I just ordered a set of Bluetooth headphones that are 50% off. What's the easiest way to use them while I watch TV? A standalone Bluetooth transmitter? Are there any stereo receivers that have built-in Bluetooth transmitters? (Many have a Bluetooth receiver but no transmitter.) Any TVs have Bluetooth transmitters?

Jessica, you should also consider the Moto X if it's available on your provider. It's not quite as high-powered as the HTC One and the GS4, but according to most people it feels snappier because it's got less bloatware (it's closer to "default" Android) and some pretty cool capabilities. If I were getting a non-Note-3 phone right now I would probably get that one; I find both TouchWiz (Samsung's additions to stock Android) and Sense (HTC's additions) to be bloated and annoying.

The only reason I haven't installed a more streamlined Android on my Note 2 is to maintain Multiwindow, T-Mobile's Wifi calling, and the handwriting keyboard, and I honestly might give them up soon anyway and install a non-Samsung Android version. (I don't really use multiwindow as much as I thought I would, and if Hangouts gets voice capabilities with Google Voice soon then I won't need the wifi calling. And there are probably other handwriting keyboards out there).

If you're wedded to the GS4 vs. HTC One, I definitely recommend the One. It's prettier on the outside, and Sense may be bloated but at least it's pretty software. TouchWiz isn't even that.

If you're willing to pay full price, the Google Edition of the HTC One is one of the best phones you can get: all the phone with none of the annoying HTC or carrier bloatware. But it's only available unlocked for $599 from Google directly. (However, if you buy it outright you can use it on T-Mobile for $50/month - we're loving them in Nashville right now and I loved them in NYC when I lived there.)

And there are probably other handwriting keyboards out there

If you find one, can you tell me? My searches have been fruitless--or keep ending up with Asian languages.

They should drop the s in Mavericks and do a run of James Garner character names.

I also came up empty on handwriting keyboards. Shame. The graffiti keyboard has potential though -I did like graffiti back in my palm days.

I love my Grafiti on my Android. I am less error-prone than with the keyboard virtual or real.

If the handwriting keyboard did two things, I would love it above rubies--if you could back up to any word and get the options you were given the first time (some times you don't see the error right away, and what you wanted would have been RIGHT THERE), and also if they privileged real words a little higher. If it offers a phrase with five correct words and one garbage, it's often hard to find an option with all six right, even though the sixth word is correct in other choices, they don't have an option where all six are dictionary words.

It does what swiping on any keyboard can't really do--it tries less hard to mush everything into a word, so you have to tap out things not in the dictionary. Which is fair enough.

Two unrelated questions:

1) Kindle users - is the Paperwhite screen much better than the E-ink? Reading the descriptions on Amazon I'm not sure i get what the difference is, besides price.

2) Anyone have any idea how I can get my Time capsule to back up my laptop again? It keeps saying "An error occurred while creating the backup folder." I tried googling troubleshooting that and nothing I found helped. Perhaps notably, I can't seem to compact the sparsebundle.

My Mini backs up to the same Time Capsule just fine.

-t, regarding the Paperwhite: yes the screens are different. I found the original kindle great to read on, as e-ink is as easy on my eyes as words on a paper page. The Paperwhite brings its own light source, but it's not backlit the way a computer or iPad is. It's front lit, with adjustable brightness. What it means is that I can read it on an airplane or in restaurants or at the beach or in bed without ever worrying about glare or a reading light source or bothering a bed partner with light being on. I love it.

Ah, thank you!