Ina Fried in Mobile on January 9 at 4:30 pm PT
Nvidia says its quad-core processor also can also reduce the power used in backlights, a major drain on mobile device batteries.
Ina Fried in News on November 10, 2011 at 10:16 am PT
Version 5.0.1 is available on iTunes and coming soon as an over-the-air update.
Ina Fried in Mobile on November 8, 2011 at 5:40 am PT
The magazine says the new model solves the antenna-related issues that caused it to withhold its recommendation of the iPhone 4.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 23, 2011 at 6:19 pm PT
Verizon’s ThunderBolt 4G cellphone is a speed demon, zipping past rival 4G phones’ cellular-data speeds and even past many home land-line Internet connections.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 9, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT
The new IPad 2 is thinner, lighter, faster and more powerful than the original. It offers an excellent balance of size, functionality and price, and keeps Apple ahead in the tablet race, at least for now.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 25, 2011 at 11:50 am PT
The publication warned on Friday that the Verizon iPhone is also susceptible to the so-called “death grip,” in which signal strength drops when the device is held a certain way. As it did with the AT&T version, Consumer Reports is leaving the phone off its recommended list because of the antenna issue.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on February 16, 2011 at 3:20 pm PT
Walt answers readers’ questions on starting a blog, sleeping MacBooks and GSM phones.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm PT
Walt reviews the Motorola Atrix 4G Android smart phone, which acts as the brains of a small laptop device.