Kara Swisher in D8 on August 5, 2010 at 12:00 pm PT
As promised,
All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth
D: All Things Digital conference, held in early June.
Today, it’s time for the Streak from Dell, a much-anticipated entry into the tablet market that Apple has blown up with its iPad.
But is it a mini-tablet or a waffle?
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on August 4, 2010 at 6:02 pm PT
Walt says the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 and the BlackBerry 6 operating system improve the BlackBerry experience considerably and bring the device closer to its newer rivals.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on August 4, 2010 at 11:31 am PT
We heard in May that Android is outselling the iPhone in the United States. Now it’s outselling the BlackBerry as well. NPD says handsets running Google’s mobile OS accounted for 33 percent of all smartphones purchased in the second quarter in the States, compared with 28 percent for the BlackBerry and 22 percent for the iPhone.
Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on August 3, 2010 at 4:03 pm PT
Katie reviews Apple’s latest gadget, the $69 Magic Trackpad, which is essentially a large, freestanding touch pad that brings multi-touch features to desktop Macs.
John Paczkowski in News on August 2, 2010 at 12:21 pm PT
Looks like the $139/$189 prices Amazon gave its new Kindle e-book readers may have been the tipping point for mass adoption. Though they’ve been available for pre-order for just five days since the unveiling, both the 3G and Wi-Fi Kindles are sold out for their first August 27 ship date.
Kara Swisher in D8 on August 2, 2010 at 9:59 am PT
As promised,
All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth
D: All Things Digital conference, held in early June.
Here’s the demo for Kno, a start-up that is taking on the textbook by replacing it with a tablet aimed at students.
The clamshell device has a pair of touchscreens that open and shut like a book and Kno will offer an online store linked to Kno for the purchase of materials.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on July 28, 2010 at 6:04 pm PT
The iPhone 4 did better than the 3GS in decent coverage, but still isn’t a good bet for those in weak-coverage areas, writes Walt.
Kara Swisher in News on July 21, 2010 at 12:47 pm PT
It looks like this promotional video for Flipboard, the high-profile and very slick new iPad app launched yesterday, was shot in its Palo Alto, Calif., HQ.
Because the service is a bit of a conceptual leap in digesting social networking, this video might help explain the excitement among tech bloggers and others about its debut.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on July 14, 2010 at 6:05 pm PT
Hitachi’s line of external hard drives comes with simple software that performs local and online backups of your computer files, writes Walt.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on July 7, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT
The Portege R705 will appeal to consumers willing to pay higher-than-netbook prices for a speedy, standard-size, easy-to-tote laptop with good battery life, writes Walt.