About Vincent Messina
Vincent Messina
Self-made billionaire, inventor of the Large Hadron Collider and owner of the NE Patriots turned father, writer, musician, chasing little green robots.Woot Carrying Refurbished Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablets for as low as $379.99
February 4, 2013 | Vincent Messina
Woot.com is running a deal today on refurbished Galaxy Note 10.1 devices. Offering up both the 16GB and 32GB model, you’ll find prices starting at $379.99. Despite the stigma associated with a refurbished device, these prices are hard to pass up. Read More
Carbon for Twitter Finally Available in the Play Store
February 4, 2013 | Vincent Messina
The only thing more surprising than the Super Bowl power outage yesterday, was the long overdue Carbon for Twitter app hitting the Play store. Read More
Watch the Extended cut of Samsung’s Next Big Thing Super Bowl Ad [Video]
February 4, 2013 | Vincent Messina
If you had the opportunity to catch Samsung’s Super Bowl ad, you already know they must have paid a fortune to make it. The ad featured comedians Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd, as well as tablet cameo from basketball star LeBron James. I’m not sure it was worth the millions of dollars Samsung most likely spent, but it does feature a few notable quips between Seth and Paul. Read More
Amazon Drops the Price of the Verizon Galaxy Note II to $149.99 [Titanium Grey]
February 2, 2013 | Vincent Messina
Prices keep dropping over at Amazon Wireless, and this time, it’s the Titanium Grey Galaxy Note II on Verizon getting a price cut. Read More
James Taylor and HTC Clear up Misunderstandings, the Internet can now Rest
February 2, 2013 | Vincent Messina
A couple weeks back, James Taylor, former owner of HTCRUU.com was issued a Cease & Desist order from HTC’s lawyers over his domain name and the copyrighted files hosted on his site. Confusion soon arose over what exactly HTC took issue with and it soon escalated into a perceived attack on the developer community. Read More
One Online Retailer Begins Taking Pre-Orders for the LG Nexus 4 Wireless Charging Orb
February 1, 2013 | Vincent Messina
If there’s one thing that Nexus devices lack, it’s official accessories. There’s usually little to choose from and worst of all they usually don’t become available until months after a devices launch. One such accessory happens to be the wireless charging orb for the LG Nexus 4. Read More
Verizon Finally Approves Ice Cream Sandwich for the HTC Thunderbolt, but does anyone Really Care?
January 31, 2013 | Vincent Messina
Most Thunderbolt owners have already accepted the fact that they’ve been shafted on so many levels, but now that Verizon has actually gone ahead and released Ice Cream Sandwich for the aging device, will they feel any differently? Read More
Temple Run 2 Surpasses 50 Million Downloads in Just 13 Days
January 31, 2013 | Vincent Messina
It’s a proud day for Imangi Studios as Temple Run 2 has shattered records with over 50 million downloads in just 13 days. To put thing in perspective, last April, Angry Birds Space became the fastest growing mobile game with 50 million downloads in 35 days. To think Temple Run 2 accomplished such a feat in 22 days less than download king Angry Birds, is quite impressive. Read More
Samsung Teases El Plato Supreme Commercial Starring Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd
January 31, 2013 | Vincent Messinahttp://youtu.be/pzfAdmAtYIY
It looks like Samsung will be sparing no expense this year as it has decided to hire a couple of top tier comedian/actors to star in their upcoming Super Bowl ads. Read More
Reviews
Urban Armor Gear LG G4 Case Review
June 23, 2015 | Vincent Messina
The Urban Armor Gear series of cases for the LG G4 aim to protect and serve your mobile device in a virtual blanket of, well, urban armor. Designed from a patented lightweight composite consisting of a hard outer shell and a soft impact resistant core, this dual layer defense not only meets military drop-test standards (MIL STD 810G 516.6), but looks good doing it. Now, before I go into more detail, let it be know that I have always been more of an au naturel device kind of guy, but after a bit of time with the Ash colored LG G4 Urban Armor Case, I can tell you that this case won’t be coming off any time soon.
Device Review: Droid Turbo, This is the Droid You’re Looking For
January 31, 2015 | Keyan X
The DROID brand deserves the majority of credit for the amount of early success that the Android operating system had in 2009 and 2010. From the original Motorola DROID to the original DROID Incredible, this was the brand of phones that people flocked to if they wanted a phone outside of the iPhone, not just because of a great marketing campaign, but because these were top of the line phones. Ask most of the readers on this site which phone got them started on Android, and you shouldn’t be surprised to hear them say, “The OG DROID.” It’s an iconic phone that helped launch Android to the top.
MOGA Gaming Controller [Review]
February 11, 2013 | Vincent Messina
It’s no secret that I enjoying gaming. I may not get to do it as much as I used to, but I still enjoy it when I can. That’s why I’m always experimenting with ways to improve my gaming experience on Android. Read More
