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- Sony VAIO VGN-NW270F/S
- 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 Sony Vaio VGN-NW270F/S is a stylish, spacious laptop for high-definition fans with low budgets. For a reasonable $699 at Best Buy, the Vaio...
- Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-11-24
- Dell Inspiron i1470-3282CRD
- 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.At what cost to battery life? That's the question we're left asking Dell after testing its Inspiron 1470-3282, a $729 laptop sold at Best...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Inspiron, laptop computer, processor, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-11-21
- Samsung SCH-220 Code - silver (MetroPCS)
- The Samsung Code (SCH-i220) is MetroPCS's first Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, which seems like a step backward seeing as Windows Mobile 6.5 devices are available. However, that shouldn't detract the customers from getting the messaging-centric device. The Code offers a sleek design, easy-to-use keyboard, and decent performance and call quality....
- Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2009-11-18
- Jabra Stone
- Not many Bluetooth headsets combine style and performance, and when they do, they stand out. Examples include the Aliph Jawbone Prime, the BlueAnt Q1, and the Plantronics Discovery 975. Jabra, a company that has been in the Bluetooth business a long time, attempts to come up with yet another headset...
- Tags: headset, Jabra, Stone
- Product reviews 2009-11-17
- Toshiba Satellite E105-S1802
- 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.Toshiba's latest Blue Label laptop from Best Buy, the Satellite E105-S1802, is an exact replica of the company's earlier Satellite E105-S1602 model with one...
- Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, laptop computer, satellite, battery
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- Samsung Mythic SGH-A897 (AT&T)
- Even though AT&T launched its live mobile TV service more than a year ago, but few support it-- the last one we saw was the Samsung Eternity, which was released in October 2008. Now it seems that AT&T may be looking to breathe fresh life to the service by releasing...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Telecom & Utilities, NOW IT, phone dialer, Mythic, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., home screen, phone, AT&T Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-11-14
- Gateway NV7802u
- 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.Gateway continues to offer some of the best bang-for-your-buck retail laptops. The NV7802u is a fine example: It's a 17-inch wide-screen model with a...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Intel Core 2 Duo, Gateway Inc., Intel Corp., laptop computer
- Product reviews 2009-11-13
- Boston Acoustics Duo-i plus
- Editors' note: The Boston Acoustics Duo-i Plus is nearly identical to the Horizon Duo-i we reviewed a year ago. Not a lot has changed since then aside from the addition of full support for iPhone playback. While the Horizon Duo-i worked with the iPhone, the device had...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Boston Acoustics Inc., Apple iPod
- Product reviews 2009-11-13
- Nokia 3711 - sable (T-Mobile)
- Nokia fans in the United States don't get many breaks. Few of the company's phones make it to U.S. carriers and the models that land here tend to be basic handsets for making calls. The Nokia 3711 for T-Mobile is one such phone. Simple in form and function, the 3711...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, T-Mobile, phone, Nokia Corp., keypad button
- Product reviews 2009-11-10
- Toshiba Satellite T135-S1309
- Sometimes, it takes a good retail excursion to find a deal that isn't otherwise possible. Case in point: the Toshiba T135. While we have already reviewed two different versions of Toshiba's Windows 7 entry to the thin-and-light laptop landscape, we were pleasantly surprised by this retail-only configuration. This is not...
- Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Processors, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite
- Product reviews 2009-11-06
- Gateway NV5207u
- The Gateway NV5207u is what happens when a slow processor happens to an otherwise respectable budget-priced laptop. It's a good-looking notebook with a large screen, a decent port assortment, and a couple of extra features to sweeten the deal. But its AMD processor is a poor performer despite being dual...
- Tags: Processors, Gateway Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor
- Product reviews 2009-11-05
- Envizen Digital Duo Box Pro ED8850A
- You probably haven't heard of Envizen, but it's one of several off-brand companies that are putting out new digital portable TVs to replace all the obsolete analog units that were toted to sporting events or kept around for emergencies when the power went off. As implied by its name--the Envizen...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, DVD, Games, digital television, TV
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- Toshiba Satellite T135-S1310
- How much of a difference does a single-core versus dual-core ultralow-voltage processor make on a thin-and-light these days? You may not be paying attention under the hood--and that's not your fault, because it's hard to notice the differences based on processor name and Intel sticker-logos--but you should know that it...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Processors, Toshiba Satellite, thin-and-light, processor, Intel Corp., T135-S1310, Toshiba Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-10-22
- Apple Magic Mouse
- Apple's latest pointer, the Magic Mouse, is included with its new iMac desktops, but you can purchase it separately for $69. Just don't confuse it with the Mighty Mouse, because although they're the same price, the differences end there. The Magic Mouse gets an aerodynamic face-lift and also supports...
- Tags: Mice, mouse, Magic Mouse, Apple Inc.
- Product reviews 2009-10-21
- RIM BlackBerry Storm 2 (Verizon Wireless)
- Photo gallery:BlackBerry Storm 2Let's be honest. Research in Motion's first foray in the world of the touch-screen smartphones wasn't exactly a smashing success. The RIM BlackBerry Storm was riddled with bugs and performance issues, which were resolved with subsequent software updates, but still, the damage had been done. However, there...
- Tags: Handhelds, Keyboards, Smart phones, Verizon Wireless, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Storm 2, RIM BlackBerry Storm 2, Storm 2, BlackBerry Storm
- Product reviews 2009-10-15
- Sony DCR-DVD650
- DVDs were never a perfect solution for directly recording video to with a camcorder. The medium makes even less sense now with hard-disk-drive and flash-memory models reasonably priced and able to store much more video in far smaller packages. About the only advantage camcorders like the Sony Handycam DCR-DVD650 have...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Consumer electronics, Flash memory, Memory, Monitors & displays, video, DVD, camcorder, Sony Corp., memory stick, pixel
- Product reviews 2009-10-13
- News to know: Windows 7; IBM; Sony; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Measuring Windows 7 performance Dancho Danchev: Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google ...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IBM Corp., Eaton, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- Motorola Entice W766 (Verizon Wireless)
- The Motorola Entice W766 is the latest Motorola flip phone to join the Verizon Wireless family, and it is almost the same as the Motorola Rapture VU30, which was released late last year. It's not as sleek and shiny as the Rapture, but the Entice does have external touch-sensitive keys...
- Tags: Media players, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Inc., phone, speakerphone, display, music player
- Product reviews 2009-10-07
- Samsung Instinct HD SPH-M850 (Sprint)
- Photo gallery:Samsung Instinct HD SPH-M850Sprint Nextel stole the CTIA show last year when it introduced the Samsung Instinct. There was a lot to like about the touch-screen phone, so we were hopeful that Samsung would build on its successes with subsequent models. To our initial delight, the Samsung Instinct S30...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Samsung Instinct, Instinct HD, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sprint Communications
- Product reviews 2009-09-30
- Asus UL30A-A1 (Core 2 Duo Su7300 1.3GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)
- Whether CULV thin-and-light laptops will ever fully find a spot between the Netbook world and the full-featured laptop world, they are most definitely a category that's growing every day. Dropping an optical drive and throwing a low-voltage processor alongside a long-lasting battery is the trend of 2009, although the low-voltage...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, hard drive, Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer, ASUS, battery, processor
- Product reviews 2009-09-30
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