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iPhone 3GS Review Matrix: What Everybody's Saying
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... More » -
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Palm Pre Review Matrix: What Everybody's Saying
When a bunch of reviews hit, it's useful—and sometimes funny—to see how they echo each other, and how they differ. More » -
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WSJ Confirms New iPhone Hardware?
Walt Mossberg of the WSJ is known for getting iPhone hardware weeks ahead of time, so did he unintentionally confirm twice, in his Palm Pre review, that Apple will launch new hardware at WWDC? More »
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By Jason ChenComment by dc-united: Is one of those hardware enhancements a suitcase-sized external battery that will finally let me use my iPhone without fear... 17 Responses | Other threads
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all things d
Two Out of Three Times
I'm still at the D conference. Two out of three years, apparently, I need to get scolded for doing something bad. Sucks.
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By Brian LamComment by stevewoz: Brian didn't show his TV-B-Gone here but Greg Harper did pull a cell phone jammer out of his bag of... 1 Responses | Other threads
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By Jesus DiazComment by All_Thumbs - R.O.A.C.H.: Can we go back about 5-10 years to when people didn't voluntarily start conversing with a mashup of Newspeak and... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Walt Mossberg Pans Buggy MobileMe in Review
Mossberg has rolled out an in-depth review of MobileMe backed by a week of testing in today's WSJ, and if you've been following our coverage it won't come as too big of a surprise that he's not a fan. But his problems with the service go well beyond the launch hiccups you've read about. So what's got Mossberg so riled up that he's thrown down his big badhammer on MobileMe? More »
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By John MahoneyComment by SundhaNanget: Mobile Me is a total mess. I would recommend that anyone who is thinking about using it or puchasing it... more » | Other threads
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Gizmodo's iPhone 3G Review Matrix
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.
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iPhone 3G Reviews Are In
The first iPhone 3G reviews have just hit, from Walt Mossberg of the WSJ and All Things D, Ed Baig from USA Today and David Pogue from the NYTimes. No one goes deep into the app store but here's what they think:
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By Jason ChenComment by GeorgeStag: I googled backup batteries for iPhone, this one is with higher capacity and smaller size than other brand, maybe you can... more » | Other threads
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Walt Mossberg Reviews GoGo In-Flight Wi-Fi (Verdict: Fast, But Not Fast Enough)
Walt just tested GoGo, the in-flight Wi-Fi service, on a bunch of laptops and smartphones during a flight from San Francisco to Denver. The service distributes, via Wi-Fi, a high speed cellphone data signal pointed at airplanes, which Mossy rated at around 600kbps down and 250kbps up. This was quick enough for Walt to browse the web, send emails with iPhone rumor attachments, and talk on IM to his ladies, but it couldn't keep up with streaming video onXtubeHulu. Also, VoIP is blocked, and cell calls aren't possible either. Still, Mossy thought it did well enough for someone who can't stay off the grid for a few hours. GoGo costs $10 for flights under three hours, and $13 for longer ones. It'll begin rolling out in the next few weeks on American Airlines, with Virgin soon to follow. [AllThingsD]
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Comment by aec007: First company that comes out with an ADD paid service (so it's free to the customer) that does not block... more » | Other threads
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Mossberg Speaks
WaltMossbergSays is the Best Tech Pundit Site EVER
It's no secret Walt Mossberg is a freakin' super-pundit in the tech world (it's rumored he once liveblogged for 14 hours straight...while standing). And if you need some words from the man himself, all you have to do is head over to waltmossbergsays.com, jot down your statement/prediction/infallibility, and BOOM! — Walt speaks. Not only that, but people never question what Mossberg says, because he basically knows everything. I mean, did you see the D6 Conference? [WaltMossbergSays] (Thanks, Grant)
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Comment by inspectorgadget420: Walt Mossberg Says: THERE'S ACTUALLY NO 3G IPHONE. more » | Other threads
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Mossberg Takes Back 3G iPhone in 60 Days Quote
The Walt Mossberg clip that made the rounds this weekend, proclaiming the 3G iPhone a mere 53 days away? He just backpedaled on it, swearing he has no better idea than we do. And if he did, he'd give himself scoop: "If I knew when this date was, why would I announce it in the middle of a sentence at the Finnish embassy, rather than report it in the Wall Street Journal?" Guess that chat with Steve straightened everything out, though is it really something he can take back? [Silicon Alley Insider] -
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Walt Says 3G iPhone Coming in 60 Days
Walt Mossberg has confirmed what AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega already hinted at CTIA: the iPhone will be 3G-capable "in 60 days." Mossberg said it 6:53 into this Beet.tv feature. Knowing that it's going to be one year after release, what De la Vega said, and the fact that Walt gets his mitts on the goods way before anyone else, it's only logical to think he is right. We will discover it around June 4. More »
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By Haroon MalikComment by passafist: did he just refer to me as a geek "very narrow portion of geeks". my plasma has ... more » | Other threads
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Officially Official: Windows Vista SP1 Is Available... NOW
Windows' much demanded Vista Service Pack 1 is finally free for you to download from Windows Update or Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft says SP1 will bring "improvements that address many key pieces of customer feedback, especially in the areas of performance and reliability." Gaming and networking are two particular areas of improvement, though experienced opinionators like our beloved Mossberg think it may well just be turd polish (not his words, to be sure). Want more info? Keep your eyes on this blog.
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Comment by zimstyles: wow 726.5mb for the x64 dload... thats just annoying and for some reason i am getting 300kb so a good... more » | Other threads
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giz notes
Our MacBook Air Review Matrix
The so-called "four horsemen" of Apple product reviews have weighed in on the near weightless MacBook Air. You may have seen our post on it last night. You may have even caught one or two of the reviews. But only now can you sit back and enjoy the best quotes from all four reviews in a handy easy-to-read review matrix from your friends at Gizmodo.
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First MacBook Air Reviews Trickle In
Three MacBook Air reviews are in from USA Today, Newsweek and the WSJ. The first two reviews are both fairly positive, with caveats, but the WSJ's reads slightly less so. Lets begin.
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Where Is David Pogue's MacBook Air Review?
Wednesday night around this time, we like to check in with our favorite columnists. Tonight we expected MacBook Air reviews from Walt Mossberg at WSJ, Ed Baig at USA Today, Steven Levy at Newsweek and of course, David Pogue at the venerable New York Times. Only, when I refreshed my browser at 9pm, Pogue's Jan. 24 State of the Art column turned out to cover Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and MacSpeech Dictate, rather than the far sexier (and more controversial) MacBook Air. UPDATE: Pogue scoops the other A-Team members by reviewing the Macbook Air on the Macworld show floor. His response in the comments. [First MacBook Air Reviews]
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Comment by Brian Lam: @Pogueman: David, don't let those types of comments bother you. We get them all the time, too. They're without much... more » | Other threads
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xps one beats imac but not really
Miracles: Mossberg Says Dell XPS One Is Better Machine than an iMac
Today, December 27 at 1:01AM EDT, The Supreme Pope of Tech Walter Mossberg has declared the Dell XPS One a better machine than the iMac. And yes, that sound you thought you dreamt was Steve Jobs screaming and Hell freezing over. The Dell XPS One comes "sightly ahead" of the iMac because of its design and hardware features, like the audio video controls or the built-in memory card readers: More » -
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Our Leopard Review Matrix
Don't have time to read over the full reviews from NYT's David Pogue, USA Today's Ed Baig and WSJ's Walt Mossberg? Read our handy review matrix instead, where we break out everything that wasn't merely feature description in an easy-to-compare chart. You can thank us later!
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Mossberg Keeps On Dreaming of a Phone Revolution
Mossy's column today is a remix of his Wireless Telcos as Soviet ministries joke, told first in a June 2005 column. He complains about phone companies locking handsets to carriers, and making them lame little pocket convenience stores for ringtones, and so on (my words). The timepeg is Apple's new promise of a software development kit for the iPhone, perhaps the device that could best benefit from such an open arrangement. Yes, I am glad he's continuing the salvo against the phone companies. But there is a but. More » -
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VMWare Fusion Review by Mossberg
Walt Mossberg appears to be scooping again. This time, it's a review of VMWare's Fusion (Available this Monday, August 6th). The software, like Parallels, allows PC programs to run from within OS X. Mossberg compares them, simply:Parallels has more features than Fusion...But I found Fusion puts less strain on the computer overall.
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$400 Ooma Gives You Free VOIP and Landline Calls for Life
Companies such as Vonage had better look to their laurels, as new kid on the block Ooma is looking to steal their thunder with a product that offers VOIP calls—but with a twist. From September, you will be able to get your hands on the Ooma, a hub that combines VOIP with regular landlines. But you have to shell out a lot of dosh first... More »
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iPhone Adobe Flash Support Coming
Critics have bashed Apple for omitting Adobe Flash support from the iPhone's "real life" Safari browser, and with good reason: a quick spin around the Web on an iPhone reveals sites that don't work, or don't work well without the plug-in. Now, it's rumored to be coming, via a quote from Mossberg himself. The question is, was the original exclusion of Flash a technical decision or a business decision? More »
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Comment by PamelaZebra: Check out this video which shows a real interactive Flash application running on iPodTouch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdsNEdcONwI Why the wait? Looks like someone... 1 Responses | Other threads
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wisdom of the in-crowd
Opinions Side-By-Side In Our iPhone Review Matrix
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. More » -
all things d
Steve Jobs Kinda Answers Some iPhone Questions
Mossberg gets Steve Jobs to talk iPhone. Except when he asks about version 2.0. Those questions are forbidden. The rest of the questions are important ones. Like will we see this on other carriers? Why no 3G? Will you include GPS? Will there be lower cost versions? Aaaaand, Jobs dodged those, too. An old lesson, learned again: Mossberg may have the power to command a Steve jobs interview, but he can't make him answer questions. [All Things D] -
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Mossberg's iPhone Video Review
Mossberg's lost the funky music in the intro, and compared to Pogue's video, he's all business. The interesting bits left out of the text review are here, like, in regards to the keyboard, "I wanted to throw it out the window after 3 days". (Of course, he came around eventually, comparing it in speed to a Treo's keyboard.) More » -
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Breaking: Mossberg Reviews the iPhone, Says Keyboard A-OK After Five Days
Mossberg and Boehret review the iPhone, 3 minutes after Pogue at the NYTimes. In a nutshell:Our verdict is that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer. Its software, especially, sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, and its clever finger-touch interface, which dispenses with a stylus and most buttons, works well, though it sometimes adds steps to common functions.
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Walt Mossberg Has the iPhone
Ooooohhh. Someone's gonna be in trouble with Steve Jobs. Mossberg has the iPhone as of this morning, and he's already flaunting it in public. An explicit rule between Apple and A-listers with early access is that this kind of showboating is a no-no. More » -
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All Things D is Done and I'm Still Smiling
D5, Mossberg and Swisher's conference is over, and I am still smiling. 100% news, no bullshit. And it was fun. Did you know that D had a Ben and Jerry's ice cream booth? More »
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all things steve
Video: Jobs Says "Fake Steve" is "Pretty Funny" and Other Semi-Revelations
You like the Steve Jobs? You hate the Steve Jobs? We gave you the textier version yesterday, now here's a clip of his All Things D appearance, in full technicolor moving picture, for you to comment on in your own special way. More »
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Comment by VisualVillain83: I actually thought the review was pretty good. It shows more of his normal side and not the side that... more » | Other threads
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Live Rumble: Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs vs. Swisher vs. Mossberg
7:15 The show is about to start, and I've got major butterflies. Fingers don't fail me.
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Steve and Bill...in Pirates of Silicon Valley
Bill and Steve go on stage in about 30 minutes or so. And before they start pulling each other's hair, and before Walt starts dancing around these two with tough questions, I'd like to take this moment to remind you of Pirates of Silicon Valley, the made-for-TV, unauthorized 1999 "docudrama" of how Steve got rich and cool, and Bill got so rich he doesn't even care how cool he is. (Only $7.49 on Amazon, btw.) More » -
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Meeting Steve Jobs
I bumped into Steve Jobs in the hall a little while ago, on the way to lunch at All Things D. More »
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By Brian LamComment by AqueousBeef: i live not a mile away from him... he gives out raisins and nuts for haloween :( more » | Other threads
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Comment by edarroyo: I wonder... could they add YOUTUBE... to front row?? That would be awesome, that way one could be even lazier!... more » | Other threads
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First Palm Foleo Hands On and Impressions
It would be redundant to step through the Foleo right after Hawkins gave us a feature tour, but I have held the hardware, and it is impressively light (physically and software wise). It looks like a fanless, or near fanless design, the screen is very nice, and the keyboard reminds me of a Toshiba Tecra (a favorable thing). It looks to be a very efficient machine. If you overlook all the crazy buttons for navigation. And I thought the Thinkpad num/trackpad with multiple buttons was bad. That's not simplicity in design. There is a dedicated email button, which is a nice touch, as well as an Apps button that goes to the Dataviz office docs, the photo viewer, web browser, etc. The menu is top left, like a mac/windows hybrid and is favorably clean. But that's what happens when your device has no apps. What does it take to compile software to run on the Foleo.
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Liveblog: Palm Foleo Unveil Now!
Jeff Hawkins just dropped Foleo photos on us. It looks like it's subnotebook-sized, but it's a smartphone companion, designed to make it a full computing experience.
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All Things D Schedule for Today
I'm here all day, listening to Mossy and Swisher crack jokes at the high and mighty tech lords. More » -
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All Things D Wednesday Morning Session with Ballmer and the Surface Table
I'll be filtering for interesting gadget news. Mossy wore the funny hat today. And Ballmer is on fire with the weirdness. More »
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By Brian LamComment by DeadPlasmaCell: You can't really knock it on its price point.. since it's supposed to be for commercial use first, by the... more » | Other threads
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Here at All Things D
I'm here at All Things D, and the show starts in a few minutes. And by "Show" I mean Ballmer will take the stage. Likely to talk about the Surface Table, a device that is nothing like the iPhone, yet evokes comparisons because of its innovative touch interface. And at $10k and for commercial use only, it makes the iPhone's price point seem very consumer friendly. Good strategy on the release, guys. More »
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