Recent Reviews and Features
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Sprint Samsung Galaxy Tab
Something interesting happened in 2010. It was the year of the tablet, but there really weren't any tablets other than the iPad, which sold by the millions. But it was the year of the tablet nonetheless, with everyone discovering that tablets were, apparently, for real, just as three years ago everyone discovered that the iPhone, and what it represented, was for real. So everyone talked about their tablet plans in 2010, but only one company actually delivered an actual, live, real contender and alternative to the iPad, and that is Samsung with the Galaxy Tab you see here. Yes, Samsung delivered where others just promised, and that, too, may be a sign of things to come.
Full review of the Samsung Galaxy Tab
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Motorola Droid X
Motorola hits another homerun with the Droid X Android smartphone. I'm not certain what the "X" stands for, but I'm going to say that it must stand for "Excellent" because it is. Let me tell you why I have come to that conclusion. The first thing that will grab you is the humongous 4.3 inch touch screen, and its brilliant WVGA edge to edge display that supports up to 16 colors. Remember the old three and four color screens we used to get so excited about? Its sleek, shiny black case measures 5 x 2.6 x .4 inches. It has a slight hump on the back presumably to accommodate the camera and flash--more about that later. It weighs in at 5.47 ounces. So, it's not going to make your pants fall down if you put it in your pocket.
Dr. Tim's full review of the Motorola Droid X
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Fujitsu UH900 Mini-Motebook II
What if a big full-size notebook is much too big, and even a handy netbook is still too large, but you do need full Windows 7 functionality and a high-res screen? Then you should look at the Fujitsu UH900 mini-notebook. The little 1-pound marvel, powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 chip, sports incredible 1280 x 800 pixel resolution on its jewel-like 5.6-inch display, offers multi-touch, has a full-function keyboard and a speedy 62GB solid state disk, onboard Garmin Mobile PC GPS, and good connectivity, both wired and wireless. And even the price is not out of line. So how well does it all work?
Read full review of the Fujitsu UH900
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MWg Zinc II
Zinc II is the latest MWg Windows Mobile device to be released in the U.S. market following the Atom Life earlier this year. Its major features include a horizontal slide-out keyboard, build-in GPS, a 2.0 Mpx camera, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.0 with unlocked UMTS Tri-band, and GSM Quad-band phone functionality. The US$599 Zinc II measures 109.5 x 59 x 18 mm weighs 159g, and has a 250 x 320 resolution 2.8 inch QVGA touch screen. Sporting a 500 Mhz Samsung processor, it only has 64 MB RAM and 256 MB ROM with a Micro SD memory slot.
Dr. Tim's full review of the Zinc II
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BlackBerry Storm
With the Apple iPhone juggernaut showing no signs of slowing down, everyone else must make sure not to be left behind. That's why RIM will ship the BlackBerry Storm later in 2008 for use on Verizon Wireless in the US and Vodafone in Europe. Similar in size and weight to the iPhone, the Storm combines traditional BlackBerry email prowess with a cool new look and more consumer-oriented features.
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HTC Touch Diamond
HTC is first to bring a 3/3.5G touch device to market. The Touch Diamond is a very small and light smartphone with an ultra-high resolution screen, an elegant 3-D user interface sitting on top of Windows Mobile 6.1, a 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, and 4GB of storage for music, pictures and video. We examine HTC's latest and compare its specs side-by-side with the iPhone.
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Windows Mobile Spring Cleaning!
Spring is here, and it's time for a little housekeeping on your Windows Mobile device to clean out the cobwebs that have accumulated over the winter. Tim Hillebrand has some helpful suggestions on how to keep your machine lean, clean, and mean.
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HP iPAQ 310 Travel Companion: full road test
The HP iPAQ 310 Travel Companion is primarily a GPS (though it can do a lot of other things) and thus very different from almost all iPAQs before it. We've now had a chance to extensively road-test the 310. It certainly has an awesome display (4.3-inch, 800 x 480 pixels), but how well does it work on the road?
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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1: Sony launches impressive iPhone competitor
Unwilling to let Apple get all the attention with its sleek iPhone, Sony Ericsson launched XPERIA and announced the first XPERIA phone, the X1. What is XPERIA? Unfortunately not something brand-spanking new. Instead, Sony Ericsson chose to use Windows Mobile 6 but design a new desktop interface. Like the iPhone, XPERIA uses a touchscreen, but unlike the iPhone, there is also a physical slider keyboard that, depending on your preferences, can make data entry easier.
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HTC Shift
With the long-awaited Shift, HTC demonstrates that you can run Vista and Windows Mobile side-by-side, and very elegantly so. The dual-processor Shift excels in clean design and execution, and even if it fails or is quickly replaced, it does offer an interesting look at how "hybrid" devices could make complementing technologies work together to provide extra functionality.
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Five new HP iPAQs!
 HP releases five new iPAQs (and a whole slew of new iPAQ programs, services and accessories). Read all about the "classic" iPAQ 110 that combines iPAQ style with state-of-the-art technology; the enterprise-oriented iPAQ 210 -- a spiritual successor of the iPAQ 4700 with its big and razor-sharp VGA display; the iPAQ 310 Travel Companion with a large, ultra-hi-res screen and a GPS-optimized processor; and two quad-band/3Q/WiFi/Bluetooth/GPS communicators with either a phone keypad (the iPAQ 610) or a thumbtype keyboard (the iPAQ 910).
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review of the iPAQ 110, iPAQ 210, iPAQ 310, iPAQ 610, and iPAQ 910
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Apple iPhone
The Announcement. The Wait. The Day. The Phone. The story of how one of our contributor fell in love with the iPhone, then waited and waited and waited, stood in line, and then screamed out "Zero!" when the rope at the Apple store line was lifted. Ann Marie describes the iPhone, what it can do and what it can't, and what she'd like to see in software upgrades and next gen versions.
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HP iPAQ hw6925 Pocket PC
Certainly a very persuasive argument in favor of the Pocket PC Phone Edition platform
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Samsung Black Jack
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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Have iPAQ, will travel
Tim Hillebrand reviews the HP iPAQ rx5900 Travel Companion
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HP's first smartphone
We're taking a first look at HP's new iPAQ 500 Series Voice Messenger.
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Favorites at 2007 CES
Tim Hillebrand goes to CES in Vegas and picks his six favorite new gadgets.
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Which iPod Should I Get?
It's really not as simple as you might think to pick the right model for your unique life and style. We evaluate the current lineup as well as older models, and also the hottest iPod accessories.
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i-Mate Smartphone lineup
Now here's a company that covers all the bases, with fine models ranging from Phone Editions to Smartphones.
SP5 Smartphone, SP5m Smartphone, JASJAR, K-JAM, JAMMIN and PDA-N. And all are unlocked!.
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How To: Series 60 Tips & Tricks
Exploit two useful tools on your Series 60 smartphone.
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Status of Digital Cameras early 2007
For those shopping for a digital camera there's never been a better time, or a more confusing one. Never a better one because the prices of digital cameras have come down so much that many high quality digital cameras from major manufacturers are now priced below the traditional US$299 "pain threshold." We tell you where things stand.
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Thin-Zoom Camera Roundup
Get the skinny on a baker's dozen of the thinnest, coolest, sexiest digicams available. The results may surprise you!
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Full Features 2006
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Long-Zoom
Roundup
Why settle for a measly 3X? Here are
eight digicams with fat 5-12X optical zoom lenses that
get you right into the action.
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19" to 21"
Flat Panel Monitors
Give your tired eyes a break and upgrade
to one of these six sharp, brilliant, and oh so sexy
looking monitors.
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This
iPod Does Video
Phenomenally successful music player
effortlessly morphs into a personal media center. Next
stop, Hollywood.
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Watch
This!
New
wrist-top wonders make Dick Tracy green with envy.
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Bill
& Ed's Excellent Adventure
A Palm is a Palm, except when it's
a Windows Mobile Treo.
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Sibling
Rivalry
Microsoft Smartphone or Pocket PC
Phone? Tough call.
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Full
Features late 2005
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7-Megapixel
Mania
We test a dozen compacts with more
pixels, more speed, and way more cool than ever before.
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Podcasting
Primer
On demand, personalized audio programming
is just a click away. We show you how to find what's
out there and how to create your own podcast on the
cheap.
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Top
10 Reasons to Buy a PDA
The personal digital assistant is
far from dead. Here's why you should thumb your nose
at the doomsayers and own one.
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Smartphone
Roundup
Lots of cool machines, lots of confusion
in this constantly changing space. We're here to help.
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Handheld
Security
Now is the time for your company to
take mobile security seriously. Here's how to get started.
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