Hardware – Handset Magazine

![](https://handsetmag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/f8175-666e5817c7.png) ## Whatever “Liquid Retina Display” does or doesn’t mean, this sure is a dark screen. In case you’ve somehow just stumbled upon this post, you should know that I’ve spent all of 2022 to date using a 12.9″ (M1) iPad Pro as my primary computing device after having involuntary come into possessing it and…

iPadOS 16.2 Release Candidate Benchmarks

Dec 8, 2022

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David Blue

in Beta, Hardware, i, iPadPro

Geekbench 5 benchmarks from my M1 iPad Pro (iPad13,9) running the iPadOS 16.2 Release Candidate build. – [CPU](https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/19154440) – [Compute](https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/compute/6030365) – [CoreML](https://browser.geekbench.com/ml/v0/inference/215542) — https://gist.github.com/extratone/9a1c5d47d89b099c34191b7a433f81b7.js

The iPad Commandments

Dec 1, 2022

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David Blue

in Audio, Hardware, i, iPadOS, shs

![](https://handsetmag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a72e9-6542df0a40.png “The iPad Commandments”) \ \ \ > In order to really create a new category of devices, those devices are going to have to be far better at doing some key tasks. They’re going to have to be far better at doing some really important things better than the laptop [and](#) better than…

Keychron K2

Nov 25, 2022

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David Blue

in anecdotes, Hardware, keyboarding, Uncategorized

![Dirty iPad Pro, Keychron K2, Broken Absurdly Overpriced Professional iPad Keyboarding Apparatus](https://handsetmag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/6fa2e-41bf600a0b.jpg) Having broken [my beloved Varmilo VA108M](https://bilge.world/varmilo-va108m-mechanical-keyboard “”Varmilo VA108M””) (which I absolutely intend to fix one day in the near future, FYI,) months ago and [just last week](https://twitter.com/NeoYokel/status/1593655617108992003 “Period Key Totaled Tweet”) completely totaled the period (`.`) key on my Absurdly Overpriced Toilet Professional…

Keychron K2

Nov 25, 2022

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David Blue

in Hardware

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iPod Shuffle First Generation Anecdote

Nov 3, 2022

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David Blue

in anecdotes, Hardware, i, legacy, shs, Social, spectacle

![iPod Shuffle and Kale.](https://handsetmag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2c955-3183558de0.png “iPod Shuffle First Generation”) My first and only dedicated mp3 player was [**a first-generation iPod Shuffle**](https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipod/specs/ipod_shuffle.html) – which was not only the most elegant looking USB drive one could find at the time, but – imo – remains the single highest-value mainstream consumer tech product I’ve ever owned. It was a…

Apple Rag Review

Oct 2, 2022

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David Blue

in Hardware, i, spectacle

![Apple Rag](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/43663476/155785511-14f16190-1a42-4afc-b69c-6b1377dba6ae.jpeg) ## A quick review of Apple, Inc’s first venture as a textile company. Now that Apple, Incorporated is a textile company, I thought it might be pertinent of me – someone with incredibly filthy hands – to review its first textile product, the Rag. Back in my day, we were taught not to…

Comparing the Librem 5 USA and PinePhone Beta

Dec 20, 2021

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David Blue

in Hardware

Contents:Look and feel, Branding and custom design, Extra accessories and box, Protection of hardware, Hardware kill switches, Extension ports, … Comparing the Librem 5 USA and PinePhone Beta

Category: Hardware