Smartphones are masters of multitasking. They email, browse the Web, instant message, take pictures, run applications or play videos and music. So it’s easy to forget how uncomfortable they are to use as phones.
Apple’s Genius is a helpful tool for quickly making a playlist, but Microsoft’s Zune software truly allows people to discover more about their own music.
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.
Most camera users don’t want to hassle with USB cords and slow upload speeds when transferring images onto a computer or photo-sharing site. The $100 Eye-Fi Card is a carefree solution to the aggravation.
Digital cameras have evolved recently to include more capabilities, sharper, larger viewing screens and slimmer builds. The Mossberg Solution offers an overview of what you’ll need to know when buying a new camera.
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.
Apple TV, a slender, wireless set-top box that connects TVs to computers, provides a simple way for people to show all the stuff trapped on their computers — video, music, photos — on their big TVs.
Every so often, a technology company sticks its neck out and creates a product beyond its repertoire. Dell Inc., known for its computers, began offering television sets four years ago. In 1998, printing titan Hewlett-Packard Co. started applying its imaging expertise to digital cameras. And when Apple Inc. introduced the iPod in 2001, the computer [...]
The Gremlin represents a fresh approach to denting the iPod hegemony. The portable music player, for $299, has built-in Wi-Fi, so it can download songs without a personal computer. Still, the device has a few rough edges.
Edited by Walt and written by Katie Boehret, this is a guide to gadgets, web services and other consumer technologies.
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