Pixels and Widgets

A blog by Tai Toh

Author: ttoh

  • Android vs iOS4 – Software

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    So I’ve been dreading this post. Absolutely dreading it. I think it’s because I’m so torn. Both platforms offer so much, they each do things better than the other. iOS and Android embody each company’s view on design It breaks down to something I twittered recently: @thebigjc @sameerhasan Apple is all about having a finished…

  • Buying a new home

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    Some of the things that I’ve realized when trying to buy a new home: [stag_intro]Most of the homes in Davisville Village, Toronto are old and heated through radiant heat.[/stag_intro]This is very different from what I’m used to—in that there is no forced air system. Radiant heat has it’s advantages and disadvantages: Pros Radiators keep constant…

  • About platforms: A brief break from the Android vs. iOS4 analysis

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    I plan to write several articles regarding my usage of the Nexus One and iPhone 4. However, before I get into specifics, I wanted to write about some of my thoughts regarding platforms in general. Product Life-cycles play a huge role in success today Having spent my formative years as a smartphone user with Symbian—the…

  • iPhone4 vs Nexus One: More thoughts on hardware

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    I have a penchant for reading my posts several days later, and I realize that there is an aspect of day-to-day use that I haven’t addressed so far. First off, this is really a comparison between the Nexus One and iPhone 4. The N1 is rooted and runs a cooked ROM known as the TheOfficial,…

  • This is why the Kobo eReader doesn’t support justification

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    There’s a reason why most page layout programs considered “Hyphenation and Justification” to be two aspects of the same feature. I strongly agree that you should never use justification without good hyphenation — let alone without any hyphenation at all. From John Gruber regarding Safari’s Use of Justified Text in Reader This, my friends, is…

  • Random Stuff: Dad Again, Android N1 Stuff, Microsoft KIN

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    Dad version 2.0 [stag_image style=”sepia” src=”https://pixelsandwidgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201004210004.jpg” alignment=”center” url=””] Or should that be Daughter v2.0? Evelyn now has a wonderful baby sister, Emily. Emily was born, 7 lbs 11 oz on April 6th, 2010 at 1:06 pm. She was 49 cm long with a crown of 35.5 cm. She came in screaming and pooing, much like…

  • iPhone 4 vs Nexus One: Hardware

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    So on launch day, I lined up with the Kobo crew to procure some iPhone 4’s for the office. I ended up keeping a 16GB unlocked version for myself. For a person who already has a Google Nexus One smartphone, I am struggling adjusting to the iPhone. So I wanted to write my thoughts somewhere,…

  • Pretty historic 2 weeks for me

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    A year ago, if you asked me what I was doing, I would have said, “No biggie, just designing an eReader application for the iPhone.” Since then, I’ve worked on the mobile architecture for the iPhone, BlackBerry, Pre and Android. The past two weeks saw Kobo announcing their new eReader device for our retail partners,…

  • Protecting the Nexus One: Best Skin Ever

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    In what is sure to be a multi-part series of articles, I have purchased extra protection for my Nexus One. I’ve been trolling through the forums to see what is out there in terms of cases for the Nexus One. Right now, I use an old Blackberry Bold side-holster case to carry it. While I’m…

  • The Nexus One 24-hour update

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    Some quick thoughts on the using the Nexus One (N1) for the last 24-hours. It’s really, really fast I know that there is a 1 GHz processor in the phone, but I am blown away with the speed. Keep in mind that I come from using anHTC Magic with the latest CursorSense ROM (based off…