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The best feature in Apple’s second-generation iPhone 3G is the “App Store,” a distribution mechanism for third-party programs. In general, the process of choosing and downloading apps is easy and quick, and most of the programs are useful or entertaining. Here’s a guide to choosing the apps for your iPhone.
Two sites called SpaceTime and Searchme turn search into a different, much more visually stimulating experience.
Apple’s updates for the iPhone and iPod Touch enable more customization and outfit each device with a handful of new features, making both gadgets much more useful and fun.
A guide to terms and definitions used in some key technology categories. It will help you speak geek with the best of them, whether at CES or browsing products in your neighborhood electronics store.
Music-enthusiast site MOG.com allows users to simultaneously blog about and listen to millions of songs that fuel their online discussions.
Microsoft’s retooled Zunes are notably better than last year’s entry. They are smaller, lighter and more attractive, but remain no match for the iPod.
SanDisk’s Sansa TakeTV plugs into a PC to load videos, then into your TV to watch the videos. But the device is more complicated than it should be.
Jaman.com gives users the chance to download independent and international movies from the Web directly to their computers, but the system can be frustrating and the interface is cluttered.
The newest version of RealPlayer offers a distinctly useful feature: the ability to copy any video from the Internet onto your PC, as long as it isn’t protected by a copyright. The download function is smart, simple and fun to use.
The iPhone is a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer, Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret say. A major drawback: the network it uses. Video
The Mossberg Solution tries out the Sansa Connect, a new music player with built-in Wi-Fi. Despite some limitations, the portable player introduces the user to lots of songs, and may even make the iPod seem old-fashioned.
We test the Myvu, a device that looks like a pair of futuristic sunglasses and attaches to your iPod to display videos on a built-in screen.
The new iPods are more versatile and less costly than ever, but the new iTunes software is an even bigger improvement.
More than 50 million Apple iPods, and lots of competing digital music players, have been sold by now. But many folks are still confused over how legal digital music works. So here’s a quick-and-dirty guide to the digital music world.
The advent of the video-capable iPod has spawned connectors that allow iPods to play video through a TV. Despite a few bugs, two new products make this link possible — though one is easier and more satisfying to use.
Click below to browse or search up to two years of past editions of Walt's columns and interviews.
Walt's main column, written since 1991, in which he reviews hardware, software and web sites, and comments on technology issues.
Walt's weekly column in which he answers readers' questions.
Edited by Walt and written by Katie Boehret, this is a guide to gadgets, web services and other consumer technologies.
Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.
