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this episode technobuffalo is brought to you by godaddy welcome back to another edition of ask the buffalo i'm your host jon rettinger and you can ask me anything you want from the wide world of technology today we're going to talk about cell phones tablets 3d technology and everything in between let's go ahead and get started so here I'll ask the Buffalo it's the best farm animal themed technology show where you can ask anything that you want from the world of technology to ask your questions you can do it in two ways first you can go ahead and send me a question on Twitter either at John for lakers or at TechnoBuffalo and use the hashtag ask the bee and ask whatever question you want otherwise once a week on technobuffalo calm we post up an article asking folks to leave your questions and comments so if you have something you want to ask me and you want to see it broadcasts on the wide revision3 channels you go ahead and check out TechnoBuffalo calm or just say hi to me on twitter you know no big deal so let's go ahead and jump right into our first question which comes from user been rang 888 lots of eights who asks John is your tablet of choice the ipad 2 if not what is your tablet of choice well a few months ago somewhere to ask me what tablet I recommended it would have unanimously been the ipad 2 i was grossly underwhelmed with the android offerings that were out there however that was before the asus transformer and this guy behind me the samsung galaxy tab 10.1 they transformer that in the tab 10.1 are both awesome and performance awesome inspects however the tab 10.1 behind me is extremely thin thinner than the asus transformer so if you're looking for a new tablet i can wholeheartedly recommend the galaxy tab 10.1 or the ipad 2 as the two best tablets out there the screens are beautiful they are beefed up processor wise they're going to do everything that you need them to do all right so our next question goes to the world of blackberry from jordan canning 17 who ass John do you think the blackberry bold 9900 is worth the money or should I wait and get an iphone presumably he means wait to get an iphone 5 or iphone 4s whatever they decide to call it so the bold 9900 9930 in the CDMA world is essentially just the bold touch it's the form fact that everybody has been waiting for it looks like a typical bold but a much thinner with a touchscreen it's got some NFC technology it's got a modern processor in modern specs and it looks at me pretty nice I have a big blackberry fan and actually out of all the phones coming out in the next few months that is the one I am most looking forward to however if you want to compare it to a film that hasn't been announced yet or hasn't been released yet I don't know it's a very subjective question if you're like me and you like having a full qwerty keyboard then the Blackbirds may be a great way to go if you want a bigger screen to browse movies or to watch movies watch TV so TV shows have a better downloading experience from the itunes store and the iphone is going to be a great way to go it really comes down to personal choice the next question comes from Sam inator who asked John do you reckon that will see 3d tablets in your future I've actually been watching a lot this is a random thing watching a lot of friday night lights on netflix with my wife so I start talking with the southern accent you will know why they're actually our 3d tablets already on the market need I remind you of the tmobile G slate this is the LG built G slate which is indeed 3d although you need those funky red and blue glasses to make it work I think you're probably referring to stereoscopic 3d like we have with the LG thrill or the evo 3d I think certainly that those are coming and probably coming very soon I think a new type of glasses free tech knowledge that we might see is actually one that uses the front-facing camera found on most modern tablets the screens are exactly as they are as they are right now whether it can be a type of screen and actually sense is where your head is and it can adjust the image is depending on where you move it that's not moving of the head thing so I think we're going to see 3d tablets very very very soon this next question is more on the personal side and comes from Trinity Brown who asked John what was your first computer and how did you get so interested in tech my first computer that I ever had in my room when I was just a little guy but this big was an old app to see I remember playing lemonade stand and jungle hunt on that thing I have always been a computer guy I've always been into tech ever since I was just a wee one of my first computer that really got me into the tech reviewing I was actually my very first macbook pro actually I made my first youtube video ever unboxing that macbook pro that launched my whole second career which is what i do now talking about technology to you hopefully that helps answer your questions so our next question is about the t-mobile mytouch 4G it's from Cal es wag who asked hey John what are your thoughts on the upcoming t-mobile mytouch 4g slide besides the camera what does it have that any dramatic advantages over the sensation thanks in advance I think he's asking does it have any dramatic advantages over the t-mobile sensation well coincidentally right behind me I happen to have the mytouch 4g slide and it's got that dual core processor and all that business you'd expect from modern smartphone but it does have a few advantages first it's got that genius button for all kinds of voice-activated goodness and the other advantage is boom slide-out keyboard and a very very thin form factor and extremely me to throw it an extremely impressive camera in fact our own Mike Perlman did a comparison of the camera on the mytouch 4g slide versus a dedicated point-and-shoot camera from sony so be sure to check that out hopefully that answers your question i'd like to take a minute to thank our 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youtube channel for months and you've inspired me i would like to become a tech review or and like some pointers to how to start off what's the most important task or tax tasks that you have to do as a tech reviewer / blogger i created a whole series you can check it out on technobuffalo it's advice for aspiring tech reviewers but the best advice and I can give to anyone is find your own voice don't try and emulate my style or anybody else's style out there find your own sense of who you are and show some personality you know don't be afraid to you know make a little bit of fool of yourself have some fun with what you're doing don't just say here's a t-mobile mytouch 4G it has 1 point 2 gigahertz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor it can record 1080p video it has a genius button you know make sure you show a bit of personality can talk about it can tell some antidotes about your life in there you don't have to go out and buy all the stuff you don't have to be rich to be a tech review or you can talk about things that just been announced what your thoughts are you don't make sure you say I've never seen the iphone 5 yet but if it has when the rumors say you know could be nice and that would be the best advice that I can give and for more in-depth sure to check out that ask the Buffalo series and the advice for aspiring tech reviewers in the past on technobuffalo com so thank you for watching another edition of ask the Buffalo be sure to check out TechnoBuffalo com for your daily dose of technology i am your host jon rettinger and be sure to get your questions in we are here every Monday answering your tech queries so for now I will see you guys in the next video bye bye so that was another edition of asking the Buffalo I am the Buffalo I was awful i am the Buffalo jon rettinger