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About Sam Byford

I'm Sam, and I'm a reporter for the Verge based in Tokyo. I like photography, cats, electronic music, coffee, videogames, K-pop and ramen.

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Sam Byford

On The Verge since Nov 07, 2011

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Yeah! My X100 is my favourite camera, hands-down. Excellent image quality, compact size, and a ton of fun to use. If that used one is in decent condition I’d say go for it.

about 20 hours ago on Beginning Photography: Mirrorless or Point N' Shoot?
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Posted: Construction on world's tallest building to begin next month and end this year

1 day ago 137 comments
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Posted: HTC One 'Google Edition' with stock Android reportedly in the works

2 days ago 472 comments
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Posted: E Ink shows off Spectra three-color electronic paper displays

3 days ago 17 comments
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You’re not going to be able to take pictures with much in the way of bokeh with any point-and-shoot. For an inexpensive option, I’d suggest an older Micro Four Thirds camera with the 20mm f/1.7 lens.

3 days ago on Beginning Photography: Mirrorless or Point N' Shoot? 2 replies
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Posted: Kim Dotcom accuses Google, Facebook, and Twitter of violating his two-step security patent

3 days ago 101 comments
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Posted: Qualcomm resurrects Mirasol reflective displays with new 576 ppi smartphone panel

4 days ago 74 comments
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Posted: Xbox One game discs are only used for initial installation, fee charged for second account

4 days ago 285 comments
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Posted: Five years on from HD-DVD's failure, the Xbox One has a Blu-ray drive

4 days ago 43 comments
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Posted: Exposing the beauty of deadly disease through medical photography

5 days ago 7 comments
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Posted: 'Breaking Bad' creator Vince Gilligan is 'grateful as hell' for Netflix binge-watching

6 days ago 49 comments
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Posted: Oldest cache of water on Earth may give clues to early life forms

9 days ago 56 comments
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Posted: Google's new Hangouts app will come to Glass

10 days ago 6 comments
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Posted: Chat apps go corporate: Japan's Line signs voice call deal with nation's biggest carrier

11 days ago 3 comments
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Posted: Play Atari's classic 'Breakout' right inside Google Image Search

12 days ago 14 comments
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Posted: Google Play Games allegedly leaks with achievements, cloud saves, and in-game chat

14 days ago 276 comments
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Posted: ESPN wants you to watch more sports, even if it has to subsidize your data plan

16 days ago 47 comments
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Agreed. I was citing that as an example of something which is also really unlikely to happen.

17 days ago on Sony makes first net profit in five years despite falling demand for core products 1 reply 3 recommends
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Sony is still a consumer electronics company, and you’ll see Nintendo start making iPhone games before that stops being the case. Kaz Hirai’s plan is all about focusing on and turning around its core electronics businesses, including TVs and so on. Sony could probably be a pretty awesomely profitable mash-up of game developer and insurance firm if it wanted to be, but I don’t think it does.

17 days ago on Sony makes first net profit in five years despite falling demand for core products 2 replies 1 recommend
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Posted: Sony makes first net profit in five years despite falling demand for core products

17 days ago 54 comments
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This press release? http://www.nokia.com/us-en/support/product/lumia900/?sf12575737=1

Some had the update, as I mention, but not everyone.

17 days ago on AT&T Lumia 900 finally gets Windows Phone 7.8 update 1 reply 9 recommends
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Posted: AT&T Lumia 900 finally gets Windows Phone 7.8 update

17 days ago 38 comments
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Posted: SpaceX signs three-year deal with Spaceport America to test Grasshopper reusable rocket

18 days ago 2 comments
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Posted: Caesars Palace confirms ban on Google Glass-wearing gamblers

18 days ago 95 comments
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Posted: Subsidized Fitbit Flex comes to Japan with $5-a-month SoftBank Healthcare plan

19 days ago 3 comments
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Posted: Point and click to take down Nixon in 'Watergate: The Video Game'

19 days ago 2 comments
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Posted: First 3D-printed gun fired on video, blueprint files available to download

20 days ago 621 comments
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There’s one in the second sentence!

I think I had a little more fun than Trent did, though I’m not sure there’s a format in the world that’d get me to see Ice Age 4.

20 days ago on The sights, smells, and sprays of 'Iron Man 3' in 4DX
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Posted: The sights, smells, and sprays of 'Iron Man 3' in 4DX

23 days ago 80 comments
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Posted: EA Sports' 'Madden NFL' franchise to skip Wii U this year

24 days ago 74 comments