorta sage Pixel 5 for a week now and it's standing up to normal use without a case w

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    The forthcoming 5G 4A will be the XL version in all but name , I for one have been waiting for these phones fo

    Posted 1 year ago on The Problem with the Pixel 4a (Premium) – 67 Comments

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    Very interesting , would like to hear more about the Google Wi-Fi and how well it works in Stone or Brick buil

    Posted 1 year ago on Paul’s Tech Makeover: Powerline Networking (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    Samsung in the UK have actually let you buy the S10/S10+ when that came out at the price less trade-in value o

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    In reply to lvthunder:In firefox 68.02 Across Ghostery, AdBlock Plus and UBlock Origin , I'm showing abou

    Posted 2 years ago on Firefox 69 Arrives with Enhanced Tracking Protection on by Default – 5 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Ok thanks for explaining that, I guess the real lesson is that standards should always b

    Posted 3 years ago on Qualcomm Found Guilty of Antitrust Abuse – 22 Comments

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    I rather doubt that Apple would license their A9 chips to anyone else so if Qualcomm choose to apply condition

    Posted 3 years ago on Qualcomm Found Guilty of Antitrust Abuse – 22 Comments

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    Thanks Mehedi, It's turned up on Keep for me in the UK today , still waiting for Calendar and still hopin

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Calendar and Keep Get Dark Mode on Android – 2 Comments

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    Spot on about it being customers that have chosen to pay for services (ad-free) I happily subscribe to YouTube

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    What's with the USB 2.0 ports? a couple of USB-C's and another USB 3.0 would be much more useful. i

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:Good points, switching focus is highly disruptive, I think whilst working I have split i

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    Maybe its just me but I'm not sure why you'd want notifications on windows as well ... I have them o

    Posted 3 years ago on Phone Notification Sync is Rolling Out to Windows 10’s Your Phone App – 19 Comments

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    This whole thing was very irritiating and wasteful - how many extra Roku sticks were bought to replace firetv

    Posted 3 years ago on YouTube is Coming Back to Amazon Fire TV – 22 Comments

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    Does it allow you to paste links into the Address bar yet? That was the bit of Edge sheer stupidity that alway

    Posted 3 years ago on Living on the (New) Edge: Favorites – 17 Comments

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    looks very cool, I'd happily do without the front facing camera on any phone so this is a good start.

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung’s Galaxy A80 Brings the Company’s First New Infinity Display and Rotating Camera – 18 Comments

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    Polar bands are tough and outlive the devices themselves in my experience , that said it would be nice if manu

    Posted 3 years ago on When Customer Support is Your Achilles Heel (Premium) – 25 Comments

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    Interesting and a good point for Spotify. I also have hundreds of ripped cd's plus downloaded lossless fi

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Use Your Own Music in Spotify – 28 Comments

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    Just when dark mode is becoming really popular , Google start pushing out a white/bland mode......

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Drive’s Latest Material Redesign Revamp Starts Rolling Out – 2 Comments

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    It's maybe not all bad my last 2 phones (Nexus 6P and Galaxy S8) have been USB-C and my laptops (HP and T

    Posted 3 years ago on USB Couldn’t Be More Screwed Up (Premium) – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:I'm surprised it's that high , when google fell out with Amazon and stopped yo

    Posted 3 years ago on Amazon Claims Over 30 Million Fire TV Users – 9 Comments

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    Great news and brings it into line with Azure Devops Git repos (formerly Visual Studio online) which have alwa

    Posted 3 years ago on GitHub’s Free Users Will Now Be Able to Make Private Repositories – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Eric_Rasmussen: "OS X. It works across all Apple hardware sold in the last 10 years, and if a prog

    Posted 3 years ago on Why Windows 10 on ARM Matters (Premium) – 54 Comments

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    They've taken their time on this - Firefox has had dark mode support for ages - one of the reasons I swit

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Chrome Getting a Native Dark Mode in Windows 10 – 5 Comments

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    I think the reliabibility issue really matters even more than the pricing and is a bit like cars - if you have

    Posted 3 years ago on Google, We Need to Talk About the Pixel 3 Lite (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    I'd be interested in a colour laser version - I presently use an HP colour laser in a similar mode as Pau

    Posted 3 years ago on HP Tango First Impressions – 29 Comments

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    In reply to Nonmoi:Have you tried the Language support for Java by RedHat extension? Works great on Windows fo

    Posted 3 years ago on Visual Studio Code Gets Better MacOS Support, Multiline Search – 4 Comments

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    In reply to Sprtfan: If you agree to the license you agree to the terms of it , no one forced anyone to licen

    Posted 3 years ago on Google’s Response to the EU is Brilliant (Premium) – 61 Comments

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    This was the EU doing what it does best - ignoring real consumer issues in favour of pointless stuff like this

    Posted 3 years ago on Google’s Response to the EU is Brilliant (Premium) – 61 Comments

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    In reply to dcdevito:Some of the lower level ThinkPads have backlighting as an option like on my E480 so it ca

    Posted 3 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme First Impressions – 44 Comments

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    With the abysmal new Skype version the phrase "polishing a turd" springs to mind , any product that's so

    Posted 3 years ago on Now Microsoft Will Kill Skype 7 in November – 26 Comments

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    When Google blocked YouTube on Amazon Fire Sticks (Is it still blocked? I haven't checked in ages) , I re

    Posted 3 years ago on Roku Announces New Set-Top Boxes, Google Assistant Compatibility – 7 Comments

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    In reply to DocPaul:Too true - and online retailers are often just as bad - I tend to buy shirts online in bul

    Posted 3 years ago on The Thing About Amazon (Premium) – 32 Comments

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    Well as someone I know always says "what's for you won't go past you" , maybe it's just meant t

    Posted 3 years ago on Coincidence (Premium) – 46 Comments

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    I was wondering where the fingerprint sensor is , but apparently its side mounted presumably on the power butt

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung’s New Galaxy Phone Has a Triple Camera Setup – 29 Comments

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    This will become a more prevalent consideration and is not unlike the scenario where some product or flavour t

    Posted 3 years ago on Evernot? The Problem with Cloud Services (Premium) – 33 Comments

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    Having used browser Gmail for about 13 years I just don't see any issue with it , its always been solid ,

    Posted 3 years ago on No, I Will Not Use Gmail (Premium) – 36 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:Probaby means these adapters use a lot more power and resources than a plain old headpho

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    Max doesn't sound classy/elegant enough to be used by Apple? Not to mention 'Max' sounding like

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    A bit harsh calling the iPhone 4 'incredibly buggy' I absolutely loved mine and had no issues whatso

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    In reply to wright_is:I had the same experience 10 years ago Parallels was great then it got really buggy and

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    This can happen in life generally - a few years ago my wife was a volunteer counselor at a local women's

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    Great news Brad, and kudos to Microsoft for listening to their users. It's never a good idea trying to ma

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Backtracks, Classic Skype Lives to See Another Day – 20 Comments

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    In reply to wolters: Is the camera issue an Android issue? I get the same camera delays on a Samsung S8, both

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    The Nexus 6P made by Huawei had chronic battery issues (I know I had one even with a giant battery case it wou

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Pixel 2 XL, Round Three (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    Not sure this is worthy of your time Brad , Microsoft bought a pretty decent To-do product - Wunderlist and t

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Continues To Enhance To-Do with new ‘Important’ List – 12 Comments

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    Thanks Brad, nice article on a very useful topic! I am also a big fan of OneNote and Todoist , I will look int

    Posted 3 years ago on Brad’s Productivity Workflow to Avoid Distractions – 20 Comments

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    I've just looked on my Samsung S8 and it's trivially easy to switch to Bing or Yahoo as default sear

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    I had IBM Thinkpads back in the day and loved them, but the Lenovo spyware scandal a few years ago made me wa

    Posted 3 years ago on Lenovo ThinkPad L480 Review – 11 Comments

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    Been there with the moving a Sonos issue , decided to put ours in the lounge to have music for a dinner party

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    Can you try and get Leanpub to get rid of the obnoxious captcha logon they have please which is an irritation

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    Something to switch to then when Google block YouTube on the Amazon FireTV/sticks in January!

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    In reply to jrickel96: I think the specific issue with the 6P is more than just Android's poorer (than iO

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