Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

Phones & Devices

Updated

Current Devices

Rhea

Rhea

Rhea is a phone, a PDA, a camera, a mobile email checker, and web surfer all in one. This little device helps keep me in-touch and well-organized. It can handle pretty much anything I throw at it.

  • Model: Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
  • SOC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
    • CPU:
      • 2.84ghz (eight-core) ARM64 v8.2
      • Geekbench 5 scores: 890 single, 3,192 multi
    • GPU:
  • RAM: 6gb LPDDR5
  • Storage: 128gb (on-board storage)
  • Operating System: Google Android 12.0 (Samsung One UI 4.0)
  • Display: 6.5″ LCD at 3200×1440 resolution
  • Input Devices: Built-in touch screen
  • Carrier: Verizon LTE
  • Case: Supcase Unicorn Beetle Pro
  • Name Meaning: Reference to a moon of Saturn that was discovered in 1672. As of this writing, it is the twenty-first of the eighty-two known moons of Saturn. It takes its name from the Titan Rhea from Greek mythology, who was the mother of the Gods and wife of Kronos.

Elara

Elara
Elara

Elara is a lightweight tablet that fills that spot between phone and laptop, especially for watching video while traveling.

  • Model: Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019)
  • SOC: Samsung Exynos 7904a
    • CPU:
      • 1.8ghz (eight-core) ARM64 v8.2
      • Geekbench 5 scores: 238 single, 604 multi
    • GPU:
  • RAM: 3gb LPDDR4
  • Storage: 64gb (on-board storage)
  • Operating System: Google Android 11.0 (Samsung One UI 3.1)
  • Display: 10.1″ LCD at 1920×1200 resolution
  • Input Devices: Built-in touch screen
  • Case: Supcase Unicorn Beetle Pro
  • Name Meaning: Reference to a moon of Jupiter that was discovered in 1905. As of this writing, it is the fourteenth of the seventy-nine known moons of Jupiter. It takes its name from Elara from Greek mythology, who was one of Zeus’s lovers and the mother of giant Tityos.

Other Gizmos

Device History

Smartphones

PDAs

Dumbphones

Tablets

Readers

Smart Watches

Fitness Trackers

Digital Cameras

Music Players

  • ScottPod 2 (Apple iPod Classic [6G], iPod Classic Software 1.1)
  • ScottPod (Apple iPod 3G, iPod Software 2.3)

Scott Bradford has been putting his opinions on his website since 1995—before most people knew what a website was. He has been a professional web developer in the public- and private-sector for over twenty years. He is an independent constitutional conservative who believes in human rights and limited government, and a Catholic Christian whose beliefs are summarized in the Nicene Creed. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University. He loves Pink Floyd and can play the bass guitar . . . sort-of. He’s a husband, pet lover, amateur radio operator, and classic AMC/Jeep enthusiast.