The word on the street says an Apple netbook is in the works. We have a list of features we think Apple will likely include and others we wish they would.  read more »

I waited patiently for the year and a half it took the second generation Kindle to appear. This one was going to fix all the shortcomings of the Kindle 1. The new page change buttons would be harder to press by mistake and the display would support 16 shades of gray.  It all seemed too hard to resist. Then the reviews emerged; Walt Mossberg of the Journal gave it a good review, David Pogue of the Times also liked it, and even Robert Scoble who had some harsh criticism of the first generation Kindle, said this one was much better.

I plunked down the $359 and now that I have a Kindle 2 of my own, I must confess, I’m not sure it’s as great as they say  read more »

Okay so you didn’t follow the suggestions in our last article and your laptop walked away. Is there a chance you can recover it? If you had one of these theft recovery products installed on your laptop or even your desktop or phone the chance of getting it back would go zero to actually could happen.  read more »

Some thorough analysis by the HDGuru of the new line of 2009 Sony TVs (due out any day), reveals that in some cases you might do well to find a close out deal on last year's model. For example, according to HDGuru the 2009 S5100 models are "identical" to the 2008 models except for the addition of a USB port. On the other hand the 2009 V5100 line will now feature 120 Hz refresh rates which could be worth spending an extra $200 on. On the other h  read more »

All around the country, busy UPS drivers are delivering Kindle 2s to anxious Kindle 2 owners. Generally, the reviews are positive (4 out 5 on amazon.com) and everyone agrees it's a great improvement over the previous version. It's been dissected and inspected by ifixit.com  who took one apart to see what makes it tick and discovered a 532Mhz ARM-11 processor which is faster than iPhone's 412MHz ARM processor. As this version helps establish the Kindle as a legitimate platform (it runs Java under Linux) we expect to see more d  read more »

I love Bluetooth. I hate Bluetooth. I'm using a Palm Treo Pro running Windows Mobile 6.1 along with my favorite stereo Bluetooth headset, the Voyager 855 from Plantronics. It's a wonderful combo when it works, which is most of the time. The stereo wireless connection is great for listening to audio through the fabulous Kinoma player and I can answer calls without changing headsets. The combination of Bluetooth phone and headset seems to suffer from a common computer problem especially typical of Microsoft products; when they work which is most of the time, they're great. When they don't, it ca  read more »

News on the Netbook front has Asus phasing out their 8.9 inch models in favor of the netbook sweetspot screen size of 10 inches. Speaking of 10 inch netbook displays, the new Dell Mini 10 is or will be available on QVC, yes QVC, for $599. This Dell netbook is similar to the Asus Eee PC 1000HE however Dell's product marketing folks need to convince me why I should pay more for a netbook that doesn't support 802.11n, doesn't have Bluetooth, and only has a 3-cell battery.

Sygic, a Bratislava-based company (try finding that on your GPS) demonstrated their version of the elusive GPS turn-by-turn navigation feature for the iPhone at the World Mobile Congress. Filled with intrigue and speculation, the announcement will be closely followed by millions of iPhone users as they anxiously await word from the App Store Overlords. No one knows for sure what's prevented this feature, that is common on other smartphones, from showing up on iPhones. Some say it's the Apple SDK license that prohibits it, others point to Google Maps licensin  read more »

There were several hands-on reports from Mobile World Congress 2009 on the Garmin-ASUS nuvifone G60. It was generally well received along with some uncertainty about it being a must-have product. With GPS built into everything from phones to cameras it's no wonder that Garmin was feeling a little nervous about the stand-alone GPS market. Teaming up with Asus they built an impressive phone with large attractive buttons on the screen (almost no buttons on the phone itself) and enough information management functions i.e. calendar, contacts, media player to make it feel like a phone. Whether or  read more »

The Mobile World Congress 2009 is winding down and a lot of cool products have emerged from it. Both Samsung and LG showed solar-powered phones. A solar panel on the back side of the phone can provide enough power for a 3 minute call after 10 minutes in the sun. The Dick Tracy watch came closer to reality with watches like the LG GD910 that features a touchscreen and high speed wireless connectivity for use as a watch phone. Pico projectors are getting better all the time with the latest batch making use of TI's DLP Pico chip set that will be powering new projectors and even projector phones d  read more »