For my birthday, I upgraded my phone to the Galaxy Note 4. And, because it was my birthday, I upgraded my son Keith’s phone to an iPhone 6. Keith is an Apple fan; me, I like Android.<\/p>\n
I love the Note 4. Its large format accommodates my fumble fingers. The screen is crisp and clear and large enough that I can dispense with my Nexus tablet. So far the performance been great. I am still getting used to the pen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For my birthday, I upgraded my phone to the Galaxy Note 4. And, because it was my birthday, I upgraded my son Keith’s phone to an iPhone 6. Keith is an Apple fan; me, I like Android. I love the Note 4. Its large format accommodates my fumble fingers. The screen is crisp and clear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[139,170,24],"tags":[218],"class_list":["post-4382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","hentry","category-bio","category-computers","category-shop_talk","tag-smart-phones","post_format-post-format-status"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1834,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/in-the-studio-4282013\/","url_meta":{"origin":4382,"position":0},"title":"In the Studio 4\/28\/2013","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"April 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a photo of some of the recent work. 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