Reviews

Review: The Weather Channel’s Slick New (and Free) iPhone App

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The Weather Channel just overhauled its TWC app for the iPhone, describing it as “the first major redesign since [the TWC weather app's] initial launch in 2008.” Check out our review.

BrewTrackr Lets You Keep a Running Tally of Your Favorite Beers

BrewTrackr

I’m not big on to-do lists (or lists in general), but I keep one list updated pretty religiously: my favorite – and least favorite – beers.

New Google+ for iPhone Is a Slick Wonder (Still Needed: a Decent Google+ for iPad)

Google+ for iOS

The all-new version of Google+ for Apple’s iPhone is outstanding. Too bad Google+ remains a profoundly unsatisfying experience on the iPad.

Jawbone’s Big Jambox Wireless Speaker: It’s a Big Jambox!

Jawbone Big Jambox

The popular little Bluetooth speaker/speakerphone now has a bigger, louder brother.

HTC One S Review: A Winning Android Phone for Shutterbugs and T-Mobile Customers

HTC One S

HTC’s new One S is an Android phone with a distinct personality: it’s seriously sleek and has an exceptionally good camera. Those are easily its greatest assets, and they’re more than enough to make it T-Mobile’s flagship smartphone of the moment — something that T-Mobile could use, since it’s the only major U.S. carrier that doesn’t have the iPhone.

5 Reasons to Give Google Drive a Shot

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Is Google Drive worth a look? Like most freebies from companies as ubiquitous as Google, I think so. After all, the only way to determine whether it’s right for your particular setup is to give it a spin.

Gear4 Renew SleepClock Review: It Knows When You’re Sleeping

Jared Newman / TIME.com

I’ve learned that I’m not a great sleeper. I need at least a half hour to doze off, and I’m likely to stir from my slumber a few times or more during the night, which in turn prevents me from getting enough deep sleep. Although I’ve suspected those things for some time, Gear4′s Renew SleepClock has delivered irrefutable evidence.

Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight Review: An E-Reader That’s Not Afraid of the Dark

Nook Simple Touch With GlowLight

Well-done, built-in illumination makes this the E Ink reader to get if you want to read in bed.

Review: Samsung Takes On Kindle Fire with New 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2

Keith Wagstaff

This Sunday, consumers will see another Kindle Fire challenger hit the market. What’s so special about this one?

Augmented Reality Toys for iPhone and iPad: A Work in Progress

WowWee

Can traditional toy makers capitalize on the rise of smartphones and tablets? Wowwee Toys thinks it can. Next week, the company behind Paper Jamz and Lite Sprites is releasing its first toys in the AppGear line, which combine physical toys with companion smartphone and tablet apps.

Nokia Lumia 900 Review: A Solid Slab of Windows Phone

Jared Newman / TIME.com

Nokia’s Lumia 900 has the makings of the ultimate tech comeback story: A once-proud mobile phone maker makes a desperate pact with Microsoft, which despite its own juggernaut status in the PC market is similarly downtrodden when it comes to smartphones. The pair find a willing wireless carrier in AT&T, and together, they spend a fortune–$100 million, by one estimate–to market what is supposed to be the first Windows Phone in the United States worth caring about.