Gizmodo: review matrix

iPhone 3GS Review Matrix: What Everybody's Saying

Wilson Rothman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:00:00 EDT

It's time for another roundup of pundits espousing heartfelt admiration and none-too-bloody criticism of a pretty hot Apple product. How did they—I mean "it"—do this time around? Have a look-see...

As usual, this matrix is just the tip of the molehill—if you want to really get in deep with these colorful characters, here's where to look:

• NYT - David Pogue

• WSJ - Walt Mossberg

• USA Today - Ed Baig

• Wired - Steven Levy

• Cnet - Kent German

• Engadget - Josh Topolsky

• Ars Technica

• Laptop

• Crunchgear

• Gear Live

• Gizmodo - Jason Chen

And if we've missed your review, send it in: we'll add it to the list.

Palm Pre Review Matrix: What Everybody's Saying

Wilson Rothman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

When a bunch of reviews hit, it's useful—and sometimes funny—to see how they echo each other, and how they differ.

In the Palm Pre reviews, nobody used the word "iPhone" as much as WSJ's Walt Mossberg—he was a third more likely to use it than his colleagues David Pogue (NYT) and Ed Baig (USA Today) were, and he even lead with a discussion of it, before mentioning the Pre. Nobody wrote nearly as long as Josh at Engadget: His review is over 10,000 words; ours, the next longest, was just over 3,000. There was a lot of consensus here, though notable disharmony when it came to Sprint service and the Pre's tight keyboard.

And nobody, but nobody, mastered the metaphor like Jason Chen. Except maybe David Pogue. Read on...

Of course, there's no way to fit even all the main points into the review matrix, so if you want to go and check out the other reviews for yourself, damnit, you should!

*Apologies for not including Steven Levy's piece from Wired. We saw it too late to include it in the mix.

• NYT - David Pogue
• USA Today - Ed Baig
• WSJ - Walt Mossberg
• Engadget - Josh Topolsky
• Gizmodo - Jason Chen

UPDATE: Check Out All These Other Palm Pre Reviews
• Time - Josh Quittner
• Newsweek - Dan Lyons
• PC Magazine - Sascha Segan
• Laptop - Mark Spoonauer
• SlashGear and MyPre - Vincent Nguyen
• PC World - Ginny Mies

Gizmodo's Amazon Kindle 2 Review Matrix

matt buchanan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:50:53 EST

You don't wanna wear out your eyes reading superlong Kindle 2 reviews before you get one, right? Well here's our review matrix for quick, easy-on-the-eyes digestion of reviews from tech's biggest names.

We've got reviews here from the NYT's David Pogue (no musical, sadly), Wired's Steven Levy and USA Today's Ed Baig. Mr. Mossberg is MIA, probably waiting until the regular run of his column tomorrow. Update: Fixed a quote accidentally swapped between Pogue and Levy.

There's Jon Stewart's take on it, as an alternative. [Wired, NYT, USA Today]

Gizmodo's iPhone 3G Review Matrix

Wilson Rothman — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EDT

How do you read three lengthy reviews at the same time, really really fast? You jump to our review matrix of the iPhone 3G, first judged exclusively by the Three Amigos of Appledom: Ed Baig of USA Today, Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal and David Pogue of the New York Times.

If you need more gritty and less nitty, check out Chen's rundown of the reviews. Or, if you have some spare time, read the Three Amigos' own unexpurgated scribblings. [USA Today, WSJ/AllThingsD, NYT]

Opinions Side-By-Side In Our iPhone Review Matrix

Wilson Rothman — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:03:14 EDT

If you were too lazy to actually read the four iPhone reviews that came out last night, we've done the hard part and stuck the most salient tidbits into a chart, hoping to see both agreement and dissent among the elders: David Pogue of the New York Times, Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal, Ed Baig of USA Today and Steven Levy of Newsweek. (What happened to Lev Grossman at Time Magazine? He usually gets the Apple stuff early too.) Jump for our painstakingly created review matrix—it's fun to notice what words they all use, and when one totally disagrees with the rest.

The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype [New York Times]

The iPhone is Breakthrough Handheld Computer [Wall Street Journal]

Apple's iPhone isn't perfect, but it's worthy of the hype [USA Today]

At Last, the iPhone: A first look [Newsweek]