8 posts and columns on hand-held

Atrix 4G: Faux Laptop With a Phone For Brains

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.
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Nintendo Bets Big on Social DS System

in News on October 28, 2010 at 3:47 pm PT

The headline feature of Nintendo Co.’s forthcoming 3DS portable videogame system is the ability to play 3-D games without the need for eyewear, but it is the device’s ability to locate other players that may prove critical to its success.

Videos on TV With a Flip of a Channel

in The Mossberg Solution on December 1, 2009 at 3:08 pm PT

FlipShare TV is a $150 box that plugs into any TV and receives new videos from family and friends hundreds of miles away.
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The CLIQ, Storm2 Join Long Parade of iPhone Threats

in Personal Technology on October 14, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

Motorola’s CLIQ and RIM’s Storm2 are among the many interesting challengers to the iPhone.
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Palm in Need of a Handout

in News on December 2, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

BlackBerry’s Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray

in Personal Technology on November 19, 2008 at 6:32 pm PT

Walt reviews the hotly anticipated BlackBerry Storm, the first BlackBerry model without a physical keyboard. Typing and navigation require tapping on glass, just as users do on the iPhone. Verizon will be selling the Storm for $250 with a two-year contract, though a $50 mail-in rebate can bring the price down close to the $199 that Apple charges for the base model of the iPhone.
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Hate Voice Mail? New Services Turn Recordings Into Text

in Personal Technology on May 24, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

New services using voice-recognition technology aim to eliminate checking voice messages by transcribing them into text. To see how efficient they are at transcription, Sarmad Ali tested two such applications.

Dealing With Attachment Issues

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on November 17, 2005 at 12:01 am PT

Walt Mossberg answers questions about troublesome email attachments and finding a hand-held mobile product that doesn’t include a cellphone.