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- iFixit: Disassembling the new MacBook unibody
- Almost immediately after being announced, iFixIt.com did a teardown YouTube video the new "unibody" polycarbonate MacBook. As has been previously noted Apple has added a LED display, upgraded processor, added curves, increased battery life. Apple has also quietly removed the FireWire port, IR...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Bluetooth Antenna, Notebooks, Engineering, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
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- Toshiba Satellite U505-S2970
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite U505-S2970 is a thin-and-light laptop that is neither thin nor light. It feels solidly built, but this is a 13.3-inch laptop...
- Tags: Notebooks, Network technology, laptop computer, satellite, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite
- Product reviews 2009-11-24
- TomTom Car Kit for iPhone
- Unveiled alongside its turn-by-turn navigation app for iPhone at WWDC 2009, TomTom's Car Kit for iPhone is finally available for purchase. Offering a bit more than just a way to hold your iPhone steady while driving, the Car Kit also has a GPS receiver built-in, a car charger, and...
- Tags: Smart phones, GPS, Apple iPhone, TomTom, car, Car Kit, bracket
- Product reviews 2009-11-19
- Sony Vaio X (VPC-X115KX/N Signature Collection, gold)
- Sony has thus far taken a position just adjacent to Apple's when it comes to the question of Netbooks. Rather than embracing these low-cost, low-power systems that have become incredibly popular with bargain-hunting consumers, Sony stayed out of the market initially. Its subsequent entries have skirted the outer edges of...
- Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, Vaio X, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-11-02
- More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse
- The crack engineers at iFixIt are at it again. Yesterday I posted their teardown of the new "unibody" (a.k.a. poly) MacBook which revealed a relocated Bluetooth antenna and a larger 60 watt-hour battery. Today's installment includes teardowns of the new Fall 2009 iMac and the mysterious Magic...
- Tags: Mouse, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Pioneer AVIC-Z110BT
- At the top of Pioneer's AVIC line of navigation receivers, and indeed its entire line of car audio receivers, sits the AVIC-Z110BT. This grandest of car stereos features just about every bell, whistle, and whizbang that Pioneer has to throw at mobile audio and video. From GPS navigation that can...
- Tags: GPS, Digital music, Digital media, receiver, SD card
- Product reviews 2009-10-13
- Motorola Barrage (Verizon Wireless)
- Photo gallery:Motorola BarrageMotorola has a long history of creating durable cell phones, but with the occasional exception, they've ended up at Nextel. As we've long encouraged Moto to spread the rugged love, we were glad to see it launch the Motorola Barrage for Verizon Wireless. So named (or so we...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, feature set, Motorola Inc., Verizon Wireless, Motorola Barrage
- Product reviews 2009-10-08
- Altec Lansing inMotion Classic
- Photo gallery:Altec Lansing inMotion ClassicAltec Lansing has a long history of producing stellar little speaker systems designed around the iPod. Its latest portable speaker, the inMotion Classic ($149), continues the company's tradition of delivering quality audio in a compact and stylish design.DesignThe first thing you'll notice about the inMotion Classic...
- Tags: speaker, Apple iPod, Altec Lansing, kickstand
- Product reviews 2009-10-02
- Dell Inspiron 14 (Intel Core 2 Duo T6600)
- While many laptop buyers will gravitate toward specialty machines--such as a tiny Netbook for travel or a massive desktop replacement for gaming or video editing--there are still plenty of people who need a traditional midsize laptop. We call these 14-, 15- and 16-inch systems members of the "mainstream" category, and...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Intel Corp., interior, laptop computer, Intel Core 2 Duo, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-09-23
- Dell Inspiron 14 Laptop Computer (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 250GB HDD, 3GB)
- While many laptop buyers will gravitate toward specialty machines--such as a tiny Netbook for travel or a massive desktop replacement for gaming or video editing--there are still plenty of people who need a traditional midsize laptop. We call these 14-, 15- and 16-inch systems members of the "mainstream" category, and...
- Tags: Notebooks, Intel Corp., Intel Pentium, computer, interior, laptop computer, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron
- Product reviews 2009-09-23
- Netgear WNDR3700 RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router (Premium Edition)
- The new Netgear WNDR3700 RangeMax is a great upgrade from the Netgear WNDR3300. It now supports true dual bands, offering simultaneous Wireless-N performance in both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands. The router also offers a decent network storage feature when coupled with a USB external hard drive. It includes a traffic...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, router, WNDR3700, Netgear Inc., network
- Product reviews 2009-09-23
- Are you worried that your cellphone is harming you?
- The largest study showed cell users getting less cancerhttp://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/09/half-truths-on-cell-phone-dangers/The largest study showed cell users getting less cancer. I would trust the American Cancer Society before I trust the media who blindly report stories about electrosensitives without any fact checking.All this worry is over a little heat generated from the...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, cell phone, phone, radiation
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Samsung Go N310 (sunset orange)
- We've gotten to the point where mainstream Netbooks are a fairly rigid format. Slap together an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and a copy of Windows XP, and you've got your hands on essentially the same product sold by PC makers such as Dell,...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, netbook, N310, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2009-09-03
- Garmin Nuvi 765T
- Garmin adds another battery of incremental changes to its Nuvi line of GPS navigators with the introduction of the Nuvi 765T. This new Nuvi packs useful features, such as text-to-speech and visual lane guidance, but the best trick in its bag is free, lifetime, Navteq traffic updating. In this case...
- Tags: side panel, FM Transmitter, Nuvi 765T, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., lane guidance, cable, Garmin Nuvi 765T
- Product reviews 2009-08-24
- Dell Inspiron Mini 10v Netbook Computer (Intel Atom N270, 120GB HDD, 1GB)
- The "v" in the Dell Mini 10v's name is seemingly there to indicate value for thrifty Netbook shoppers. The system is in many ways hard to distinguish from its more expensive cousin and is one of the better under-$299 Netbook packages we've seen. It does, however, lack the high-end configuration...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, computer, hard drive, Intel Corp., Intel Atom, Mini, Mini 10, Dell Computer Corp., netbook, Dell Mini, Dell Inspiron
- Product reviews 2009-08-17
- El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player
- When we last saw JVC's El Kameleon car audio receiver, we awarded it our Editors' Choice award for its innovative interface and expandability. However, we wished that the unit featured a touch screen instead of a touch pad. With the new El Kameleon KD-AVX77, we get our wish. The new...
- Tags: Keyboards, Corporate communications, Monitors & displays, media player, Video Playback, display, KD-AVX77, faceplate, El Kameleon, single-DIN, touch screen, JVC
- Product reviews 2009-07-31
- Garmin Nuvi 760
- Editors' note: The following review is of the Garmin Nuvi 750. The Nuvi 760 is identical to the 750 in nearly every way, except that the 760 adds Bluetooth hands-free calling and an FM Traffic data receiver to its feature set. As a result, the 760 gets extra points in...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Garmin Nuvi series, Nuvi 760, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., Garmin Nuvi 750
- Product reviews 2009-07-30
- My Mileage Genie 3.0 (Mobile)
- MyMileageGenie for BlackBerry is a tool for tracking mileage, time, expense and the location of field forces. Professionals who need to keep track of these items for billing, cost allocation or expense reporting will find the powerful automatic tracking capabilities invaluable. MyMileageGenie works with the BlackBerry GPS antenna, as well...
- Tags: Mobile, Adobe PDF, RIM BlackBerry, ConvergeWireless, MyMileageGenie, E-mail, Handhelds, GPS, Online Communications, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-07-23
- WiFi drop-off problem still dogging MacBook lines?
- WiFi drop-off problem still dogging MacBook lines?It is your router that is the issuenot the MacBook. The problem is due to the innovative and andvanced design of the MacBook wireless circuitry.Your router just cannot keep up :)I know what your problem is...You have to clean the peanut butter off of...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Notebooks, Wireless and Mobility, Network technology, Peanut Butter, Apple MacBook, Wi-Fi, router, iStumbler, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-07-22
- Pioneer AVIC-U310BT
- Pioneer's goal with the AVIC-U310BT, the entry-level model in its AVIC in-dash navigation line, was to meet the three major needs: GPS navigations, digital audio playback, and Bluetooth hands-free calling.DesignThe AVIC-U310BT is a double-DIN unit, which takes up twice the vertical space of a standard DIN-size car stereo, so make...
- Tags: Digital music, Pioneer AVIC-U310BT, U310BT, digital media, GPS
- Product reviews 2009-07-16
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