After two months of searching for an iPad case, I decided to purchase the Macally Bookstand. The Bookstand offers the same versatility as Apple’s iPad case, but it’s a much more stable solution in landscape while providing control and button access in a smart design. Read more »
Flickr is a wonderful resource, with millions of images online. Like many vast resources, finding that perfect image can be a real challenge. I regularly search for images of products on Flickr, and a utility I use to expedite those searches is Viewfinder for the Mac. Read more »
The HP EliteBook 2740p notebook is the third generation of the Tablet originally released as the 2710p. This tablet adds advanced processor options and touch input to a thin convertible form with a swivel screen. In this video tour you get a walk around the notebook. Read more »
The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge is a good compromise between the enterprise focused ThinkPad line and the consumer market. In the video I give a tour around the notebook and show how solid a performer it is at normal tasks such as web browsing and video playing. Read more »
It’s not often you get to say Ferrari in a notebook video review but that branding is what makes the Acer Ferrari One special. The sexy design coupled with decent performance for an ultra-portable sets the Ferrari One apart from the crowd. Read more »
My son Tyler reviewed the first netbook two years ago and now he’s back with his thoughts on Apple’s iPad. Is it “magical and revolutionary” to a kid that’s grown up in a world that always had personal computers? Read more »
There are already thousands of apps available in the App Store and I have been testing quite a few of them. There are a few apps I am using the most on the iPad and in the video I show briefly how each one looks running. Read more »
Like thousands of you, this week of waiting for the magic of the iPad is a horribly slow time. Buck up, it won’t be long now. This video commiserates with those dealing with this almost unbearable waiting for the iPad to appear. Enjoy this tongue-in-cheek video. Read more »
The Viliv S10 Blade is a thin convertible netbook that redefines the term “sleek.” You’ll know what I mean once you view the video. Combining a multitouch swivel screen with augmented netbook components, Viliv has produced the smallest 10-inch netbook with a full keyboard. Read more »
The 11.6-inch high-res screen on the ThinkPad X100e is a nice touch for an ultra-portable, and the attention to detail is present throughout the design. The inclusion of an AMD processor is a concession to pricing, and I discuss my findings due to that design choice. Read more »
The HP Mini 5102 netbook is as good as any netbook available. The metal casing and long battery life make the 5102 a great traveling companion. If you’ve been waiting for a good look around the 5102, your wait is over. It was worth it. Read more »
Toshiba’s Satellite U505 notebook runs on the new Intel Core i3 processor. I’ll see how this $799 configuration performs, but for now, here’s a short video overview of the device. The range of ports is impressive, but the multitouch trackpad leaves me wanting more. Read more »
The Motorola Devour is the latest Android phone appearing on the Verizon network in the U.S. The Devour has a QWERTY keyboard and a unique side-mounting battery, plus the Motoblur social network aggregation and UI technology. Here’s a look at the phone. Read more »
Need to boost your cell phone’s signal strength? A universal booster like the Sleek works with just about any phone on any carrier. Watch the video to see how well this $129 accessory solves the problem of weak signal coverage. Read more »
Google’s Nexus One Desktop Dock will set you back $45, charges the phone and pumps out Bluetooth audio. But is this accessory worth it? And how well does it — or doesn’t it — work? See for yourself in this video. Read more »
Dell offered me a look at their Mini 10 netbook powered by the new Intel Atom N450 processor. Take a five minute tour of the device with me as I unbox the device and show an overview of this small, portable netbook. Read more »
Ordinarily a new Twitter app wouldn’t float my boat, but when I heard that the new Seesmic Look app was optimized for touch operation I couldn’t resist. I installed it on an evaluation ThinkPad x200 Tablet PC running Windows 7, and gave it a whirl. It’s […] Read more »
I recently told you about the utility Cinch for the Mac, a $7 shareware utility that brings the Windows 7 Aero drag features to OS X. I’m still getting contacted by people not sure how it works so I figured the best thing is to show […] Read more »
During the Consumer Electronics Show, I took a bunch of pictures with the Google Nexus One handset and it performed admirably. The flash was ideal in very low light setting although after a few meters away from your subject, the value decreases quickly. But I’m already […] Read more »
Although it’s only been a few days with the Google Nexus One — and hectic days, at that — here’s a first look at the device along with some basic early impressions. Overall, it’s not a ground-breaking device, although it does use a hot, new processor, […] Read more »
The ThinkPad brand has long been associated with top-notch business-class notebooks. The famous black notebooks have appeared in conference rooms the world over, and the ThinkPad brand has come to mean fine quality business notebooks. The folks at Lenovo look to bring the ThinkPad into the […] Read more »
E-book readers are all the rage these days, but to tell the truth I have been reading them for about ten years. One of the methods I have been using to read e-books is by using Kindle for PC on the ThinkPad tablet PC. In this […] Read more »
Finding a useful utility is a great thing, and when it’s free it is even better. That’s the best way to describe T3Desk – it is incredibly useful and free. What T3Desk does is very simple, it allows you to minimize windows to thumbnails on the […] Read more »
The HTC HD2 is a brilliant piece of hardware, as you will see in this video. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 1 GHz processor does a masterful job handling the processing and providing fluid graphics on the giant 4.3-inch screen. In the video you will get an overview […] Read more »
In one of my crazier moments last night, I installed the Diet ChromiumOS on my Toshiba NB205 netbook. And by installed, I mean it’s the primary operating system on the hard drive. With one fell swoop, I wiped out my triple-boot instances of Windows XP, Windows […] Read more »
I have been covering the loaner Lenovo ThinkPad x200 convertible notebook for a while — you can watch a video of the x200 in action here. The x200 has an accessory that is a must-have for the mobile worker, the Ultrabase docking station. In this video […] Read more »
I only mentioned the Dolphin browser for Android yesterday, but our good friend Hector Gomez didn’t waste any time. He grabbed Dolphin for his Archos 5 Internet Tablet, and got busy. Hector did us all proud and shot a nice video of Dolphin running, and he […] Read more »
I previously mentioned the super, pre-holiday deal on the Panasonic high-definition camcorder, but a deal is only good if the product works well. So this afternoon, I got some playtime with the HDC-SD10 and recorded a short video of my office area. My workspace is quite […] Read more »
Say what you will about the Acer Aspire 8940G, it is one giant notebook. The 18.4-inch screen on this evaluation unit is as big as some external monitors on desktop systems, and the great audio / video components onboard make it a good multimedia laptop. In […] Read more »
Although I promised myself I wasn’t going to spend time running Google’s Chrome OS right now, I got the bug. Thanks to gdgt who put an image together, I’ve spent about 15 minutes tinkering with it in VirtualBox. Chrome OS is definitely bare-bones right now and […] Read more »
The Verizon Droid is soon to be returned to the kind folks there who sent me this evaluation phone so it’s time for a video look at the phone. The Droid is the Android 2.0 slider that is thin and light, and sports an industrial design […] Read more »
UPDATED: Livestreaming is all the rage today, be it from a handset or a home computer with a webcam. But one of the major challenges to overcome is how to view that live content on a handset without re-encoding it. Vimeo today took the same approach […] Read more »
Today is the day that Esquire’s Augmented Reality application hits newstands. Using a software download and image codes in the magazine, you can get a dose of AR. It’s an interesting concept although I’m not sure it adds value just yet. Still, when I saw a […] Read more »
I’ve been playing a little with the latest Moblin release this afternoon and I’m actually thinking of trying to run it full-time on a netbook. There’s a few holes yet, but it does offers me much of what I’m looking for in a smartbook — a […] Read more »
I have demonstrated Parallels Desktop on the Mac that I use to run Windows 7 alongside OS X. A new version of Parallels Desktop, version 5, was released yesterday and among many new features offers better Snow Leopard and Windows 7 support. One of the new […] Read more »
