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- 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
- Samsung SPH-M330 - silver (Sprint)
- Sprint's Samsung SPH-M330 is the next step above the Samsung SPH-M240. It's also designed mainly for basic communication, but the M330 adds Bluetooth and a VGA camera. The result is a functional handset with an unremarkable design. Call quality is decent, and the M330 is free with service. DesignThe M330...
- Tags: Instant messaging, Sprint Communications, slider mechanism, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., M330, camera, phone, VGA, VGA Camera
- Product reviews 2009-09-29
- Altec Lansing Orbit USB iML237
- To date, Altec Lansing's little portable Orbit speaker have come in a few different colors and designs. The latest offering, the Orbit USB, offers USB connectivity so you can conveniently plug it into your laptop. In going to USB, the overall design of the speaker hasn't really changed (though we...
- Tags: speaker, Altec Lansing, kickstand, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2009-09-29
- Altec Lansing Mix iMT800
- Back in the 1980s, when portable audio was synonymous with "cassette tapes," boom boxes were a mainstay of music culture. While luggable, battery-powered speaker systems still exist today, they tend to be somewhat dainty iPod speakers. Altec Lansing's $300 Mix iMT800, meanwhile, aims to mix and match the best of...
- Tags: Engineering, Digital music, Digital media, Altec Lansing, battery, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone
- Product reviews 2009-09-18
- Motorola Debut i865 (Boost Mobile)
- Most iDEN push-to-talk phones are quite bulky, and come in either a clamshell or candy bar form factor. The Motorola Debut for Boost Mobile, however, bucks that trend. It is the first ever iDEN push-to-talk phone to come in a slider design, which gives it a rather svelte appearance. Aside...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Motorola Debut, push-to-talk, phone, Motorola Inc., Boost Mobile, push-to-talk phone
- Product reviews 2009-09-18
- Nokia 7705 Twist (Verizon Wireless)
- We can safely say that we've never seen a phone like the Nokia 7705 Twist. Sure, we've reviewed square handsets before, and swivel models were in style a few years back; however, we've never had the two design aesthetics combined onto one device. We're not quite sure if it works--it's...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Wireless, Nokia Corp., phone, display
- Product reviews 2009-09-16
- Samsung M240 (Sprint)
- The same day it introduced the touch-screen Samsung Rogue, Samsung quietly unveiled the Samsung M240. Made for Sprint, the M240 is all about communication. Features are few--you don't even get Bluetooth--and the simple flip-phone design lends itself to making calls. On that front it does a decent job, but its...
- Tags: Sprint Communications, headset jack, Samsung M240, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2009-09-16
- Samsung SGH-T659 (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T659 (T-Mobile)Samsung, we have a message for you: 2006 called and it wants its phone back. All right, maybe that's mean, but the fact remains that the Samsung SGH-T659 exhibits a design trend that was popular three years ago. And as features go, the SGH-T659 offers nothing that...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Instant messaging, slider mechanism, display, T659, Samsung SGH-T659, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone, T-Mobile
- Product reviews 2009-09-14
- Samsung WEP870
- Even though stereo Bluetooth is now more widely accepted, there are those who just want a simple mono headset to make and receive calls. But there's no reason you can't have both; there are a few headsets out there that can convert from mono to stereo and vice versa, like...
- Tags: volume rocker, lanyard, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung WEP870, headset, ear bud
- Product reviews 2009-09-14
- Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 (Verizon Wireless)
- Photo gallery:Samsung RogueSamsung has had mixed results with touch-screen phones with full keyboards. Verizon's Samsung Glyde had its share of faults, but we liked the Samsung Impression for AT&T quite a bit. Fortunately, the new Samsung Rogue for Verizon Wireless is no slouch. Not only is it a touch-screen and...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Engineering, phone dialer, touch-screen interface, Verizon Wireless, Samsung Rogue, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2009-09-11
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