We live in the era of gadgets that want to do it all. The typical smartphone of 2012, for instance, isn’t content to just be a phone. It also wishes to be a PC, a still camera, a camcorder, a music player, a gaming console, a …
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Needed for Google’s Next Nexus 7 Tablet: More Storage
Now that Amazon and Barnes & Noble have announced their latest cheap tablets, it’s become clear that Google’s own offering, the Nexus 7, has a storage problem.
The $200 Nexus 7, which launched in July, comes with just 8 GB of …
Why PC Companies Fear Amazon
Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market-intelligence firm in Silicon Valley. He contributes to Big Picture, an opinion column that appears every Monday on Techland.
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HTC’s Windows Phones Knock the Wind Out of Nokia
Nokia is in trouble. That was my first thought when HTC announced the Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S on Wednesday.
The phones, which launch in November, look good, particularly the flagship 8X. It has an outer casing …
Apple’s Secrets Aren’t So Secret Anymore, and That’s O.K.
Surprises about different products are nice, but they aren’t the ultimate goal if the idea is to sell lots and lots of gadgets
Apple’s Most Curious Move: Killing the Wearable iPod Nano
If you look at the iPod Nano through the years, it’s hard to tell what Apple wants the product to be.
Apple has reinvented the diminutive music (and sometimes video) player on a nearly annual basis, swinging it from tall and …
Video: 5 Reasons to Buy the iPhone 5
I’ll give you five reasons to buy the newly-announced iPhone 5. You can use these reasons to help persuade yourself if you’re on the fence, you can tell me all the reasons you won’t buy the iPhone 5, or you can tell me all the …
From a PC Lover to PC Makers: Have Some Pride, Don’t Rip Off Apple
If you can’t see the resemblance between the HP all-in-one PC and the iMac pictured above, please head directly to the comments and begin screaming. There’s nothing I could say that would sway you anyway.
For everyone else, I …
Ask Techland: Best Places to Sell an Old iPhone or Trade for Store Credit?
Question:
I’m looking to either sell or trade in my old iPhone so I can buy the new one that’s being announced tomorrow. Any advice about where the best place to do that would be?
Doug Answers:
Without knowing which …
Hands On with Samsung’s Galaxy Note II: Even Bigger Screen, Nicer Pen, More Refinement
If you find the very idea of Samsung’s Galaxy Note — the tablet-like phone with a humongous 5.3″ screen and a pen for note-taking and sketching — fundamentally absurd, I understand. And this article isn’t for you. So long for …
Toys ‘R’ Us Offers Children a Cheap Tablet with Weak Specs
A tablet designed for young children, like the one Toys “R” Us just announced, seems like a good idea in theory. Instead of giving up your precious iPad, Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire, why not give kids a tablet of their own, pre-loaded …
One Year Later, the iPad Is Still My Favorite Computer
Back in December of last year, I reported on one of the most unexpected things that had ever happened to me as a user of gadgets. I’d begun using an iPad 2 with a ZaggFolio keyboard case as my primary computer. I found that I …
