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Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Feature phones

I've now given you a Holiday Guide for smartphones and free cellphones so this Guide presents the best of the devices that are commonly called feature phones. With the power of today's feature phones, the line between a feature phone and smartphone is getting blurred so most people won't see...

Tags: Touch Screen, Samsung Instinct, Phone, Device, Page, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Radio, MicroSD, AT&T Corp., microSD Card, Sprint Communications, Camera, Music, Feature Phone Market, LG Voyager, Bluetooth Radio, Samsung Behold, QWERTY, QWERTY Keyboard, Samsung Rugby, Bluetooth 1.2 Radio, HTML Web Browser, ZN4, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Bluetooth, Hardware, Peripherals, Wireless, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-12-01

What are the alternatives to the iPhone 3G?

Last year I created a post talking about the available iPhone alternatives that you could pick up if you didn't want to buy the Apple iPhone, but wanted a new and functional mobile device. With the iPhone 3G launching later this week, I thought it would be appropriate to provide...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Device, Mobile, T-Mobile, Samsung Instinct, Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Samsung Instinct

Since its introduction last year, the iPhone has emerged as a powerful player in the cell phone world. And so far, the collective response from most cell phone manufacturers has been simply to ignore it. But now Samsung is trying a different tactic. Its new Samsung Instinct (SPH-M800) for Sprint...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, menu design, Samsung Instinct, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., display

Product reviews 2008-06-06

Yet another iPhone killer: Samsung's Instinct

Yet another iPhone killer: Samsung's Instinctre:How can it kill the iPhone if sprint goes out of business?

Tags: Samsung Instinct, iPhone-killer, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

Additional Resources

Seagate's "random freeze" problem: worse than reported?

Reports that Seagate is having "random freeze" problems on its new 1.5 TB drives may be more serious than the company has admitted: 1 TB Seagate drives may be affected as well. Seagate on the case Seagate spokesman Mike Hall wrote: Seagate is...

Tags: Seagate Technology LLC, RAID, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: High-end home theater setups

Economy be damned, you want to upgrade your home theater—and do it right—for the holidays (and/or in anticipation of the Super Bowl). If you have the means to spend more than two grand on a set and the hundreds and hundreds more to round out your setup with primo components,...

Tags: Plasma, Home Theater, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategy

Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategyNational BroadbandI'm surprised AT&T is involved, in 1995 they promised us DSL "soon" were we live (20 miles north of Silicon Valley). It's soon to be 2009 and nothing DSL or WiFi yet. I wonder what their definition of 'soon'...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, Sprint Communications, DSL, broadband, strategy

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

In other Nokia news today...

All the buzz about Nokia today may have been about the launch of the N97, the company's new high-end smartphone. But Nokia did have other news: it has completed its acquisition of Symbian, maker of the mobile operating system on many cell phones. Symbian employees will become Nokia employees on...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Smart Phones, Open Source, Operating Systems, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Netbooks dominate Cyber Monday sales

Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon this Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year in the U.S. Netbooks FTW! Chalk it up to a small form factor (7-10 in., about 3 lbs.) and an even smaller...

Tags: Monitor, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sales, LCD, MSI, Monitors & Displays, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?

Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?We have been suffering so long with poor quality voice, that we are used toit. It almost does not seem like a phone call when the quality is good. But, talking so someone with high quality voice IS really nice. Of course...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.

Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.Wow, increadably mediocre!Samsung has some of the best hardware in the electronics biz. What were they thinking with this laptop? First, 16:9? And low rez? Give me a break. Screen real-estate on a laptop is a must. 16:10 and high...

Tags: Notebooks, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., first notebook, notebook

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Why Grandma Sandy and Aunt Roz don't want an HDTV for Christmas

Why Grandma Sandy and Aunt Roz don't want an HDTV for ChristmasIt isnt the money[b]"In addition, one could also just buy an HDTV that fits horizontally. The screen will be almost as tall as the original. Big deal if there is a gap above it."[/b]Yeah, try telling that to a...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, TV

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Surveys show consumers love HDTVs, but show some confusion about HD programming

Surveys show consumers love HDTVs, but show some confusion about HD programmingHDTVI have a 60" mitsubishi and have no HD programing except regular channels you get over the air.I use an upconvert DVD player and the whole thing looks fine to me,i'm 56 years old and have no plans of...

Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sales strategy, survey, Blue-ray, HDTV, DVD, Blu-ray disc, early adapter, disc

Discussion threads 2008-11-30

Top-selling products on Black Friday 2008

PriceGrabber.com published the list of top products sold on Black Friday 2008. Nintendo Wii Console Ugg Australia ‘Classic Short’ Boot Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player Samsung LN52A650 52″ LCD TV Nintendo Wii Fit Panasonic TH-42PX80U 42″ Plasma TV Sennheiser HD 555 Headphones Canon EOS Rebel XSi Black SLR...

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Canon Inc., Nintendo Wii, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Notebooks & Tablets, AM

Blog posts 2008-11-30

The verdict: Lori Drew is guilty.

The verdict: Lori Drew is guilty.Yes, she is guilty.... BUTNot of the most serious things that they were trying to convict her of. Really, once ALL the facts came out, you realized that these comments were NOT the cause of Megan's suicide.What was? Her parents lack of support to her...

Tags: Litigation, ECONOMIC HARM, Lori Drew, verdict

Discussion threads 2008-11-26

Samsung BD-P2500

Editors' note: The Samsung BD-P2500 is nearly identical to the Samsung BD-P2550, the only exception being that the BD-P2550 is exclusive to Best Buy and adds Pandora streaming to the feature set. Otherwise the two products are identical and buyers should opt for the BD-P2550 unless there is a...

Tags: Monitors & displays, DVD, Consumer electronics, Samsung BD-P2500, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung BD-P2550

Product reviews 2008-11-26

Samsung HL-S5679W

Samsung HL-S5679WDon't Bother with this TV16 month old HL-S5679WX/XAA (with a 15 month warranty) dies. Samsung says replace the light engine a VERY expensive part. Replaced the light engine. Didn't fix anything. Local service stumped. Don't bother with this one...

Tags: TVs, Samsung HL-S5679W, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2008-11-26

Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.

If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, Laptop Magazine, PC Magazine, Notebooks, Modems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-26

News to know: Macs on sale, YouTube goes wide, Twitter, Cisco

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: A rare occurrence: Macs on sale Jason D. O'Grady: Apple retail stores to match prices Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out! ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Telemarketing, AJAX, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Digital Media, Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-26

LG Incite CT810 (AT&T)

Photo gallery:LG Incite CT810Despite LG's long history in the U.S. cell phone market, it has yet to introduce a true smartphone here like it has in other countries (For example, the LG KS20 is Europe-only). Sure we've seen high-end LG phones like the LG Voyager and the LG Dare, but...

Tags: Keyboards, Smart phones, Monitors & displays, Cellular phones, Handhelds, AT&T Corp., LG Electronics Inc., LG INCITE

Product reviews 2008-11-25