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Vizrea lets you view photos stored on your PC on a cellphone, and automatically sends pictures taken with the phone back to your PC or to a Web site. But Walt Mossberg finds the new service has some drawbacks.
ESPN Mobile’s elaborate package of sports news and information is excellent, but for some, it may not be worth the trade-offs in price, hassle and Web restrictions.
Microsoft’s Office Live aims to help small companies manage key aspects of their businesses using only a Web browser. It’s a step in the right direction, but could be more flexible and sophisticated.
Apple’s new Intel-powered laptop, the MacBook Pro, isn’t revolutionary and has some drawbacks. But it beats its predecessor, the PowerBook, and marks a promising start to the era of Intel-powered Apple laptops.
The new Mac Mini runs Apple’s Front Row software and can stream music and videos from Windows computers. It is still too much of a regular computer to be a true media hub, but makes a solid addition to any entertainment center.
TransMedia’s slick consumer Web service, Glide Effortless, can store, display, and share photos, music, videos, Web links, blogs and other documents, but its focus on adding features means it hasn’t fixed a lot of glitches.
Nintendo aims to get American baby boomers to start doing brain workouts on its popular DS hand-held player with the new game Brain Age, which Walt says is fun and invigorating, if occasionally patronizing.
Ask Jeeves, a largely failed search service, has been overhauled and renamed Ask.com. Walt Mossberg tested the new site against Google and found that Ask.com holds its own and even beats the search champ in some cases.
Apple’s “Boot Camp” software lets Mac users turn their machines into a fast, full-fledged Windows computer if they choose, with only a few minor annoyances.
Walt’s annual spring buyer’s guide to desktop computers offers hardware guidelines for users who can’t wait till January for Microsoft Vista, but want to be able to upgrade later.
Walt Mossberg tests the Sony Vaio SZ160 and the Lenovo ThinkPad X60s, and says for road warriors, these small, light, well-designed laptops are worth their hefty price tags.
Though it’s still in its beta phase, Google Calendar stands out among other Web-based scheduling programs because it’s a snap to use.
Samsung’s Q1, an Ultra Mobile PC that’s smaller than the smallest mainstream laptop, goes on sale next week, but the machine is so deeply flawed in key respects that it amounts to little more than a toy for techies.
In early battles for dominance of the PC market, Microsoft’s component-based platform crushed Apple’s end-to-end model. But in today’s post-PC era, where the focus is on music players, game consoles and cellphones, the end-to-end model is the early winner.
New diminutive, portable PCs, from H-P and Lenovo, should help lighten the briefcases of road warriors without lightening their wallets too much.
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