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For iPad and Mobile Devices, a ‘Port’ out of the Norm

Walt reviews a special flash drive that can transfer and stream files to popular mobile devices without standard USB ports.

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Real Bonding With Family Around the TV Via Skype

Tely Labs’ telyHD turns Skype video chats into room-size experiences, involving whole families or groups of friends on each end—seeing each other, chatting and sharing photos in high definition using TVs instead of computers.
TeleLabs' teleHD

Talk Is Cheap and Reliable on Nokia’s $50 Phone

Walt reviews Nokia’s Lumia 710, the $50 device that gets the most common smartphone tasks done for a bargain price.
Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone

Working in Word, Excel, PowerPoint on an iPad

Walt reviews an app that brings the full, genuine Windows versions of the key Office productivity apps — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — to the iPad.
OnLive Desktop for iPad

Diabetic Tester That Talks to iPhones and Doctors

Telcare’s new diabetes meter offers built-in wireless technology to transmit readings to an online database.
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Year of the Talking Phone and a Cloud That Got Hot

Important new products and services—including Ultrabooks, cloud computing and Android devices—raised questions and anticipation for the year ahead.
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Ultrabooks Bring Speed and Light to Windows

The Ultrabook combines low weight with good speed and battery life.
Lenovo Ultrabook

Solid Keyboard Elevates This Tablet, Though Software Lags

The Android-based Transformer Prime tablet has a sturdy keyboard and dock, and is the first tablet to use a potent new processor called the Tegra 3. But it is weak on software and offers limited apps.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Digital Music Meets Its Match in Apple iCloud

Apple’s iTunes Match is a cloud-computing service that stores all your song files in a high-quality format without making you upload them first.
iTunes Match

Kindle Fire, A Grown-Up E-Reader With Tablet Spark

The Kindle Fire adds a multifunction color tablet to Amazon’s popular line of monochrome Kindle e-readers. It is a good value. It doesn’t just add color to the Kindle, it adds a robust ability to store and stream music, TV shows and movies—and a weaker ability to store and display color photos.
Amazon Kindle Fire

A Guide for PC Buyers Not Looking for a Tablet

Walt’s annual fall laptop buyers’ guide offers tips for wading through the technobabble involved in buying a computer.
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The iPhone Finds Its Voice

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