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BlackBerry’s Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray

Walt reviews the hotly anticipated BlackBerry Storm, the first BlackBerry model without a physical keyboard. Typing and navigation require tapping on glass, just as users do on the iPhone. Verizon will be selling the Storm for $250 with a two-year contract, though a $50 mail-in rebate can bring the price down close to the $199 that Apple charges for the base model of the iPhone.

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Friends and Family Have a New Way to Just Drop In

By Nick Wingfield

Digital-picture frames have started to take off as a way for people to show off their stashes of digital photos in rotating slide shows. A growing number of frames even connect to wireless home networks so they can easily be refreshed with photos stored online and on PCs.

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New Safari Browser Succeeds at Speed, Flops on Features

Walt reviews the latest version of Apple’s Safari browser, which hopes to overtake rival browsers Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

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Network Hard Disk by Western Digital Offers Easy Backup

Western Digital’s My Book World Edition is a new networkable hard disk that is simple and effective for anyone with a modern operating system.

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Quickoffice Brings Editing to iPhones, But Put It on Hold

The iPhone Quickoffice app allows users to create and edit Word and Excel documents, but getting files into the app is a pain.

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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.

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Hasta la Vista: The Many Versions of Windows 7

Walt Mossberg explains how to make the transition from Vista to Windows 7.

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Apple Changes Leopard’s Spots

Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system improves upon its predecessor, writes Walt Mossberg. But it isn’t a big breakthrough for average users, and it isn’t a typical Apple lust-provoking product.

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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.

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Motorola’s Droid Is Smart Success for Verizon Users

The new Motorola Droid phone is best super-smart phone Verizon offers, writes Walt Mossberg.

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