My friend Dr. Ray Soneira, president of DisplayMate Technologies, has been evaluating computer displays for a long time. In recent years, he’s turned his attention to smartphone and tablet screens — and he’s published a piece …
Gadgets
New iPad’s A5X Performance: Not So Fast, Apple
When announcing the new iPad this month, Apple claimed that its A5X processor delivers four times the graphics performance of Nvidia’s Tegra 3, a quad-core chip used by some Android tablet makers. But as a couple of independent …
FAA Rethinking Airplane Gadget Policy
“At this time, please turn off all portable electronic devices” has become a phrase loathed by airplane passengers, but in time, it may become a thing of the past.
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking at ways to …
Apple’s Most Expensive iPad? New Tablet Pulled to Pieces
One of the unacknowledged perks of Apple’s new iPad is that pre-launch gossip turned out to be dead wrong about alleged higher prices. “Sources” claimed we were in for sticker shock, but as they say, the fundamental things still …
New iPad Review: A Sharper Focus for Apple’s Tablet
Remarkably high resolution and LTE wireless broadband make the market-dominating tablet even more formidable.
Ridiculously High-Priced ‘Neo Geo X’ Handheld Announced for Some Reason
Remember the absurdly expensive Neo Geo? It was SNK’s $650 console, released in the early ’90s with equally pricey games like Samurai Shodown and Metal Slug. Now you can relive the experience of paying way too much money for a …
Rumor: That Air-Style MacBook Pro You’ve Been Hearing About? It’s In Production
If you’re not patiently waiting for Apple to update its MacBook Pro lineup (you know, like me), here’s another rumor to slake your thirst. Yes, it’s from those wizards of guesswork over at DigiTimes, the Asian news site with a …
30 Best Apps for Apple’s New iPad
The new iPad’s just a paperweight without apps. Here are 30 of our favorites, from cheapest to priciest.
Must…Have…Sparrow…For…iPad
I never warmed up to Sparrow on the Mac. But like my colleague Keith Wagstaff, I’m mighty impressed by the new version of the email client for the iPhone. It’s not the ultimate mail wrangler — it can’t push mail in the …
Apple’s New iPad Reviewed: Epiphanies, Some Near-Fainting and Screen Delight
Thoughts about Apple’s new iPad are popping up everywhere as the review embargo lifts and we head into the final hours before the newfangled ultra-high-definition tablet with a better camera and 4G support hits the public grid. …
8 Ways to Survive Apple’s New iPad Launch (if You’re Standing in Line)
Missed the window to order a new iPad online? Planning to stand in line for one this Friday? My heart goes out to you. Demand for Apple’s new high-definition iPad appears to be as high as it’s ever been. The iPad’s sold out …
Yes, I’d Pay to Turn My DVDs into Digital Movies
All Things D’s Peter Kafka is skeptical about Walmart’s new Disc to Digital service, which lets you take one or more DVDs into a Walmart store and pay a fee to unlock digital access to the same content. That lets you stream and …