Category: Mobile Devices

  • Using the Pixel Wireless Charging Stand (2nd gen)

    Using the Pixel Wireless Charging Stand (2nd gen)

    I like the idea, and technology, of wireless charging. I like the idea of having my Pixel 6 Pro being a clock at night. Putting those requirements together with a Pixel Wireless Charging Stand (2nd generation) seems like a match made in heaven. Is it? Yes! With Qi wireless charging capability, the Pixel Stand is…

  • Using the Pixel 6 Pro

    Using the Pixel 6 Pro

    Ordering Adventure I spent the morning of October 19, 2021 at the Vet for Blaze and TRYING to order a Pixel 6 Pro, a case, and a 30 watt charger. I experienced N-U-M-E-R-O-U-S problems with the Google web site (I suspect they under-estimated the interest)….. Here is the error code I experienced: Then, after an…

  • Beta Testing Android 12 on my Pixel 5

    Beta Testing Android 12 on my Pixel 5

    Still playing engineer even though I am supposed to be “retired” except for my blogging and ForCarol.com, Inc. charity directorship, I decided once again to beta test the latest operating system for the Pixel 5: Android 12. So far, and we are one week or so into version 2 of the Android 12 beta…..this has…

  • Using the Pixel 5

    Using the Pixel 5

    October 29, 2020 is the day I received the new Pixel 5, and the day I realized….hmmmmm, this phone is small. 🙂 Not that small is a bad thing….for sure it is the lightest phone I have had in 4 years or more, weighing in at 5 3/8 ounces naked, or 6 5/8 ounces dressed…