Lauren Goode in Product News on January 15 at 2:23 pm PT
Bigger sensors, more megapixels and all the other bells and whistles meant to tear you away from your smartphone camera.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on October 11, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT
The iPhone 4S is one of Apple’s less dramatic updates, but, when combined with the Siri, iOS 5 and iCloud features, it presents an attractive new offering to smartphone users, writes Walt.
Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on November 9, 2010 at 2:26 pm PT
Katie compares digital cameras for potential buyers as they begin their search for gifts during the holiday season.
John Paczkowski in News on March 24, 2010 at 12:05 pm PT
Sprint may finally have the “hero” device it has been lacking: The EVO 4G, a feature-packed handset that will be the first to run on the company’s 4G WiMax network. It boasts a superb feature-set–on paper, anyway. And Sprint’s leadership is convinced they’ve got a game-changer in the EVO: “This is going to be an iconic handset without question,” Sprint’s David Owens told Reuters.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 3, 2010 at 8:59 am PT
Verizon this morning copped to what the blogosphere has been jawing about for weeks now: Motorola’s Devour is to be the wireless carrier’s next Android handset. Arriving at market next month, the Devour seems a lower-cost alternative to Droid, though Verizon hasn’t yet named a price for it.
John Paczkowski in News on January 19, 2010 at 8:28 am PT
Microsoft has long claimed that its mobile strategy is to provide a software solution, not devices. So it’s intriguing to learn that talk of the company’s long-rumored “Pink” phone project has started up again. In a note to clients today, Jefferies & Company analyst Katherine Egbert claims that Redmond is gearing up to launch a “a Zune-like phone” based on Windows Mobile 7 in the next two months.
John Paczkowski in Social on January 7, 2010 at 5:30 am PT
Motorola has added another superphone to its Android portfolio, the Backflip. Unveiled at a press event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the device is similar to Verizon’s Droid in that it features both a touchscreen and keypad, but with one interesting twist: A reverse “qwerty” flip keypad that folds out from behind the display.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 5, 2010 at 11:02 am PT
Google’s new approach to super-smartphones is the first Android phone Walt would consider carrying as his everyday hand-held computer.
John Paczkowski in News on January 5, 2010 at 10:17 am PT
During an Android demo in April 2008, Steve Horowitz, one of the original engineers working on Google’s Android platform, said, “I’m here to tell you there is actually no GPhone.” Now, not two years later, Google is telling us something different. There is a GPhone, its name is Nexus One and Google officially unveiled it this morning at an event at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.