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Smartphone Screen Shoot-Out: Which Has the Best High-Def Display?

The HD smartphone revolution is here. With the recent release of the LG Spectrum, Android users now have four HD (1280 x 720) smartphones from which to choose: the Spectrum, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, HTC Rezound and LG Nitro HD. Not all HD smartphone displays are created equal, however, so we decided to evaluate each phone’s panel for [...]

Carrier Support Showdown: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Tested

Cellphone shoppers generally judge wireless carriers based on their networks’ speed, size and—above all—reliability. But reliability extends to customer service. Will your carrier be able to help when something goes wrong? And can you get your questions answered in a timely fashion? With that in mind, we performed a survey of the country’s four largest [...]

2-Minute Expert: What is Apple’s Game Center?

The Game Center app, pre-installed on iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch devices, is a social network that allows you to challenge other players in several games. There’s no charge for using Game Center — unlike similar services such as Xbox Live. How does it work? You start by creating a specific “handle,” or nickname, and [...]

Protesters: As 800-Pound Gorilla, Apple Best Target for Labor Reform

“This is a lot heavier than I’d thought,” said Sarah Ryan, 23, an organizer with Change.org, as she lifted a cardboard box with printouts of 250,000 names to deliver to the Apple Store in Grand Central Station in New York City. All the people had signed an online petition hosted by Change.org and another organization, [...]

How Jailbreaking Your Smartphone Could Become Illegal

Don’t like the way your smartphone works? Maybe you want more control arranging the app icons on your iPhone. Or you want to get rid of the obscure airG Chat social network app that Virgin Mobile installs on your Google Android phone and won’t let you remove. Today, you’re free to hack around those restrictions. [...]

Deal of the Day: Save $209 on Core i3 Dell Inspiron 14z

Looking for a thin-and-light notebook with plenty of power? Today’s deal of the day should be right up your alley. The 14-inch Dell Inspiron 14z, which manages to squeeze a 2.3-GHz Intel 2nd Gen Core i3 processor, 6GB of RAM and 750GB hard drive into a less-than-one-inch-thick frame, packs plenty of power. And at only [...]

Tesla Announces All-Electric Model X with Wing-Style Doors, Touchscreen Console

If you’re going to make an all-electric car, why not give it a wicked-modern design to go with that forward-thinking fuel approach? That at least seems to be Tesla Motors’ modus operandi with its just-unveiled Model X crossover. In addition to its eco-friendly pedigree, the X rocks wing-style doors, which Tesla calls Falcon Wings. Back [...]

Hands-On with Tweetbot 2.0: Best iPad Twitter Client

Tapbots, makers of the new Tweetbot for iPad, have gained a solid reputation as developers of some of the most highly-polished apps available on the iTunes Store. It’s truly well-deserved. After all, the company has the right to boast of such creations as Calcbot, Pastebot and Tweetbot for iPhone, which has become the de facto [...]

Microsoft: Windows 8 on ARM Coming Soon with Office 15 Support

Microsoft has demonstrated that its upcoming Windows 8 operating system will work on ARM-based processors many times in the last few months, but the company has been mum on when that version of the software will be available for testing and what kind of apps it will run. Now, we have more details. In a [...]

More Juice Please: All Lightweight Laptops Should Last 10+ Hours

In the rush to hook know-nothing consumers mindlessly scannning the shelves at retail, looking for shiny objects, too many notebook makers have forgotten the true meaning of “ultraportable” as they manufacturer systems that get little more than half a day’s battery life. Sure, everyone wants a notebook that’s wafer thin, blinged out with brushed metal or [...]