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The good: The Kindle Fire is a 7-inch tablet that links seamlessly with Amazon's impressive collection of digital music, ...
The bad: The budget price means no premium features (3G wireless, cameras, microphone, GPS, and location services are absent), but ...
The bottom line: Though it lacks the tech specs found on more-expensive Apple and Android tablets, the $199 Kindle Fire is ...
The good: The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is a well-designed tablet with powerful speakers, a responsive screen, and ...
The bad: At $400, the tablet is overpriced compared to more powerful competing tablets that offer better features for around ...
The bottom line: The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 comes up short in performance, features, and value compared to competing ...
The good: The Asus Transformer Pad TF300's Tegra 3-induced performance more or less matches the Transformer Prime's and ...
The bad: The tablet's design isn't as thin, sturdy, or sexy as the Transformer Prime's and feels ...
The bottom line: Though it isn't as thin or as sturdy, the Asus Transformer Pad TF300 delivers Prime levels of ...
The good: The Asus Transformer Prime sports an iPad 2-inspired design that's even thinner and nearly as light, while ...
The bad: Not every game takes advantage of the quad-core CPU, and frame rates can suffer as a result. When ...
The bottom line: The Asus Transformer Prime is the best full-featured Android tablet yet, with a sexy design, thoughtful features, and ...
The good: The Klipsch Image S4 earphones offer exceptional sound quality for the money. They're also very comfortable and ...
The bad: The cable of the Image S4 earphones doesn't seem very durable, and the included eartips may not ...
The bottom line: The Klipsch Image S4 earphones offer up sound quality on par with and better than sets that cost ...
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The good: This latest version of the Toshiba Portege R835 is still a great value, packing a big hard drive, ...
The bad: This 13-inch laptop once felt thin and light, but similarly priced newer laptops beat it on style and ...
The bottom line: This one-time favorite is still an excellent go-to 13-inch laptop, if you don't need something quite as ...
The good: Incremental updates to the CPU help keep the MacBook Pro line a step above the now-mainstream MacBook Air. ...
The bad: Unless you need an optical drive, the MacBook Air may be a better fit for most, and the ...
The bottom line: A MacBook Pro is a significant investment, especially when adding in optional upgrades. Cost aside, there's not ...
The good: The Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 offers desktop-replacement power in a midsize laptop, with a discrete GPU and Intel's ...
The bad: All this power is paired with a lower-resolution screen, killing the high-end vibe.
The bottom line: The IdeaPad Y480 gets you Lenovo's excellent construction quality and ergonomic design without having a "business" laptop, ...
The good: The 13-inch Samsung Series 5 Ultra NP530U3B is a more affordable ultrabook than the executive-line Series 9, and ...
The bad: The touch pad, keyboard, and battery life aren't as excellent as you'd expect from a laptop ...
The bottom line: Samsung's finally made an affordable ultrabook, and the 13-inch Series 5 Ultra is a well-priced and far ...
The good: The Dell XPS 13 fits a glass-covered 13-inch screen into a smaller-than-expected body. The sophisticated design is eye-catching ...
The bad: The limited port selection doesn't include HDMI or an SD card slot; the display should be better; ...
The bottom line: Dell packs a 13-inch display into a very small footprint in the XPS 13 ultrabook, making it one ...
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The good: The Canon EOS Rebel T3i delivers excellent video capabilities and image and video quality.
The bad: If you shoot both still and video, the T3i's controls can be frustrating to operate, and it'...
The bottom line: For the money, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i is a great choice for dSLR videographers--though the cheaper T2i ...
The good: Unsurprisingly, the Canon EOS Rebel T3 delivers excellent photo quality.
The bad: Average performance, a nothing-but-the-basics feature set and claustrophobic viewfinder leave the camera an uninspiring shooter.
The bottom line: Though it's a perfectly fine entry-level camera, there are better options for the money than the Canon ...
The good: Excellent photo quality with a good noise profile, a streamlined shooting design for both photo and video, and ...
The bad: While it's fast, some aspects of the D5100's performance still lag behind its class.
The bottom line: Though it doesn't rank first based on any individual aspect of the camera, the Nikon D5100 delivers ...
The good: The Canon PowerShot Elph 300 HS is a fun-to-use ultracompact with excellent photo quality even if just left ...
The bad: The 300 HS might be too small for some, and accessing its shooting modes other than auto is ...
The bottom line: If you're looking for a nice, simple ultracompact for use indoors and out, you'll want to ...
The good: Fast performance; excellent photo quality; above average video-capture quality.
The bad: Annoying viewfinder; irritating control layout for video capture.
The bottom line: A great follow-up to the T1i, if you want the best photo and video quality in a dSLR ...
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The good: Powerful parts, a lovely screen, stunning design, and an excellent camera help the Evo 4G LTE restoke the ...
The bad: Given the 4G LTE in its name, the newest Evo's lack of Sprint LTE at launch is ...
The bottom line: The HTC Evo 4G LTE is a worthy successor to Sprint's Evo family, as long as you ...
The good: The Nokia Lumia 900's eye-popping unibody design sets a new direction for smartphone style. Its LTE speeds, ...
The bad: Problems with call quality and minor design flaws like some gaps in the construction and weirdly placed buttons ...
The bottom line: The Nokia Lumia 900's unique design and high-end features make Windows Phone look fantastic, and the $99 ...
The good: The Samsung Epic 4G Touch boasts a large and bright 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display. With a ...
The bad: Call quality could be better. The phone is large and has a plastic build.
The bottom line: The Samsung Epic 4G Touch offers speedy performance, a beautiful screen, and a great multimedia experience to make ...
The good: Despite a beefed-up battery, the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx has a slim, attractive, and durable design with the ...
The bad: For such an advanced smartphone, the vague promise of a future Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is ...
The bottom line: The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx proves that a powerful Android superphone can remain thin yet still promise marathon-worthy ...
The good: The Samsung Galaxy Nexus marries the power of the Ice Cream Sandwich with a stock Andorid OS. The ...
The bad: The Galaxy Nexus lacks a slot for expandable memory, the 5-megapixel camera isn't Samsung's best, and ...
The bottom line: Though Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus retains the cache of being an official showpiece for Ice Cream Sandwich, ...
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The good: Manual shutter-speed and iris controls; comfortable size; smarter-than-average autofocus; lens focuses relatively closely; decent battery life.
The bad: Soft video; cramped, low-resolution touch screen.
The bottom line: Panasonic's quartet of entry-level HD camcorders--the HDC-HS60, TM60, TM55, and SD60--delivers a nice manual feature set and ...
The good: The GoPro HD Hero2 boasts improved optics, a few new video- and still-photo-shooting modes, and backward compatibility with ...
The bad: As improved as it is, the Hero2's interface can still be a bit confusing for the first-time ...
The bottom line: The GoPro HD Hero2 is easily the best GoPro camera yet, with the ruggedness and quality that we'...
The good: A wide-angle lens, built-in USB cable, and consistently good automated behavior highlight the otherwise no-frills Sony Handycam HDR-CX130...
The bad: The sub-HD resolution sensor on these camcorders produces merely satisfactory video.
The bottom line: Typical for their price class, the no-frills Sony Handycam HDR-CX130, CX160, and XR160 produce generally subpar HD video, ...
The good: Generally excellent video quality; solid feature set for its class; well designed
The bad: Tape housing feels a bit flimsy; fixed eye-level viewfinder needs a better eye cup; manual focus dial a ...
The bottom line: An extremely minor upgrade from the HV20, the Canon Vixia HV30 remains a quality HDV camcorder with a ...
The good: Generally excellent video quality and a straightforward, if somewhat unglamorous, interface highlight the Panasonic HDC-HS900, TM900, and SD800...
The bad: Wonky white balance and lack of a built-in neutral density filter are the two biggest drawbacks of an ...
The bottom line: Panasonic's trio of prosumer camcorders, the hard-disk-based HDC-HS900 and flash-based TM900 and SD800, deliver generally excellent video ...
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The good: Excellent Blu-ray image quality; Netflix, Vudu, YouTube, and Pandora media streaming, plus the expandable Samsung Apps platform; DLNA-compliant.
The bad: Sluggish operational speed; no built-in Wi-Fi; compatible Wi-Fi dongle is too expensive; last year's Samsung Blu-ray players ...
The bottom line: The BD-C5500's expandable Samsung Apps platform and DLNA compatibility make it stand out from other entry-level players, ...
The good: The LG BD670 has built-in Wi-Fi and an excellent suite of streaming-media services, including Netflix, Amazon Instant, Vudu, ...
The bad: The LG BD670 has slower-than-average disc-loading speeds and lacks onboard memory for accessing BD-Live features.
The bottom line: Despite disc-loading speeds that are just average, the LG BD670's built-in Wi-Fi and excellent streaming-media suite make ...
The good: The Sony BDP-S590 has built-in Wi-Fi, 3D compatibility, and an ample suite of streaming-media services, including Netflix, Hulu ...
The bad: Sony's user interface isn't as intuitive as those from some competitors, especially the interfaces for Amazon ...
The bottom line: The Sony BDP-S590 is a great-looking Blu-ray player with built-in Wi-Fi, 3D compatibility, and tons of streaming-media apps, ...
The good: Blu-ray player with built-in Google TV; revolutionary Google TV software enables potential access to virtually all online media, ...
The bad: Frustrating controller handles neither Google TV or Blu-ray well; major content providers like Hulu, CBS, and ABC are ...
The bottom line: The Sony NSZ-GT1 combines Google TV and Blu-ray in a single box, but Sony's frustrating controller, the ...
The good: The LG BP620 has built-in Wi-Fi, 3D compatibility, and LG's Smart TV suite of streaming-media services, which ...
The bad: The BP620 lacks Amazon Instant streaming, and several other services (MLB.TV, MOG) aren't available yet. The ...
The bottom line: If you want 3D, the LG BP620 has most of the right features, but the absence of Amazon ...
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