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About iCello

Tech & music geek, college student, semi pro Cellist, Android/webOS freak, beginning programmer. I like border collies, frappuccinos, Doctor Who, country and classical music, and robots.

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iCello

On The Verge since Nov 01, 2011

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True… that’s actually what I’m doing.

1 day ago on Oculus VR says plans won't change, as it raises $16 million in venture capital for its virtual reality dreams
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You don’t need to keep it low rez for smartphone support. My 2012 midrange phone powers gaming on a 1080p TV and the 720p screen simultaneously(albeit with a rather low, stuttery framerate,) despite not really being optimized for that and having the Snapdragon S4, which is somewhat old now.

1 day ago on Oculus VR says plans won't change, as it raises $16 million in venture capital for its virtual reality dreams
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Just buy a dev version. If it makes you feel better about doing that, make a game for it on the weekend.

1 day ago on Oculus VR says plans won't change, as it raises $16 million in venture capital for its virtual reality dreams 1 reply
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Didn’t all of those companies have investors, though?

1 day ago on Oculus VR says plans won't change, as it raises $16 million in venture capital for its virtual reality dreams 1 reply 2 recommends
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What do you use for development work on the Pixel? Cloud9 or one of the other IDE’s? Or do you dual boot Linux?

1 day ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more 1 reply
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Yes but the build quality is utter garbage, the screen’s pretty bad, and it just looks cheap. Which it is, so that’s fine… it’s certainly imho the best laptop at its price point, but I want something nicer.

1 day ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more
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I wouldn’t mind a good middle ground from ASUS or Samsung, though of course Google would be better.

1 day ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more
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Yeah, I agree. I want the build quality and design of the Pixel with the specs(or slightly better, preferably) of the Series 3, for $500.

1 day ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more
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Reading a bit too much 1984, eh?

1 day ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more
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Acer.

1 day ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more 1 recommend
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Skype is really a pretty atrocious app, and I think it’s falling in usage.
Plus, in my non-tech savvy part of northern CA, no one except the few nerds use any video calling service.

1 day ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more 1 recommend
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Amazon sells a big number of laptops. And the Kindle Fire is doing pretty well, I believe only the iPad and(possibly, not sure about this) the Nexus 7 have sold more. Sure, Samsung has sold more tablets than Amazon, but they make like 20 or 30, so that’s not a good comparison.

1 day ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more 1 reply
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Yes!!!!!!!! I wish I could recommend this a million times. Every time anyone mentions faster internet someone(usually with a superior, I’m so smart attitude) makes a snarky joke about how fast you will blow through the cap and it infuriates me.

1 day ago on Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced coming soon, but most carriers aren't ready
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You aren’t actually going to download 500MB’s more often than you did before, though.

1 day ago on Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced coming soon, but most carriers aren't ready
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Never gonna happen.

1 day ago on Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced coming soon, but most carriers aren't ready
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Explore. Race. Build. Develop. I don’t know, there’s a lot off possibilities.

2 days ago on The guns of E3: what can gaming learn from its bloody mistakes? 3 recommends
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They are predominant in the industries I listed, despite small overall marketshare.

2 days ago on MacBook Air review (13-inch, 2013)
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It has a great keyboard and desktop Chrome, which is not even in remotely the same arena as any tablet browser available. Plus, find another 11" tablet with a keyboard dock for $250. Go on, try.

2 days ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more 1 reply
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I know three people not including myself who love theirs. Mine is a CR48, so it’s really slow and has a horrible trackpad, and I didn’t use it hardly at all for a couple of years, but now I use it every day.

2 days ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more 1 recommend
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What does “lag blur” even mean?

2 days ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more 1 reply
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It’s also been the best selling laptop on Amazon in the US for quite a while.

2 days ago on Chromebooks are coming to three times as many stores, including Walmart, Staples, and more 1 reply
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X220’s a great laptop as well. Never said it wasn’t. Also, it doesn’t have a touchscreen.

2 days ago on MacBook Air review (13-inch, 2013) 1 reply
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Look, it’s by category. Sure, trying to game on this would make it look like junk compared to the Alienware, but for it’s category, ie general usage work laptop, it’s sufficiently powerful. Not a perfect 10, but pretty close, as it’s better for what it will be utilized for then an ARM, Atom or previous gen ULV chip. And thus it’s good at its intended purpose.

2 days ago on MacBook Air review (13-inch, 2013) 1 recommend
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Yes, but I’d rather have a game that involves me being super human, or piloting a starship, or something like that. Not necessarily for killing purposes, it could be non violent, but I have no interest in playing games that models real life and romance like you’re suggesting.
That’s just me though.

2 days ago on The guns of E3: what can gaming learn from its bloody mistakes? 2 replies 1 recommend
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It has a smaller battery, higher res screen, and most importantly, Windows.

2 days ago on MacBook Air review (13-inch, 2013) 1 reply 1 recommend
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I think an average joe can do it, but if they’re the level that can’t, there is really no reason whatsoever for them to want Windows. They’re the type of person who only uses Facebook and iTunes.

2 days ago on MacBook Air review (13-inch, 2013) 1 recommend