Palm Pixi Needs a Dusting of Speed
Palm offers the Pre’s webOS operating system in a tinier package: the Pixi.
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A New Search Engine Specializing in Fun
Goby.com aims to take the guesswork out of finding leisure activities.
Countertrend: H-P Says Please Print Often
Katherine Boehret reviews the HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One printer-scanner, with a touch screen to display Web apps that promote printing.
Yahoo Renovates Its Home Page
Katherine Boehret reviews Yahoo’s made-over home page, which features less clutter and new “apps.”
Second Chances: T-Mobile Tries Again
A review of T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google, the second “Google phone” to be released.
The Swiss Army Knife of Portable Videos
RealPlayer SP grabs videos from the Web and converts and transfers them to over a dozen portable devices. While other software programs perform two or just one of these tasks, RealPlayer’s trio of talent make it like a digital Swiss army knife.
Creating ‘Moments’ of Your Life
ThisMoment — a free software program that artistically assembles digital content — will give your moments a polished look that makes you proud to share, writes Katherine Boehret.
Easy Way to Log In Face Time
Logitech Vid aims to help non-techies who simply want to use their Webcams to see someone while they’re talking, without any fancy features.
Microsoft Effort to Best Google Yields Results
Microsoft’s Bing search engine retrieves on-target and useful information in a user-friendly manner that looks and feels more inviting than Google.
A Kick Start to the Sidekick’s Social Side
The new Sidekick LX has a camera, 3G-connection and social-networking apps, but the absence of a touch screen is glaring for this expensive device.
Tracking Friends the Google Way
Katie reviews Latitude, a new feature of Google Maps that uses location-based technology to track its users’ movements. Latitude displays the user’s location on a map for friends to see, so they can know where the person is at all times.
A BlackBerry That’s Easy on Your Thumbs
In two weeks, the latest version of the BlackBerry, the Curve 8900, arrives. This device doesn’t have a sleek touch screen or completely overhauled operating system, nor is it meant to compete with the likes of Apple’s iPhone. But it has a physical keyboard and still manages to look stylish — and that’s no small feat.
Web Searches That Really Bear Fruit
There’s nothing more frustrating than a fruitless Web search — or one that returns results that distract you from your original goal. This week I tested two free tools that attempt to make your Web searches more relevant by learning from users’ reactions to search results.
Organizing Your Web Life in One Place
Katie reviews Windows Live, Microsoft’s Web-based attempt to consolidate many of the regular activities you perform on the Internet: sharing photos on Flickr, emailing via Hotmail, posting status updates on Facebook, following tweets on Twitter, sending instant messages on Google Chat and keeping a calendar on Apple’s MobileMe.
BlackBerry Bold Is Big, Bulky And Beautiful
Change is a familiar concept in the mobile-phone industry. Most recently, Apple and Google introduced mobile devices with two vital innovations: They run on fast 3G networks and use touch screens. Yesterday Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, brought out a device that goes halfway: the BlackBerry Bold, which runs on AT&T’s 3G network, but doesn’t have a touch screen.
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