Surprises about different products are nice, but they aren’t the ultimate goal if the idea is to sell lots and lots of gadgets
Gadgets
Wii U Out November 18, Priced Up to $350, ‘Nintendo TVii’ Unveiled
It was getting close, with autumn knocking, but Nintendo this morning finally announced a release date and pricing for its imminent Wii-quel, the Wii U. The set-top video games system will officially hit shelves in the U.S. on …
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 …
Will Apple’s iPhone 5 Revolutionize Mobile Gaming with ‘Console Quality’ Graphics? Not Likely
You have to hand it to Apple — the company knows how to move mobiles. In just five years, it’s sold over 244 million iPhones, and according to ComScore, iPhone users accounted for 12.4% of all U.S. mobile subscribers last …
Nintendo Wii U Will Be More Expensive than PS3, Xbox 360 in Japan
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 …
Apple Rolls Out ‘Maximum Funness’ iPod Touch, Revamps iPod Nano Line
At one point in time, the iPod Touch was “the funnest iPod ever.” That was the marketing slogan. Now, the new iPod Touch has been “engineered for maximum funness.” The spell checker on my blogging software is screaming at me …
Apple iOS 6 Here Next Week, iTunes Update Today, New iTunes in October
After another reality-warping stage show with all the razzle-dazzle of a lecture hall slider, the new iPhone is here, a little taller, a little thinner, a trifle lighter, sporting a svelte new dock connector and available on …
Scenes from Apple’s iPhone 5 Announcement
Scenes from Apple’s September 12 unveiling of the new iPhone 5.
Apple’s iPhone 5: A Thinner, Lighter, Taller 4G Phone
Apple announced the iPhone 5 on Wednesday, with a thinner and lighter design than previous models despite a larger 4-inch display and 4G LTE connectivity.
The iPhone 5’s pixel density hasn’t changed from 326 pixels per inch, …
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 …
Review: Kindle Fire HD Is a Very Amazon Tablet
From the moment Apple shipped the first iPad back in 2010, pundits started wondering when someone else would ship a tablet that rivaled it for overall appeal. The initial wondering, logically enough, focused on hardware …