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Hero of Sparta Review – webOSroundup

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I am a huge history buff…especially Roman and Greek history. This probably comes from the fact that my mother is a high school Latin teacher (this is her [...]

Top Stocks Review – webOSroundup

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Let’s face it, from an economic perspective, we are living in some crazy times. In the last 18 months or so we have had the most volatile stock market in about 80 years or so. If you are like a lot of people and sold every position you had, well, [...]

The webOS Advantage Part II – Pre vs. Android Flagships

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Let’s say you’re a customer in the market for a new, shiny smartphone. You’ve never had one before, and you’re able to choose from whichever U.S. carrier you want. You’ve [...]

The webOS Advantage Part I – webOS vs. Android

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Today’s market is getting pretty crowded with superphones. There are currently four major players in the smartphone market (although Windows Mobile is pretty much dead until 7 comes out), and [...]

Need for Speed Undercover Review – webOSroundup

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When Palm announced at CES that they had a new framework for tapping into the GPU I was excited.
When I played Asphalt 5 and saw the actual power of the little phone I had been carrying around for six months I started to drool.
Now I have played Need [...]

Mobile War – webOSroundup

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Years ago (around 2001 – 2002) I created and ran a simple, text-based, online game called the Octagon. Originally it was a spreadsheet created by an Excel genius whose name was Charlie (can’t remember his last name at this point). I worked with him and helped him bring [...]

The Oregon Trail Review – webOSroundup

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“You have died of dysentery”
These words have been a classic since the 70s (before I was even born). Oregon Trail has been around for what seems like forever. I had never played the previous iterations…not sure why. I have always been intrigued by a game that killed you with [...]

Shopping List Review – webOSroundup

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Well the Christmas season is finally over…my wife and I actually just took down all the decorations this evening in fact (an interesting task when you do it with a small child let me tell you). However, just because you are done buying Christmas presents doesn’t mean you [...]

Asphalt 5 Review – webOSroundup

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Well today has been a pretty amazing day. It is the first full day of CES and Palm led the charge with an action packed keynote speech. Now the goal here isn’t to go over all the highlights (there were a lot), but there was one major revelation [...]

Block Breaker Review – webOSroundup

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Arkanoid. I loved that game way back in the arcades where they had that knobby thing to control your paddle (you young whipper snappers can click here to learn what I am talking about). Over the years the game, like most other classics, has been rereleased in about [...]