
Daniel Bader
Daniel Bader was a former Android Central Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editor for iMore and Windows Central.
Latest articles by Daniel Bader

Alone at the top: RBC and the mobile payment coup
By Daniel Bader last updated
RBC Royal Bank is Canada's largest bank, but it is also alone at the top in offering a bevy of mobile payment, transfer and gifting options.

Roku updates popular Streaming Stick with faster processor, dual-band Wi-Fi
By Daniel Bader last updated
Roku's Chromecast competitor gets a processing and Wi-Fi boost with its latest version.

Bell's latest price bumps are punishment for stubborn customers
By Daniel Bader last updated
Bell has increased prices on some of its older plans, and it's all about making up for slowing growth.

Android 7.0 Nougat Developer Preview 5 actually comes with an awesome Easter Egg
By Daniel Bader last updated
Android 7.0 Nougat Developer Preview 5 does come with a brand new easter egg, and it's pretty damn awesome. But it's also fairly difficult to spot. Here's what you need to know.

BlackBerry DTEK50 review: The phone with no name
By Daniel Bader last updated
BlackBerry's DTEK50 is the phone least deserving of the BlackBerry logo to date, and yet somehow manages to offer a mostly excellent user experience for the price.

BlackBerry is officially getting out of the phone hardware business
By Daniel Bader last updated
BlackBerry announced that it is getting out of the hardware business. But that doesn't mean it's going to stop selling you its own phones.

Bell Canada tops list of telco complaints for fourth straight year
By Daniel Bader last updated
Bell Canada has once again topped the list of telco complaints, according to a CCTS report. This would be the fourth straight year Bell has topped the list.

This new app uses neural networks to choose the perfect emoji
By Daniel Bader last updated
As the use of emoji grows in regular speech, a new app has tapped into the vast intelligence of neural networks to help you choose the perfect one — faster.

The next Sonos product will be a hi-fi Bluetooth speaker with a twist
By Daniel Bader last updated
Sonos is planning to launch a new Wi-Fi/Bluetooth hybrid speaker and we have all the details.

Google Assistant on Sonos is just as good as you hoped it would be
By Daniel Bader last updated
We got to try Google Assistant on Sonos speakers, and it was exactly as good as it should be.

Pixel and Nexus owners, how's the Oreo update holding up?
By Daniel Bader last updated
The Oreo update has been out for a few weeks now. How's it going so far?

Amazon is building the next important OS, and Google can't keep up
By Daniel Bader last updated
Alexa is an operating system, and that could mean trouble for Google.

New NVIDIA Shield Android TV box includes Google Assistant, 4K HDR streaming
By Daniel Bader last updated
NVIDIA has updated its popular Shield streaming set-top box with some amazing new features, including 4K HDR streaming on Amazon and Netflix. Oh, and Google Assistant!

Which phone accessories do you use every day? [Roundtable]
By Ara Wagoner, Andrew Martonik, Daniel Bader, Marc Lagace, Jen Karner, Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
Gadgets nerds love accessories almost as much as the gadgets they are used with, and we're no exception. Really. You should see our Amazon order history.

How do you take and edit pictures with your phone? [Roundtable]
By Russell Holly, Ara Wagoner, Alex Dobie, Andrew Martonik, Harish Jonnalagadda, Florence Ion, Marc Lagace, Jen Karner, Daniel Bader, Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
There's more to taking a great pic that mashing the shutter button. Here's how we do it.

Blue Satellite review: Wireless headphones with real power
By Daniel Bader last updated
A great addition to the Bluetooth headphone canon from a company with the color in its name.

It is now mandatory for U.S. carriers to facilitate Real-Time Text for deaf people
By Daniel Bader last updated
In one of his final moves as FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler pushed to approve a more modern standard of internet-based communication for deaf people.

Android users greet iOS 10 with a loud shrug
By Daniel Bader last updated
iOS 10 is now available to download, and as usual, Android owners are at once upset about its familiar feature set, and salty that they can't get same-day updates.

5G gets closer to reality as initial standard is finalized
By Daniel Bader last updated
5G is a little bit closer to being the real deal.

Google Pixelbook hands-on: Who wants this?
By Daniel Bader last updated
At $999, the Pixelbook made prove a difficult sell, but it's one of the nicest pieces of hardware Google has ever made.

Google's iMessage competitor isn't Allo, it's texting
By Daniel Bader last updated
Allo is failing, but Google's real iMessage competitor is right in front of our eyes. It just needs to be woken up.

When cheap phones can do everything, what happens to flagships?
By Daniel Bader last updated
We're getting to the point where Android, and the phones that run it, can all do the same thing. Where does that leave the flagships?

Unpacking the doomed T-Mobile / Sprint merger
By Daniel Bader last updated
The T-Mobile / Sprint merger isn't going forward ... for now.
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