Intel Makes Leap in Device to Aid Impaired Readers
Walt Mossberg reviews the Intel Reader, a book-sized device aimed at assisting people with impaired vision or language-related disabilities.
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Price Is Heavier, but These Laptops Are Very Sleek
Walt Mossberg tests the Toshiba Satellite, the H-P Pavilion and the Lenovo IdeaPad.
Motorola’s Droid Is Smart Success for Verizon Users
The new Motorola Droid phone is best super-smart phone Verizon offers, writes Walt Mossberg.
The CLIQ, Storm2 Join Long Parade of iPhone Threats
Motorola’s CLIQ and RIM’s Storm2 are among the many interesting challengers to the iPhone.
HTC’s Hero May Be Your Scene
Walt Mossberg reviews the new Android-model phone, recommended for Sprint customers and others looking for something powerful and different.
These Apps Help Users of iPhones Find Their Way
None of the iPhone apps with GPS navigation that Walt Mossberg tested is perfect, but each adds a new dimension to the iPhone.
New Netbook Offers Long Battery Life and Room to Type
Walter S. Mossberg reviews Toshiba’s new netbook, which aims to solve some common netbook issues.
New Mac Laptops Use Batteries Sealed for Power
More electronic products are being designed with their rechargeable batteries sealed inside. Walt Mossberg tests two new Apple laptops with higher-capacity, sealed-in batteries.
New iPhone Is Better Model–Or Just Get OS 3.0
Apple’s new iPhone 3G S and OS 3.0 offer plenty of new features. But the software may be enough of a boost to keep many users from buying the new model, Walt Mossberg writes.
The Latest Kindle: Bigger, Not Better, Than Its Sibling
While the larger Kindle DX performs its promised tasks adequately, its size and weight make it awkward and tiring to hold for long periods of reading.
Palm’s New Pre Takes On iPhone
Palm’s Pre is smart, sophisticated and will appeal to those who want a keyboard. It could give the iPhone and Blackberry strong competition — if it fixes its app store and can attract third-party developers.
Little Laptops With Linux Have Compatibility Issues
The companies behind Linux netbooks have made great strides in improving user interfaces, but until they can achieve similar breakthroughs in how the machines work with other devices, Windows netbooks are still a better deal.
Amazon’s Kindle 2 Improves the Good, Leaves Out the Bad
Walt finds that Amazon.com has fixed the worst design flaws in the Kindle, its popular electronic-book reader, while maintaining the excellent book-buying experience that made the first model tolerable despite those problems.
If You Have ChaCha and a Cellphone, You Have Answers
A free cellphone service called ChaCha lets you ask any question answerable via a Web search, by simply making a voice call. In most cases, it gave fast, accurate answers. But it has a few weaknesses.
Price May Be Steep, but Thin ThinkPad Has Abundant Features
Lenovo’s thin and light ThinkPad X300 is an innovative laptop that will be perfect for many mobile PC users. But its file-storage capacity is low and its price tag is high.
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