Evan Selleck

Contributing Editor
From Arizona

Evan is a technology evangelist, and is addicted to the mobile market. He loves phones, tablets, and just about anything else he can get his hands on that makes cool noises, and does interesting things. He's a father, a writer, and a student. He's been writing about technology for four years, and hasn't looked back since.

Evan's latest articles, videos, reviews and more...

Reader reactionsCan GameStop Mobile last longer than a year?

Business And Money MVNOs, or mobile virtual network operators, aren’t anything new. They’ve been around for quite some time now. They are a strange thing, though, in that they can pop up unexpectedly, without any kind of warning, and...

Reader reactionsWhen it comes to the Nexus name, there should be only one

Android Every year, there are a few things we can expect to happen in the mobile industry. We have grown to expect that Apple will unveil a new iPhone. We’ve grown accustomed to Google showcasing their latest and greatest major update to the Android...

ExclusiveHave you been able to try NFC payments yet?

Lifestyle I live in a town that isn’t really considered a city, but is home to two colleges and one satellite university campus. There’s plenty of people here, and while I would call it small, I know there are plenty of people here...

ExclusiveWhen it comes to playing games on your phone, are you a casual or hardcore gamer?

Games Playing a video game for some people has been normal behavior for as long as they can remember. For others, it’s just a random occurrence, something they do to waste a few minutes in a day here and there. And then there are those...

Reader reactionsShould Microsoft bring the Zune Pass to other mobile platforms?

Business And Money I had a lot of fun testing the differences between popular subscription music services Rdio and Spotify . While both options have their own pitfalls, there’s no doubt that each service will offer up just enough to attract plenty...

Reader reactionsHow would you change Windows Phone's notification system?

Windows Phone 7 As we get closer to the end of 2012, our conversation about potential and Windows Phone will ultimately have to change. While talking about the great things that Windows Phone could possibly have, or will have, at some point down the line is great,...

Reader reactionsShould HTC have staggered the One Series launch?

Business And Money Sometimes, showing your entire hand works out, and other times it doesn’t. There’s something to be said about going all-in, banking on one thing, or just a handful of things, while the rest of the industry sticks to their game plans...

ExclusiveCan applications help us stay healthy?

Lifestyle Do applications make us lazy ? I asked you that question not too long ago, based on things that I had been seeing around the 'net, and in my own personal day-to-day adventures. While it may be easy to count our laziness on any...

PopularWhy are Verizon and HTC launching the DROID Incredible 4G LTE?

Android I must have been putting too much stock into high-end brand names. Or, any stock at all. That’s my bad. I’ll take full responsibility. But, that doesn’t make it any less confusing as to why I’m looking at the newest member of the DROID lineage,...

ExclusiveShould Android have a tablet specific version?

Android Since the launch of Android, we’ve seen several different versions of the mobile OS find their way onto smartphones. And, more recently, we’ve seen the same tidal wave of software find its way onto tablet devices....

ExclusiveWhich third party apps would you integrate into your favorite OS and why?

Lifestyle Google, Apple, Research In Motion, and Microsoft do their very best in creating mobile operating systems that can do everything we need them to do right out of the box. In each distinct case, the company wants you to be able to fall in love with...

ExclusiveDoes it seem like some carriers don't want us to enjoy our phones?

Business And Money Is it a safe assumption to believe that, despite the fact that our wireless devices are changing at great speed, the wireless carriers are doing anything but? From this perspective, I can’t help but look at the way that carriers used to treat phones...

Reader reactionsIf the new iPhone doesn't surprise you, will you jump ship?

Iphone Os With the upcoming release of the new iPhone (we sure hope Apple has a new iPhone at this point, right?), I’ve been looking at different aspects of the new handset and how it may impact the end user. We’ve already talked...

Reader reactionsWhich is better, the closed or open system?

Lifestyle Yesterday I asked you what you think Apple should “budge” on when it comes to their next iPhone, along with the next version of their mobile platform iOS . In that article, I brought up the idea that maybe Apple could...

ExclusiveShould Microsoft kill the Zune name?

Windows Phone 7 Zune Software is one of the reasons I stuck around with Windows Phone for so long. It’s one of the reasons I loved my Zune personal media player so much, dating all the way back to the original. I personally think that while...

Reader reactionsWhat do you think of BlackBerry 10?

Blackberry Os The wait is finally over. Kind of. There are still a few key elements missing, but as it stands right this moment, BlackBerry creator Research In Motion has officially shown off what we should all expect from BlackBerry 10 when it launches later...

ExclusiveWhat should Apple budge on with the new iPhone?

Business And Money As we count down the days until the end of the year, there’s more than a few people out there who are actually counting down to another day entirely. They’re counting down to the day that Apple unveils their brand new...

ExclusiveHave we reached a rut in smartphone hardware design?

Lifestyle Very late into the night yesterday, images of what was reported to be a developer’s device for BlackBerry 10 began to make its way around the Internet. As the story started to develop, it didn’t take long before it was...

ExclusiveMobile device usage should be banned while driving a vehicle

Lifestyle 3,000. That's the number of accidents that is believed to have been caused by using a cell phone while driving last year. That's a shockingly high number, and it only gets worse when we look at the root cause. We love our phones, but...

ExclusiveWhich do you prefer, Rdio or Spotify?

Cell Phone Apps I’ve always had iTunes loaded up onto my computers. Whether or not I actually always used it, though, is for another topic entirely. But it’s always been there. What I’ve used instead, more than anything else, is Zune...

Reader reactionsBased on rumored specifications, the next Galaxy from Samsung doesn't really stand out

Android When HTC and Google unveiled the Google Nexus One, it sent a shockwave through the mobile industry. A good one, too. At that moment, there was a turning point in the focus of smartphones, and for all intents and purposes the arm's race that has...

Reader reactionsHave you been waiting for Verizon to bring more Windows Phone devices to market?

Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone is in a place between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Not so much in numbers or presence (yet), but in device launches. We all know that Apple releases one new phone a year, and Android manufacturers release a plethora of devices to...

PopularWindows Phone loses me with a glance

Windows Phone 7 Do you remember the marketing push that Microsoft went for right when Windows Phone was being released? It was way back in 2010, so I don’t blame you if you don’t remember. And with Nokia’s push here in the United States...

ExclusiveIs it the right time for Amazon to launch a smartphone?

Business And Money A little over a year ago, Amazon’s appstore made its way to the public thanks to Android devices. While the appstore had seen plenty of success before its smartphone launch, it was obviously only a matter of time before Amazon made the digital...

ExclusiveIs HTC already losing their focus on the One Series here in the States?

Android Earlier this year, we heard HTC say that they were making a change for the better moving forward into 2012. While the company managed to release a ridiculous amount of phones last year, the manufacturer realized that that wasn’t necessarily the best...

PopularCould webOS be revitalized in 2012?

Webos If you were to go over to Google right now and type in ‘webOS’ into that familiar search box, you’d see a pretty desolate sort of return. You’ve got some familiar websites that pop up, but you’d have to scroll to the bottom of the search results to...

PopularDoes hardware mean more than software when it comes to Windows Phone?

Windows Phone 7 Did you hear? The Nokia Lumia 900 is out. That's right, you can buy it right now if you really wanted to. And, in all honesty, if you are even kind of interested in Windows Phone it is probably the perfect device to pick up and check out what all...

ExclusiveKinect in Windows Phone 8 sounds absolutely amazing

Windows Phone 7 So Windows Phone is all the rage right now. The rage, maybe even with a capital ‘R.’ Now that the Nokia Lumia 900 is out and about, showing off its ridiculously nice features and beautiful display, everybody and their step-cousin is talking about...

Reader reactionsHave manufacturers finally figured out proprietary skins?

Android The One X by HTC is still coming soon here in the States, but that hasn't stopped the reviews from cropping up around the 'net . And while the hardware obviously took plenty of the stage, as it rightfully should, no one can forget the...

Reader reactionsDo you care about app exclusivity?

Lifestyle Over the last week or so, pretty much everyone has been made to bear witness to some of the most startling cases of fanboyism and whatever else you want to call it (some of you got pretty colorful on social networks), due entirely to the fact that a...