David Cogen

David opened a cell phone store on his college campus and started TheUnlockr.com as a personal tech blog back in 2009 along side. He gets an unnatural excitement out of showing others new things about their tech that they might not have known. Reach out to him on the following social networks and say hi.

Android Oreo Launcher Notification Dots

How to Get the Android Oreo Launcher (Video)

Google just announced their new Android version called Oreo this past week and, as promised, have begun pushing the new update out to Pixel and Nexus devices. If you don’t have one of those devices though, there’s no telling when you’ll be getting the new Android 8.0 update, unfortunately, but […]

Essential Phone

Essential Phone Hands-On: A New Premium Smartphone? (Video)

Welp, it’s here. Andy Rubin, the founder of Android before he sold it to Google, and his team at Essential have finally brought the new Essential phone (technically called the PH-1) to market. And when I say finally, I mean 18 months after the founding of the company, which is

Zuck Goes Live

How to Disable Live Notifications

OK, so the live craze is great and all. I love the idea of using live video on social to show something that might be important to show in the moment: news, an event, an announcement, hell, even a live show you might do. Sure! What I don’t want to

Writing on Note 8 with Pen

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Hands-On (Video)

The Galaxy Note 8 was announced today, the latest in the high-end Note lineup of phones from Samsung and Samsung was kind enough to give me a little time with the device before launch so here’s a quick hands-on video of the phone in all its glory. First up, it’s

Android Oreo Man

Google Announces Android Oreo During The Eclipse

During the Eclipse today, Google invited some people to the 14th Street Park in Chelsea to watch and mentioned “music, drinks and a surprise or two” in the invite. Turns out that surprise was a lot of Oreos. Which I was super excited about, of course, but turns out they

Surface Pen Acting Up

How to Fix the Surface Pen Writing on the Screen After You Lift Up

I had an issue recently with my new Surface Pro’s pen. Turns out every time I would lift up my pen while writing, the “ink” would continue to draw for a second or two, leaving these scribbles of text instead of the slightly-less-unreadable-scribbles that are my own horrible handwriting. No

iPhone 8 All Colors 2

iPhone 8 Model Hands-On & Feature Predictions

I don’t usually do rumors. But the iPhone 8 or X or whatever it’s going to be called has now just shown up in way too many places to be ignored. So I managed to get my hands on the dummy model of the leaked images etc. to see it

Samsung T5 in Blue

Samsung Finally Announces the T5 SSD, Their Fastest External SSD To Date

If you’re someone who works with video and need to be mobile, as well, you’ve no doubt heard of Samsung’s T series of SSD external hard-drives. A big favorite among content creators, the Samsung T3 is probably one of the fastest portable SSDs you could get. Transferring footage from your

Google Home vs Echo Show

Can the Google Home w/ a Chromecast Keep Up w/ the Echo Show? (Video)

There’s always been this rivalry between the Amazon and Google’s respective voice assistant devices. And it makes sense: both do similar things, answer questions, are meant to live in similar spots in your house, etc. Now though, Amazon recently launched their latest device in their Echo series of voice assistants,

Formula E

How Formula E Works (& Why It Will Change the World)

Recently, NYC hosted the first ever internationally recognized car race in the city. Which is kinda crazy to think about on it’s own. But it was historic for another reason, too: it was also the first ever all electric car race to happen in NYC, as well. Qualcomm, the technology

HelloMoto

The New Moto Z2 Force: Specs, Pricing, & Availability

Today in NYC, Motorola announced their latest in the Moto Z lineup: the Moto Z2 Force. Successor to the Moto Z Force (duh), their rugged Moto Z (denoted by the Force–think of it like the Active on the Galaxy line of devices), it features their Shattershield 5.5″ AMOLED display, and

Surface Pro Review: Best 2-in-1?

Microsoft’s Surface lineup is really starting to come into its own, in my opinion. No longer making giant changes, they’re focusing more on refining the products, paying more attention to the little details. And, I for one, am excited about that fact. The new Surface Pro is no exception to