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Mobile Device That’s Better for a Jotter Than a Talker

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 15 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt tests the Samsung Galaxy Note, a phone-tablet hybrid with a large screen that uses a stylus as well as your fingers.

Live at Dive–Microsoft Talks Windows Phone 7

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 7, 2010 at 11:45 am PT

So just how is Windows Phone 7 doing, and what is next in Microsoft’s effort to get back into the phone game? In the hot seat at D: Dive Into Mobile on Tuesday is Joe Belfiore, one of the Microsoft VPs in charge of the company’s phone effort.

Verizon Now Sells Subsidized Netbook With Cell Service

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on May 13, 2009 at 6:12 pm PT

Verizon’s H-P Mini netbook is an adequate light-duty computer for a low price, but the charge for Internet service is high if used as a main online connection.

Cleaning Out Windows XP

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on February 4, 2009 at 5:42 pm PT

Walt answers questions about cleaning up a sluggish install of Windows XP, the new keyboards on the unibody MacBook Pros and alternatives to the Windows Mail application in the upcoming Windows 7 operating system.

The Entire D6 Interview With Sony's Sir Howard Stringer (3 of 4)

Kara Swisher in News on September 4, 2008 at 12:49 am PT

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Here’s Part 3 of 4 of an interview Walt Mossberg did with Sony Chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer. The consumer electronics giant has been under enormous pressure to innovate and compete better in all its many businesses, and still has not proved it can knit them all together into a cogent whole. In this video, Stringer talks about craplets and digital music players, including the iPod and Walkman-enabled Sony Ericsson cellphones, and takes questions from the audience about YouTube and the challenge of maintaining innovation and entrepreneurialism at a huge multinational company.

Deciding Which Media Applications to Keep

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 13, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Walt Mossberg answers questions about preinstalled media players, backing up a hard disk running on Parallels and more.

Exporting Information From AOL

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on February 28, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Walt Mossberg answers questions about exporting favorites and other information from an AOL account, uninstalling “craplets” from PCs, and more.

Dell’s All-in-One PC Has the Guts, Design to Compete With iMac

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on December 27, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Dell’s new all-in-one PC, the XPS One, is a stylish Windows Vista machine that runs well and won’t cost a fortune. If it didn’t have the Dell logo on it, the XPS One might be mistaken for a product of the PC industry’s design leaders, Apple or Sony.

Moving Music to a BlackBerry

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on November 29, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about transferring music to a BlackBerry Pearl, using an external hard drive with Leopard’s Boot Camp and removing unwanted software.

Vista Incompatibility and Start-Up Issues

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on August 9, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about Windows Vista complaints, using antivirus software when running Windows on a Mac, and transferring large files.