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In Mobile Gymnastics, the Motorola Backflip Scores a 6

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on March 9, 2010 at 2:47 pm PT

The Motorola Backflip smart phone has a unique design: Its QWERTY keyboard is on the back of the device, so the screen appears to be doing a “back flip” when it opens up for use.

Digital File Cabinet You Can Bring With You Anywhere

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 20, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt Mossberg reviews Evernote, which lets you create notes of text and photos and file them in your own searchable database, accessible on a number of devices.

Verizon Wireless: 30 Percent Cut to Voice, 50 Percent Increase to Data

John Paczkowski in News on January 15, 2010 at 5:30 am PT

Verizon Wireless rolled out some new wireless pricing plans this morning, promising “affordable convenience.” And the carrier does provide that if you’re a feature phone user with little need for a data package. Or an AT&T customer.

Gadgets to Bring Holiday Cheer to Little Travelers

Nick Wingfield in Personal Technology on December 23, 2009 at 6:05 pm PT

Nick Wingfield looks at electronic devices to occupy young children during long trips home for the holidays.

Usage-Based Data Pricing: The Solution to AT&T’s iPhone Problems?

John Paczkowski in News on December 2, 2009 at 5:15 am PT

According to Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi, the average iPhone user consumes five to seven times the monthly bandwidth of the average wireless voice subscriber and at least twice the amount of the typical smartphone phone user. With usage levels like these and the network degradation and customer dissatisfaction issues that go along with them, is it reasonable to think that iPhone carriers like AT&T will swap their all-you-can-eat data plans for usage-based pricing? Sacconaghi thinks so.

The Latest Kindle: Bigger, Not Better, Than Its Sibling

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on June 10, 2009 at 6:04 pm PT

While the larger Kindle DX performs its promised tasks adequately, its size and weight make it awkward and tiring to hold for long periods of reading.

A BlackBerry That’s Easy on Your Thumbs

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on January 27, 2009 at 5:04 pm PT

In two weeks, the latest version of the BlackBerry, the Curve 8900, arrives. This device doesn’t have a sleek touch screen or completely overhauled operating system, nor is it meant to compete with the likes of Apple’s iPhone. But it has a physical keyboard and still manages to look stylish — and that’s no small feat.

On the Dell XPS One All-in-One Computer

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on October 29, 2008 at 6:00 pm PT

Here are a few questions I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability. Do you still recommend the Dell XPS One all-in-one computer that you favorably reviewed last December? I am not a techie at all but need to replace my 5-year-old [...]

The App Test: Rating Programs for Google’s G1

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on October 21, 2008 at 4:30 pm PT

Today, people interested in seeing the first Google-branded consumer-hardware product will get to satisfy their curiosity as the company, joining with T-Mobile, unveils its $179 G1 handheld computer. This touch-screen device will compete with Apple’s iPhone, and it includes a key feature missing in the iPhone: a physical keyboard.

Getting Mobile Novices to Check Email

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on September 23, 2008 at 6:00 pm PT

Are you a member of the “I-check-my-email-constantly-even-when-I-know-no-one-has-emailed-me” club? If so, your mobile email device is never far and you’ve found yourself wondering how other people can leave unread emails sitting in their inboxes all day.

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