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Help File help: Syncing an Android phone with iTunes

All of my recent reviews of phones running Google's Android software have had to include one yes-but line, words to the effect of: Yes, this is a smart little device, but you can't sync it to an iTunes music library. That's as much Apple's fault as it is Google's or...

By Rob Pegoraro  |  November 19, 2009; 11:46 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (4)
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Palm cuts prices with Pixi smartphone, may not clarify its prospects

Yesterday, Palm shipped the second device to run the webOS operating system it debuted this summer. Its new Pixi smartphone offers many of the same features as its Pre at a lower cost -- but in the six months since that gadget shipped, Palm's competitive position has eroded. Like the...

By Rob Pegoraro  |  November 16, 2009; 2:30 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
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Verizon's Droid reboots its smartphone business

Whatever happened to the Verizon Wireless we knew -- the carrier with the great network but the boring, uncompetitive phones, the company that never met a phone feature it didn't want to limit or disable? The Motorola Droid, this carrier's first phone to run Google's Android software, doesn't come from...

By Rob Pegoraro  |  November 6, 2009; 1:07 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (8)
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Verizon Wireless unveils Droid smartphone

Verizon Wireless may finally have a phone that can win some respect from iPhone fans. This morning, it unveiled the Droid, a Motorola smartphone running the new, 2.0 release of Google's Android software. This device -- shipping Nov. 6 at $199 for new and renewing customers who sign up for...

By Rob Pegoraro  |  October 28, 2009; 12:35 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (39)
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E-reader news: Post readies Kindle deal, Barnes & Noble debuts an Nook tablet

The newspaper-plus-Kindle deals that Amazon heralded when it unveiled its Kindle DX electronic book reader in May--and then failed to deliver on schedule--are finally about to arrive. Later this week, the plan is for Amazon to start e-mailing select customers outside the Washington area, inviting them to buy a discounted...

By Rob Pegoraro  |  October 20, 2009; 6:05 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (18)
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Microsoft Says It Can Recover 'Most' Sidekick Data

The hundreds of thousands of users of T-Mobile's Sidekick phones may yet recover the contacts, calendars, notes and other personal data that a server meltdown had apparently vaporized last weekend. Early this morning, Microsoft, which took over the Sidekick's data-synchronization service when it bought Sidekick developer Danger Inc. last year,...

By Rob Pegoraro  |  October 15, 2009; 11:40 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (10)
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Older Entries in This Category »

Sidekick Users See Their Data Vanish Into a Cloud, Rob Pegoraro , October 12, 2009
Microsoft Launches Windows Mobile 6.5, Rob Pegoraro , October 6, 2009
Adobe Pushes for a Flash-ier Mobile Web, Rob Pegoraro , October 5, 2009
Welcome to MMS, iPhone Users, Rob Pegoraro , September 25, 2009
iPod Nano Adds FM, Video; Zune Tunes Into HD Radio, Rob Pegoraro , September 18, 2009
Tablet Tidbits, Rob Pegoraro , August 25, 2009
TomTom, Navigon iPhone GPS Apps Seem Lost, Rob Pegoraro , August 21, 2009
The iPhone Is Getting Easier to Dislike, Rob Pegoraro , August 4, 2009
Palm, Apple Continue iTunes-Syncing Battle, Rob Pegoraro , July 27, 2009
Post-Review Thoughts On Palm's Pre, Rob Pegoraro , July 1, 2009
Amazon's Kindle DX Turns A Page In E-Books, Rob Pegoraro , June 19, 2009
Tips For iPhone 3G S Shoppers, Rob Pegoraro , June 18, 2009
Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 Arrives Today, Rob Pegoraro , June 17, 2009
With The Pre, Palm Reboots Itself, Rob Pegoraro , June 12, 2009
Flip, Kodak Bring HD Video To Go, For Less, Rob Pegoraro , May 15, 2009
TomTom Links GPS To Web Traffic Data, Rob Pegoraro , April 17, 2009
HD Radio Backers Claim Progress, Rob Pegoraro , March 25, 2009
Apple Previews iPhone 3.0 Software, Rob Pegoraro , March 17, 2009
The Vanishing Full-Line Electronics Retailer, Rob Pegoraro , March 6, 2009
Kvetching About Amazon's Kindle 2, Rob Pegoraro , February 26, 2009
Microsoft Unveils New Windows Mobile Software, Rob Pegoraro , February 17, 2009
Amazon Unveils Kindle 2, Rob Pegoraro , February 9, 2009
What Should Your Next Car Stereo Connect To?, Rob Pegoraro , February 6, 2009
Phones To Watch, And One That Is A Watch, Rob Pegoraro , January 10, 2009
Palm Introduces Prē Smartphone, Rob Pegoraro , January 8, 2009
GPS + Web = Drive - Traffic, Rob Pegoraro , December 29, 2008
New BlackBerry Phones: Both Sweet And Sour, Rob Pegoraro , December 18, 2008
Now Accepting CES Coverage Requests, Rob Pegoraro , December 8, 2008
Gadget Guidance 2008: Leftovers , Rob Pegoraro , November 26, 2008
Gadget Guidance 2008: (Don't Call Them) MP3 Players, Rob Pegoraro , November 26, 2008
Gadget Guidance 2008: Digital Cameras, Rob Pegoraro , November 26, 2008
iPhone 2.2 Update Brings Better Maps, Rob Pegoraro , November 21, 2008
Smarter Phones Leave No Escape From the Web , Rob Pegoraro , October 27, 2008
T-Mobile G1 Arrives in Stores, Rob Pegoraro , October 22, 2008
Google's Android Arrives, Rob Pegoraro , October 16, 2008
What's The Cost of a Cheap Camera?, Rob Pegoraro , October 9, 2008
DVR Dilemma: Where Are Your TiVo Alternatives?, Rob Pegoraro , October 7, 2008
Computing For Cheapskates, Telecom For Tightwads, Rob Pegoraro , October 2, 2008
New Slingbox Adds HD Video, Keeps Some Old Issues, Rob Pegoraro , September 25, 2008
T-Mobile Unveils First Google Android Phone, Rob Pegoraro , September 23, 2008
iPod, Therefore I Write, Rob Pegoraro , September 18, 2008
Apple Remixes the iPod and iTunes, Rob Pegoraro , September 10, 2008
Rekindling Interest in Amazon's E-Book Reader, Rob Pegoraro , August 25, 2008
iPhone 3G First Impressions, Rob Pegoraro , July 14, 2008
Don't Run Out To Buy An iPhone Today, Rob Pegoraro , July 11, 2008
Instinct-ive Responses, Rob Pegoraro , July 3, 2008
Updated Google Maps For Palm Can Find Itself, Rob Pegoraro , June 24, 2008
Improving the iPod's Click Wheel, Rob Pegoraro , May 23, 2008
Microsoft's SPOT Watch Winds Down, Rob Pegoraro , April 25, 2008
Handhelds Without a Home, Rob Pegoraro , March 13, 2008
New Developments For the iPhone, Rob Pegoraro , March 7, 2008
Finding Some GPS Guidance, Rob Pegoraro , December 17, 2007
Verizon's Voyager, Rob Pegoraro , December 13, 2007
Focusing on Digital Picture Frames, Rob Pegoraro , December 12, 2007
Did Technology Speed Your Thanksgiving Trek?, Rob Pegoraro , November 26, 2007
How to Buy Smartphones and MP3 Players, Rob Pegoraro , November 22, 2007
Zune 2.0, Rob Pegoraro , November 15, 2007
Android: There's Some Real Software Here, Rob Pegoraro , November 13, 2007
Android Anticipation, or Anxiety?, Rob Pegoraro , November 8, 2007
Analyzing Google's "Android", Rob Pegoraro , November 6, 2007
Something New, Something Old From Palm and RIM, Rob Pegoraro , October 18, 2007
From iPhone to iBrick?, Rob Pegoraro , October 5, 2007
Robot Invasion Escalates, Rob Pegoraro , September 28, 2007
Is Your iPod Feeling Old Today?, Rob Pegoraro , September 20, 2007
Weighed Down By Power Bricks, Rob Pegoraro , September 6, 2007
Palm's Foleo Folds, Rob Pegoraro , September 5, 2007
Revisiting My iPhone Review, Rob Pegoraro , August 29, 2007
GPS Is My Co-Pilot, Rob Pegoraro , August 2, 2007
Simple Gifts: Jitterbug, Presto, Rob Pegoraro , July 26, 2007
And Yet More On the iPhone, Rob Pegoraro , July 5, 2007
iPhone First Impressions, Rob Pegoraro , June 30, 2007
iPhone Freakout Watch, Rob Pegoraro , June 29, 2007
Watt's Happening, Rob Pegoraro , June 28, 2007
iPhone iNsanity Continues, Rob Pegoraro , June 26, 2007
Revisiting Windows Mobile, Rob Pegoraro , June 7, 2007
Reset Runaround, Rob Pegoraro , June 5, 2007
Microsoft Scratches the "Surface", Rob Pegoraro , June 4, 2007
So This Is What Palm's Been Up To, Rob Pegoraro , June 1, 2007
Guided By GPS, Rob Pegoraro , May 29, 2007
Fed Up With Palm, Rob Pegoraro , May 24, 2007
Good Enough vs. New Enough, Rob Pegoraro , May 15, 2007
Dressing for Tech Success, Rob Pegoraro , May 14, 2007
Is A Lack of Web Radio a Turn-Off?, Rob Pegoraro , March 26, 2007
Pick A Card, Any Card--If You Can Find It, Rob Pegoraro , March 21, 2007
What's Up With Palm?, Rob Pegoraro , February 8, 2007
 
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