Ian Carlos Campbell

5 days ago | pocket-lint.com | Ian Carlos Campbell

Amazon has been slow to update the Kindle; it only just added one with a color screen. The Kindle Scribe was a similar attempt to follow trends, but it's too large to be useful for everyone. Competitors offer smaller note-taking devices and Amazon should follow their lead. Amazon has been slow to meaningfully change the Kindle, largely because it doesn't have to.

1 week ago | pocket-lint.com | Ian Carlos Campbell

Amazon streamlined the Kindle over time to remove most of its distinctive physical features. Page-turn buttons are the biggest loss because of how easy they make the e-reader to use. Competitors like Kobo and Boox still offer devices with physical buttons. Amazon has enough e-readers in its lineup that the company basically has a device for everyone.

2 weeks ago | pocket-lint.com | Ian Carlos Campbell

Smart Folders are a built-in feature that can automate file organization. Create rules inside them to collect specific file types based on their type or contents. It takes some experimentation but you can use Smart Folders to find exactly what you're looking for. Both Windows and macOS take different approaches to organizing files. At the very least, you can see the visual differences, but Finder on macOS also just behaves differently from File Explorer on Windows.

3 weeks ago | pocket-lint.com | Ian Carlos Campbell

Sony's Xperia Play was ahead of its time, combing smartphone hardware and a PSP-style controller. Handheld gaming devices are popular now after the success of the Nintendo Switch, to the point that Sony is considering making one again. Smartphones are now powerful enough that a Xperia Play that plays current console games isn't impossible. Some ideas that don't work aren't bad, they're just early.

4 weeks ago | pocket-lint.com | Ian Carlos Campbell

A good smartphone keyboard should be comfortable, feature-rich, and customizable. Gboard and the iOS keyboard are great on their own, but you can get a lot from third-party options. Alternatives like SwiftKey, Facemoji, and Typewise all have features worth considering. It's easy to take the majority of what our smartphones do for granted.