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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review: A Perversion of Innovation

By Rich W Woods

Perversion: the alteration of something from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended.

Innovation: a new method, idea, product, etc.

Almost a year and a half ago, when I started For the Love of Tech, I called my reviews User Reviews. The reason for this was because the products that I was reviewing were products that I used for my day to day life. I wasn’t getting free review units, I wasn’t getting flown out to California for an iPhone event, and I wasn’t under the threat of not being invited back if I gave something a bad review.

I stopped calling the User Review in favor of Review and a title because more and more, I was getting devices for the sole reason of reviewing them. They were no longer devices that I used for personal use; however, I have always stayed true to the idea of giving honest reviews. This is why reviews at For the Love of Tech don’t come out the same day that the product launches. It comes a couple weeks later, after I’ve spent some time with the device.

That being said, this is going to be an honest review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Some will love me for it and some will hate me for it, but there is one thing I can promise you: the facts you will read are true and the opinions you will read are honest.

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Samsung Gear Live: A User Review

By Rich W Woods

It seems like a lifetime ago but it was only about a month ago on June 25 when Google announced Android Wear at Google IO. There were three watches that were announced. The LG G Watch shipped on July 3, the Samsung Gear Live shipped on July 8, and the long awaited Moto 360 will ship later this summer.

The Moto 360 is clearly the one to be desired. After all, the LG G Watch and the Samsung Gear Live are almost identical and both use a Snapdragon 400 processor with 4 GB storage and 512 MB RAM. While the LG G Watch has a 280×280 LCD screen, the Samsung Gear Live has a 320×320 AMOLED display. Aside from the better display, the Samsung Gear Live is $30 cheaper. The specs on the Moto 360 are still unknown.

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