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• Is your phone faster than a Windows Phone?

  Microsoft's Windows Phone platform is still struggling to get into that third position, but as you can see it is a FAST platform and one of the major reasons many are enthusiast about its future.

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• Great Debate lost: Do you think every student will eventually have an iPad?

  By Matthew Miller | February 10, 2012, 6:57am PST

  The Apple iPad is an amazing tablet with textbook content now fully supported. What’s keeping it from becoming the standard for the educational sector? Should something else be used instead?

• Sorry Facebook users, the IPO is exclusive to the rich savvy investor

  By Matthew Miller | February 3, 2012, 7:33am PST

  Many Facebook users may be excited about hitting it big time by buying Facebook stock. However, very few users can actually get in on the IPO action thanks to the system we have in place.

• Back the Ultima: a sweet looking universal smartphone holder

  By Joel Evans | February 3, 2012, 4:59am PST

  Can the Ultima succeed where others usually break?

• Android developers can qualify for a free BlackBerry PlayBook in February

  By Matthew Miller | February 3, 2012, 4:30am PST

  The 2.0 update for the BlackBerry PlayBook will provide Android support and to promote this functionality RIM is holding a developer promotion.

• Mint.com comes to Android tablets just in time for tax season

  By Matthew Miller | February 1, 2012, 7:02am PST

  The rise of Android is spreading from smartphones to tablets and Mint.com is there to help make the experience even better with their service optimized for the tablet form factor.

• The easiest MacBook upgrade in history

  By Joel Evans | January 30, 2012, 11:46am PST

  After research and geek talk with a fellow geek, I removed the hard drive from my MacBook 13″ and put her older hard drive into the MacBook 13″. Then I powered up the 13″ and hoped for the best.

• Give your PC a tuneup using this free eBook from WindowsSecrets.com

  By Joel Evans | January 30, 2012, 11:03am PST

  This eBook is free for a limited time and walks you through installing and fine-tuning Windows 7, and optimizing your PC in general

• Galaxy Tab 7.7, Transformer Prime, leadership changes (MobileTechRoundup show #259)

  By Matthew Miller | January 28, 2012, 9:59am PST

  Kevin has the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and Asus Transformer Prime in hand and they both look sweet. There were several other topics to discuss this week in mobile too.

• Stump: the ultimate stand for your tablet, phone, or eReader

  By Joel Evans | January 28, 2012, 6:52am PST

  The Stump is appropriately named since it reminds me of a tree stump. It basically looks a bit like a hockey puck, but has a slot in the middle for propping up your device for viewing, typing, or just about anything else.

• Android tablet market share up 10%, iPad down 10% through 2011

  By Matthew Miller | January 27, 2012, 9:57am PST

  It’s been said before there is no tablet market, just an iPad market. However, 2011 started showing that wasn’t true and Android is making gains in the tablet space.