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Alex Dobie
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Moving pictures on glowing rectangles. Executive Producer for Valnet (XDA TV)
Windows? On my phone?

It (was once) more likely than you think.

This was a fun one to put together. Here's the full story of Windows Phone:

youtu.be/bT1rp0FVuF8
July 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
POV:
December 5, 2024 at 9:23 PM
New vid: The Find X8 Pro has the most fun smartphone cameras I've used in 2024. These are all from the 50MP 6X secondary super-tele:
November 30, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Twitter 1.0: Ads from big brands you've heard of.

Twitter 2.0: Buy a ~Chainsaw Sharpener~ from an account with 700 followers. We recommend two or more -- you know, for when you're sharpening ~multiple chainsaws at the same time~
July 5, 2023 at 6:40 PM
sir I regret to inform you that all PBR content is explicitly covered by a separate embargo time
July 3, 2023 at 9:08 PM
from the galaxy brain behind today's Pixel 8 Pro leak:

Tired: throwaway reddit account
Wired: throwaway full-time employment 🙃
July 3, 2023 at 6:46 PM
Recently I used a pretty neat little phone. If you were hoping for a Pixel 8 Mini, the Zenfone 10 is about as close as we're gonna get:
https://youtu.be/KKiLBAwJNsQ
July 1, 2023 at 8:43 PM
Prigozhin goes apartment hunting in Belarus
June 24, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Another one from the ~AI will just make shit up~ file:

1st quote here is legit. 2nd is a paraphrasing of something he once said. But nos 3-5 are total BS. Sure sound like something Ballmer would've said, but nope: fiction.

(plus the source links all 404 b/c they're made up too 🙃)
June 12, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Scene: It's March 2024 and finally time to unlock your iPhone 15 for sideloading
June 12, 2023 at 6:49 PM