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Walt Mossberg picks hot holiday gadgets

Walt Mossberg picks hot holiday gadgetsXperiaLOL what's it made of platinum?Would like to try it but success is gonna be marginal in this market cycle and from tough competition esp from HTC.RE: Walt Mossberg picks hot holiday gadgetsIs there any techmology besides phones that could be reviewed?

Tags: hot holiday gadget, holiday gadget, Walt Mossberg

Discussion threads 2008-11-22

Walt Mossberg picks hot holiday gadgets

At a Churchill Club event, The Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg shows CNET News Editor in Chief Dan Farber new gadgets consumers might want to consider buying for the holidays. Mossberg demos some new tech products including RIM's new Blackberry Storm, the MinoHD by Flip Video, and Sony...

Tags: Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Walt Mossberg, Dan Farber, Blackberry Storm, MinoHD, Xperia X1

Videos 2008-11-19

Walt Mossberg says 3G iPhone coming within 60 days

Walt Mossberg says 3G iPhone coming within 60 days3GI am. I am surrounded by ATT's 3G network (so. california) so it will be a no-brainer. However, costs do matter, so let's see how much it will be. By the way, what is the difference between 3G and wi-fi?RE: Walt...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, 3G, Walt Mossberg

Discussion threads 2008-04-06

Walt Mossberg says 3G iPhone coming within 60 days

There has been a lot of speculation on when the 3G version of the iPhone would be coming, but today Walt Mossberg appeared to let the cat out of the bag in a video where he states that the 3G iPhone will be released within 60 days. Thanks to The...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Video, Walt Mossberg, 3G, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-05

Will your phone ever be free?

Walt Mossberg nails the consensus sentiment about wireless connectivity--we all want our phones freed from their carriers. Mossberg writes: It’s intolerable that the same country that produced all this has trapped its citizens in a backward, stifling system when it comes to the next great technology...

Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Walt Mossberg, Mossberg, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-22

WSJ's Walt Mossberg likes Office 2007

WSJ's Walt Mossberg likes Office 2007Walt's right, but he's the Fox News of computing?Never known Mossberg to be fair or balanced in any sense, as I've read him trash good programs over the years and as the previous reader noted, reactively praise all things apple. I have no respect for...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Wall Street Journal, Walt, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, Mossberg, Walt Mossberg

Discussion threads 2007-01-03

Walt Mossberg: What's hot, what's not in gadgets

For you late holiday shoppers, Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journals personal technology columnist, shows me an assortment of new gadgets, including the Microsoft Zune, an HDTV receiver for the computer, a bunch of iPod accessories and Samsungs new BlackJack cell phone. Watch the video

Tags: Apple, Wired & Wireless, Mobile, General, Personal Technology, Walt Mossberg

Blog posts 2006-12-19

Walt Mossberg: Cell phones rule

Walt Mossberg: Cell phones ruleMore up-to-date subscription info...The "how to subscribe" info above is a bit out of date. By far the easiest way, if you have iTunes installed, is to just click the Podcast subscription link:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=80590009That will take you to the info page for ZDNet Podcasts. You...

Tags: PDAs, Podcasts, Cellular phones, Wireless LANs, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, cell phone, phone, Walt Mossberg

Discussion threads 2005-11-10

Walt Mossberg shows off his personal-technology picks

Five tech gadgets from Wall Street Journal columnistMossberg shows ZDNet Editor In Chief Dan Farber a tiny video player from iRiver, a JVC camcorder with a hard disk, a Samsung phone with a 2 megapixel camera and an optical zoom, the Motorola Q handheld and a cordless VoIP phone from...

Tags: VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Walt Mossberg

Videos 2005-11-10

Additional Resources

iPhone 3G S expectations: 500,000 units sold over the weekend

With Apple's iPhone 3G S hitting stores on Friday analysts are starting to guess how many units will be sold over the weekend. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is guessing Apple will sell 500,000 iPhone 3G S units over the weekend, that's half of what the iPhone 3G did over...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

News to know: iPhone OS 3.0; Text messaging; Social search; Morro; Palm

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. Mary Jo Foley: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public Matthew Miller: iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Social Search, Palm Inc., Text Messaging, Corporate Communications, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Branding, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Palm reviewers: The Pre has a puncher's chance

Palm's Pre isn't going to topple the iPhone this weekend, but the device has a puncher's chance to be a threat in the smartphone market, according to a bevy of reviews. Palm's Pre makes its debut for the masses on Monday.   Here's the roundup---of the bunch...

Tags: Palm Inc., Engadget, Smart Phones, Keyboards, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Microsoft's Bing: Powerset's role, market share, brand (and other burning questions)

 Microsoft rolled out Bing sort of---it won't be fully deployed until June 3---but questions already abound. Here's a look at the top 10 questions surrounding Bing, Microsoft's so-called "decision engine." (statement, Techmeme, gallery, Mary Jo Foley's take) 1. Will Powerset's technology be the difference...

Tags: Brand, Search Engine, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Powerset, Microsoft Corp., Bing, Decision Engine, Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-28

AT&T plans 3G upgrade; Promises 'considerably' faster mobile broadband speeds

Here's good news for iPhone users: AT&T said Wednesday that it is plotting a 3G network upgrade to offer "considerably faster mobile broadband speeds." Of course, the bad news is that AT&T's network is holding you back now.  The company said its upgrade will...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Network, Broadband, AT&T Corp., Mobile Broadband, Randall Stephenson, 3G, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, WiMAX, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Microsoft to show off new search: Will it matter?

If a company with 8 percent market share revamped its search engine would anyone notice? That's the looming question as Microsoft prepares to unveil its search upgrade at the D: All Things Digital conference next week.  John Paczkowski writes: The long-awaited upgrade to Microsoft’s search engine...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Conference, John Paczkowski, Search, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Microsoft revisits 'Apple tax' ahead of Tax Day

Microsoft revisits 'Apple tax' ahead of Tax DayA more efficient strategypeople tend to ignore important thing. why not just point to what it is like to be a mac person? let me tell you, folks:FACT 1:a mac person is jealous, narrow minded, overly protective, arrogant, annoying, unreasonable, he will kill...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Desktops, About Time, OS/X, Mossberg, tax, fanboy, Apple Inc., Apple tax, PC, Microsoft Corp., Tax Day, PC ad

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 Review

Amazon's Kindle 2 is sleek, stylish, and has a crisp and easy-on-the eyes "electronic ink" display. But it only does one thing -- read books. After all the relatively hostile things I have said about Amazon's Kindle e-book reader in the past, I...

Tags: Device, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Amazon Kindle 2, Anathem, Tablets, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Wiki, E-mail, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Is IE8 really fat and slow?

Is IE8 really fat and slow?IE8 Should be your only browser. To start with, I'm running Vista x64 on a core 2 duo with plenty of hp and it is much faster than IE7. Even there as with all current browsers the speed difference isn't of the...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), IE8, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Dan Lyons: Rotten reporting on Apple

Dan Lyons: Rotten reporting on AppleLyons is correctseriouslly, do you honestly believe that ABC news would say [i]anything[/i] bad about Steve Jobs or an Apple product?Maybe this fellow was trying to impress someone at ABC, maybe for a job there later on?Apple has a spin machine, and because they are...

Tags: Smart phones, Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Dan Lyons, Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Rotten reporting: Is it just Apple coverage that 'bites'?

Rotten reporting: Is it just Apple coverage that 'bites'?good questionWell, I would have to say that Mary Jo is one of the most honest of MS bloggers - usually you either you get cheerleaders or haters, but she's very good about criticizing when necessary. I don't think you need...

Tags: Application servers, blogger, Rotten, Apple Inc., blogging

Discussion threads 2009-01-16