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In a test of two new smartphones, Motorola’s Q wins points for its low price tag and striking design. But Palm’s improved Treo, with greater speed and other enhancements, is still the best bet for serious users of mobile email, Web and Microsoft’s Office.
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.
A new, free, application called Pando lets you email huge attachments without breaching email size limits, or clogging anyone’s inbox. In our tests, it was simple, fast and effective.
Bix.com allows users to participate in contests that include singing, comedy photography and art, where members can vote using a thumbs-up or thumbs-down icon.
We tested the recently revamped Ancestry.com, which helps you build a family tree and find related digital documents, and found that it has a sensible layout and a rich variety of tools.
MojoPac gives you a way to pack up your computer’s settings, applications and data and take them with you on any USB storage device. It sounds too good to be true, but for the most part we found it works as promised.
We test two devices that are designed to bring new life to 45s and LPs by allowing those oldies to migrate to CD players, computers and iPods.
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 [...]
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.
The family-calendaring program Cozi Central is a digital replacement for Post-It notes. The simple, free software allows busy households to coordinate events and to-do lists, which multiple users can edit.
Kodak’s Wi-Fi picture frame can wirelessly tap into photos stored online, offering an ever-changing collection of images.
A look at alternative keyboard options: two sets that operate wirelessly using Bluetooth, and a stand-alone wired ergonomic keyboard made for touch typists.
Microsoft hopes to simplify lives with a third release to replace Outlook Express. And judging by an early version of Windows Live Mail, which includes photo embedding and IM integration, the third time could be the charm.
The iPhone is a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer, Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret say. A major drawback: the network it uses. Video
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.
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