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The T-Mobile HTC One S launches on April 25 with Android 4.0 and Sense. The phone is a supposed triple threat in the areas of design, audio and camera capabilities. I’ve been testing the HTC One S to see if it lives up to that billing. Read more »

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Some of the first productivity-oriented apps that have been upgraded for the new iPad’s high-resolution Retina display are Apple’s own iWork apps. Here are our first impressions of how presentations, spreadsheets and documents in Keynote, Numbers and Pages fare on the new tablet’s display. Read more »

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A new wave of apps aims to replace the increasingly crowded space of long-winded five-star user generated reviews (like those on Yelp and Amazon) with straightforward social recommendations. The newest entrant in this field, an iPhone app called Stamped, aims to win with simplicity. Read more »

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Samsung’s Infuse 4G on AT&T offers one of the biggest, boldest displays on any smartphone. But to get this gorgeous screen, you’ll need to give up on a dual-core processor: the Infuse 4G uses a 1.2GHz single-core chip. Does the tradeoff make for an appealing handset? Read more »

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At $449, Acer’s Iconia Tab A500 is among the least expensive Honeycomb tablets available today. Dropping the 3G radio and limiting internal storage help keep the price down, but at 1.69 pounds, the tablet’s weight is on the upside. How is this device for the price? Read more »

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T-Mobile is debuting the Dell Streak 7 Android tablet this week, the first 4G tablet available on the carrier’s data network. While the 21 Mbps radio shines, some design and hardware choices may hamper the Streak 7 from being a contender in the upcoming tablet wars. Read more »

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If you’re like me you may not listen to local radio much anymore, with all the online music options available. Sometimes listening to a favorite local radio station is just the ticket, especially when traveling and feeling a bit homesick. TuneIn Radio is a free app. Read more »

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I’m not really one for presentations. I’ve given talks before, but I like to do it old-school, without visual aids. I have, however, prepared presentations for others, so I know my way around PowerPoint, which is why the new version for Mac really caught me by surprise. Read more »

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Nokia’s newest smartphone comes in the form of the Nokia N8, a GSM touchscreen device with the brand new Symbian^3 operating system. Even with the improvements shown in the N8, several key user experience aspects keep it at least a step or two behind the competition. Read more »

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Nokia’s newest smartphone comes in the form of the Nokia N8, a GSM touchscreen device with the brand new Symbian^3 operating system. Even with the improvements shown in the N8, several key user experience aspects keep it at least a step or two behind the competition. Read more »

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It’s that time of year. Everyone’s creating lists of the best and worst: the greatest ideas from the last year; ten gadgets that didn’t survive the decade; the most exciting dinosaur finds of 2009. For some reason, a new year is all about list-making. So I […] Read more »

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If you want to become better as a writer, there’s only so much you can do working alone. Or, at least, your progress working solo on improving the caliber of your material will be much slower than it would be if you weren’t your only critic. […] Read more »

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As an iPhone user held hostage in AT&T’s network by the exclusivity agreement with Apple, the arrival of the AT&T 3G MicroCell felt like being rescued. Four weeks later, I now realize only Verizon can do that, but my updated assessment of the 3G MicroCell is […] Read more »

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i.TV is back with a new-and-improved version of its iPhone app. While version 2 of this free TV app adds some key features, such as virtual remote controls and iTunes integration, it still doesn’t address the quibbles I had with the earlier version. Namely, finding and […] Read more »

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Who doesn’t battle the Apple Sync Services dragon on a semi-regular basis? Here are a couple of examples from Apple Support about how to resolve problems with this very useful yet unfortunately flawed feature: Mac OS X 10.5: Resetting the SyncServices folder Sync Services: Advanced troubleshooting […] Read more »

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YouTube must be doing something right. After all, it has more than 100 million unique visitors every month. But we all know it isn’t perfect. That’s why plenty of software developers are releasing apps that — they claim — can make YouTube even better. I took […] Read more »

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[appreview] title=iBank Mobile image=http://gigapple.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/ibank_mobile_00.jpg price=$4.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318802616&mt=8 rating=bronze [/appreview] The developers of iBank, the robust alternative to moribund Quicken for the Mac, have gone mobile with their latest product. With iBank Mobile for the iPhone and iPod touch you can bank on the go, but probably not […] Read more »

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Growing up, I was always mesmerized by how fast the spokesman in the Micro Machines commercials could talk, but I couldn’t always digest everything he was saying. So when I came across Enounce’s MySpeed product, a software application that lets you speed up or slow down […] Read more »

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I was not terribly impressed with The Sims 3 for iPhone, but as I said in my review, it did whet my appetite for the Mac desktop version of the game. So much so that I went out yesterday afternoon to pick it up. Best Buy […] Read more »

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Earlier this month, O’Reilly Media published its latest title in the “Missing Manuals” series, Josh Clark’s “iWork ’09: The Missing Manual.” It throws a spotlight on Apple’s office suite, with how-to guides for the Pages word processor, the Numbers spreadsheet and the Keynote presentation app. Even […] Read more »

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Most of today’s digital cameras can do more than just capture basic snapshots. But few — if any — can do what Casio’s EX-FS10 can: Shoot continuous images in high-speed burst mode and record slow-motion videos. The EX-FS10 is slim, even by compact camera standards: It […] Read more »

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There was a time in distant memory when Twitterific was my iPhone Twitter client of choice. I loved it, too. The look, the function, the icon, everything was great. Over time, my Twitter usage changed, and Twitterific was no longer meeting my needs. So, when Tweetie […] Read more »

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I’ve been hearing about the CableCARD for years. How this little device — just about the size of an extra-thick credit card — will eliminate the need for a cable box. How it’ll cut down on the clutter surrounding my TV. How it’ll make my entire […] Read more »

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We’d worried that YouTube’s redesign to promote premium content would crowd out the site’s homegrown stars. But now that YouTube has launched its site refresh, we see we might have been overly concerned. The new shows and movies section is well-contained within a little header tab. […] Read more »

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When I sat down with LG’s new BD370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player, my expectations were mixed. I had high hopes for its Blu-ray playback, but only middling ones for its Netflix and YouTube streaming capabilities. As it turns out, I was very impressed with the BD370′s […] Read more »

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Pocket-sized HD camcorders are becoming increasingly popular, but that doesn’t mean each new model improves upon previous iterations. Take, for example, Kodak’s Zx1, the company’s latest inexpensive high-def camcorder. It offers some very good features, including impressive video quality. Still, I’m not sure I’d pick this model […] Read more »

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