9/20/2018

Just found my favorite headphones for when I'm on the move.

I've wanting some Bluetooth headphones for a while, and recently I got a pair of Otium Wireless Sports that a family member gave me.

I'm rather pleased with them, since I've found them to be rather comfortable to wear and the sound quality is quite good. The best thing for me, is that they are the form factor I prefer when I'm out. Being in-ear, I find them a lot more comfortable to carry when going out. Not to mention that they are far easier to store on the bar I usually carry, and are that much lighter.

Pairing them to my Android device was as painless as it can be, just took me a couple of minutes to do so. Another feature I like, is that it clearly announces when I turn them on or off, and when the connection is made. This not made by some tone, but its announced with a voice recording making it hard not to know what action just happened.

Until now, I've always relied on in-ear headsets with the traditional 3.5 mm jack. They did the job for me, but I wanted to try some Bluetooth ones to see which ones where better suited for my needs. And, I seem to have move to the Bluetooth camp for when I'm on the move. The best thing about them, is not having to worry about how the cable interferes with my movements.

So, time will tell if time cement this headset as my favorite.

9/11/2018

I'm on Android's side all the way.

I really enjoy the experience that Android gives me as an user, which has been getting better with time. When I first made the jump to Android about 4 years ago, from Blackberry, I was somewhat weary about the whole thing.

I've been a Nokia fan for quite some time, and only moved to Blackberry Bold because it was the only device available when the battery died on my Nokia E63. While the Bold was quite good, I preferred by far Nokia's experience as a whole.
To be honest, I was planning to move to a Nokia C3 or a Nokia N8.

From the Nokia C3 I liked that it had a physical QWERTY keyboard, at the time something really important for me. From the N8, it was a way to tryout a smartphone with a touchscreen from a company I trusted using and Symbian, my favorite mobile OS at the time. But time, and money, conspired against that. 

So when the time came, I decided to give Android a chance. It was a Mobo MB405, and it cemented Android as my go to mobile OS. It ran Android 4.4, and I found it a joy to use. Now I've a Mobo MB520, running Android 6.0, and as a whole it has gotten better.

As a whole Android gives what I want in a mobile OS, while Mobo gave me the correct hardware to make the whole package work for me. Sadly it seems that Mobo is on its way out making its own smartphones, but on the positive side it means that I'd be coming back to Nokia now that they offer Android devices.

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