Lately I've had some trouble coming up with story ideas I'm truly excited about.New smartphones are unveiled every month, if not every week. At the same time, I've never been a writer who struggles for ideas. So I have to ask myself, "What's going on?"The most telling answer I can come up with is the feeling I get whenever I unpack a new smartphone I receive for review. It's a feeling of skepticism, of anxiety - of yes, boredom - because I know it's probably not going to be easy to come up with a unique angle or explain in a review why this new phone stands out from the pack. Maybe the new phone has a weak camera or bad battery life. Perhaps its display is discolored or pixelated. Does it support memory cards or have a removable battery pack?If there's no noticeable flaw, it's going to be difficult to differentiate. That's the sad truth of today's high-end smartphone market: Most top-of-the-line handhelds released today provide comparable overall experiences, at least from a hardware p
