Tag: Reviews

Weekly Wrap Up: Notebook, Tablet and Smart Phone News for April 1

Weekly Wrap Up: Notebook, Tablet and Smart Phone News for April 1

| April 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

Despite all of the April Fools jokes running wild on the Internet today, there is a lot of real notebook, tablet and smart phone news worth checking out. Notebook News For the Week of April 1st: We kicked off World Backup Day with a collection of deals on services and storage that will help you [...]

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Do Not Buy Button: Retrevo Launches Consumer Electronics Store with a Twist

Do Not Buy Button: Retrevo Launches Consumer Electronics Store with a Twist

| March 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

Gadget review site Retrevo.com has been well-known for helping consumers make smarter buying decisions and now they are hoping to carry that experience over into selling consumer electronics. The Retrevo MarketPlace launches today with Cell phone, Camera, Camcorder and MP3 accessories; but should soon expand to include all types of consumer electronics like HDTVs and Notebooks. To [...]

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How to Get the Best Price for Your Notebook on Craigslist [Tips]

How to Get the Best Price for Your Notebook on Craigslist [Tips]

| March 8, 2011 | 0 Comments

When you get ready to upgrade to a new notebook or laptop, selling the old one is a key step in the upgrade process. While there are gadget recyclers that often pay a decent price for an old phone or iPad, the prices for notebooks are usually much less. This means you are often left with eBay, Craigslist or word of [...]

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Review Round-Up: Early Xoom Reviews are Positive, But Not Glowing

Review Round-Up: Early Xoom Reviews are Positive, But Not Glowing

| February 24, 2011 | 2 Comments

A few early reviews of the Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets are now online–we’ll have our review device shortly and will update you with our take on the tablet. Those reviews are positive, and note that Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the operating system that is built for tablets, presents a serious contender to Apple’s iOS [...]

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Hot News in Notebooks for the Week of Feb 11th 2010: New Gadgets from Dell and HP

Hot News in Notebooks for the Week of Feb 11th 2010: New Gadgets from Dell and HP

| February 11, 2011 | 0 Comments

This was a big week in tech with several new products launching from big names like Dell and HP including notebooks, tablets and phones. We also saw the launch of the Verizon iPhone, which didn’t get a large turnout of buyers waiting in line, but it did hit sales records for Verizon. Hot News from [...]

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Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate Now Available, What’s New?

Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate Now Available, What’s New?

| February 10, 2011 | 6 Comments

Internet Explorer 9 is almost ready for public consumption, as evidenced by the release of the Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate from Microsoft today. Internet Explorer 9 is the re-imagining of the way many users get online and will bring new features and beauty to the browsing experience when it officially arrives. The official Internet [...]

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Motorola Atrix 4G Reviews Roll In, Laptop Dock Fails to Impress

Motorola Atrix 4G Reviews Roll In, Laptop Dock Fails to Impress

| February 10, 2011 | 3 Comments

At CES 2011 the Motorola Atrix 4G was one of the coolest things we saw, a powerful Android smartphone that could be placed into a Laptop dock for a larger screen experience complete with a full Firefox browser. The first reviews are starting to come in and so far the Motorola Atrix Laptop dock isn’t [...]

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How to Tell if Online Reviews Can Be Trusted

How to Tell if Online Reviews Can Be Trusted

| February 4, 2011 | 3 Comments

You’d be hard pressed to find a someone who doesn’t do at least a little online research before buying a new notebook or gadget. The Pew Research Center found that 58% of Americans research their purchases online and based on our anecdotal experience a good deal of the remaining shoppers are asking their family tech expert to [...]

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HP EliteBook 2540p Review (video)

HP EliteBook 2540p Review (video)

| November 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

There are a lot of cheap laptops floating around these days, but when you’ve got your career on the line you should invest in a professional-grade laptop. One such laptop is the HP EliteBook 2540p. In this video review, we’ll show you what makes the EliteBook 2540p ready for years of use and abuse. As [...]

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MacBook Air Review Series: Best Laptop I’ve Ever Used

MacBook Air Review Series: Best Laptop I’ve Ever Used

| November 15, 2010 | 5 Comments

The MacBook Air is simply the best laptop I’ve ever used. I picked up a new 13″ MacBook Air a couple of weeks ago and am reviewing it in long format over at GottaBeMobile.com. My new MacBook Air has all the goodies: 4GB of RAM, the 256GB SSD and the 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo [...]

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