The Wii U introduces the world to second-screen gaming, and reminds us why Nintendo wouldn’t be Nintendo without its focus on how we play, as much as what we play.
Reviews
Galaxy Note II Review: How Samsung Sold Me on Humongous Phones
The Galaxy Note II is an excellent device, however you want to classify it. There’s room for a device that straddles the line between phones and tablets, and Samsung is showing everyone how it’s done.
Google’s New Tablet and Phone: Nexus Gets Even Nicer
Android 4.2 is debuting on this new 10″ tablet and 4.7″ phone, two impressive pieces of hardware at attractive prices.
Review: iPad Mini, the First Small Tablet That’s an iPad
Apple’s new tablet is both a smaller, cheaper alternative to the big iPad and a larger, posher rival to 7-inch Android models.
Review: Barnes & Noble’s Nook HD Is Another Worthy $199 Tablet
The new Nook doesn’t have the most features, but it’s got a good screen in a featherweight package — and no ads.
Samsung Chromebook: Not a Bad Laptop, but Definitely Feels like $250
Compromised as it is, it works pretty well — and for a $250 laptop, that’s no dubious distinction.
Review: Livescribe’s Smartpen Gets Wi-Fi, Embraces Evernote
The newest version of the unique pen makes it a lot easier to get notes, drawings and audio onto all your devices.
Microsoft Surface Review: The PC of the Future Needs More Apps
Surface offers slick industrial design, an inventive interface, full-blown Office apps and two very clever keyboard options. If you’re optimistic about the Windows Store, this tablet is worth a look.
RockMelt for the iPad: Here Comes the Latest Social Browser
A social web browser. It sounds like a cool idea for a product. I first got excited about the concept years ago, when I tried a browser called Flock, which started as a Firefox variant and then became a radically different beast …
Review: The Return of the Slingbox
In the beginning–before Hulu, before Netflix Watch Instantly, even before the official launch of YouTube–there was Sling Media’s Slingbox.
The ingenious “place-shifting” box let you re-route the TV signal that would normally …
Lytro’s Light-Field Camera Gets Manual Settings
When Lytro released its namesake digital camera last spring, it wasn’t immediately clear what sort of person would want to buy it. On one hand, it was a genuine technological breakthrough: As the first consumer light-field …
Sony’s Super-Slim PlayStation 3: One Step Forward, One Step Back
Last week Sony released a surprise three-quel PlayStation 3 — an even slimmer, lighter rendition of its six-year-old games console. It then dropped that into a new bundle, raised the price by $20 and declared it “the ultimate …