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The good: The Samsung Instinct offers a slick, intuitive design and a heavy load of powerful, innovative, and easy-to-use features. ...
The bad: The Samsung Instinct lacks Wi-Fi and instant messaging, and its call and video quality were erratic. Also, its ...
The bottom line: The Samsung Instinct stands out as one of Sprint's finest devices to date. It's just too ...
The good: The LG Voyager VX10000 has a cutting-edge design with a brilliant touch screen and a spacious keyboard. It ...
The bad: The LG Voyager VX10000's camera lacks such extra options as a flash and Wi-Fi. The touch screen ...
The bottom line: Though we had some minor complaints here and there, the Voyager's sleek design, generous feature set and ...
The good: The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 for Verizon Wireless offers integrated Bluetooth and GPS. The smartphone also delivers good ...
The bad: Unlike Sprint, Verizon doesn't offer support for its 3G streaming media services on the BlackBerry Curve 8330.
The bottom line: Though we wish the smartphone supported Verizon's VCast multimedia services, the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 is still ...
The good: The Samsung SCH-i760 features a slider design with a full QWERTY keyboard, external dialpad, and touch screen. The ...
The bad: The i760 is bulky, and we wish there was a built-in scroll wheel. There's no support for ...
The bottom line: The Samsung SCH-i760 goes big (literally), delivering a solid set of features and good performance to Verizon customers ...
The good: The Sony Ericsson W580i has an attractive, easy-to-use design, a satisfying feature set, and admirable call quality.
The bad: The Sony Ericsson W580i's audio was harsh at the highest volume levels, and the keypad buttons are ...
The bottom line: The Sony Ericsson W580i is a stylish multimedia cell phone with good performance on all fronts.
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The good: Flexible design lets you customize appearance and positioning; best combination of looks and specifications among supersmall desktops.
The bad: Standard budget PCs offer better price-performance and more upgradeability; laptops deliver better space economy with similar specifications for ...
The bottom line: If you're considering all of the computers in the $700 to $1,000 price range, the Dell ...
The good: Svelte new design; large, touch-sensitive display; easy to use, touch-friendly software, a lot of wireless connectivity options; underbody ...
The bad: Single-point, Windows-based touch looks dated next to multitouch iPhone; slower than other all-in-ones in its price class.
The bottom line: HP's new-and-improved TouchSmart all-in-one PC refines the touch-based concept it introduced last year. Faster all-in-ones, and Apple'...
The good: Fastest gaming performance in its price category (mostly); distinctive chassis; lots of expandability; Nvidia software makes overclocking easy.
The bad: Large case.
The bottom line: With its second full-fledged gaming PC, Dell shows that it understands the mainstream gaming desktop as well as ...
The good: Useful, USB-port-equipped device tray on top of the unit; strong price performance.
The bad: No 64-bit Windows option; no Blu-ray, Draft N Wi-Fi, or other higher-end configuration options.
The bottom line: Dell's Inspiron 518 is the latest in a long line of utilitarian, midrange Windows PCs. We wish ...
The good: Along with its best-in-class design and solid-feeling, thin keyboard, the new Apple iMac desktop offers more performance and ...
The bad: No word on means of upgrading to Apple's new Leopard OS when it's released; anemic phone ...
The bottom line: With its super-elegant new design and a strong configuration, Apple's new iMac competes with the PC desktop ...
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The good: Great photo quality; interesting design.
The bad: Mixed performance; no optical zoom in movie mode.
The bottom line: For most people, the excellent photo quality of the Canon PowerShot SD790 IS will more than make up ...
The good: Impressive performance and image quality; optical image stabilization; face detection.
The bad: No manual exposure controls; no optical viewfinder.
The bottom line: While the Canon PowerShot SD870 IS doesn't have an optical viewfinder or manual exposure controls, it captures ...
The good: Great image quality; minimal shutter lag; speedy performance; optical image stabilization; face detection; optical viewfinder.
The bad: No manual exposure controls; slow flash recycle time.
The bottom line: Canon's SD1100 IS adds optical image stabilization to last year's hit SD1000, while delivering just as ...
The good: This digital camera has a cornucopia of features; it's zippy and built like a tank.
The bad: Relatively significant distortion at the widest angle of view; when zoomed out completely, lens intrudes into viewfinder; no ...
The bottom line: The Canon PowerShot G9 is a solid enthusiast digital camera for those who want something compact to complement ...
The good: Great performance and image quality; solid image stabilization; face detection.
The bad: No manual exposure controls; on/off button a bit awkward; noisy images at ISO 1,600.
The bottom line: The Canon PowerShot SD 850 IS has just about everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot.
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The good: Strong budget performer; lengthy battery life; great keyboard and touch pad.
The bad: Loud, clacky mouse buttons; no media control keys; AV Mode button is useless.
The bottom line: The entry-level Sony Vaio NR430 strikes all the right notes--decent performance, pleasing design, great keyboard and display--to form ...
The good: Faster performance than other laptops in the same price range; 4GB of RAM; big 320GB hard drive; HDMI ...
The bad: Bulkier than Dell's 15-inch XPS and Inspiron models; merely average battery life.
The bottom line: The Dell Studio S1535-125B impresses us with its leading performance in the sub-$1,000 category, thanks in ...
The good: Sharp new design; tons of business-friendly features; highly configurable; excellent battery.
The bad: Merely average performance; somewhat heavy.
The bottom line: A total revamp of Dell's ubiquitous business laptop line, the Latitude E6400 offers Intel's latest Centrino ...
Apple MacBook - black (Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard)
from $1,185.73 at 4 stores Shop nowThe good: Upgraded CPU for the same price; same great design; Leopard operating system.
The bad: Still no Express card or SD card slots; only more expensive models are available in black.
The bottom line: Apple has been content to issue minor periodic hardware updates to the 13-inch MacBook, but the modest performance ...
The good: Slimmed-down design; low starting price; high-end extras are available, including HDMI and touch-sensitive media control buttons.
The bad: Not as many configuration options as some of Dell's other laptops; plastic construction feels somewhat flimsy; base $...
The bottom line: Taking consumer complaints to heart, Dell updates its mainstream 15-inch laptop with the Inspiron 1525. It's thinner, ...
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The good: The Apple iPod Touch has a large, video-worthy screen, a cutting-edge interface, and Wi-Fi Internet, e-mail, and music ...
The bad: The iPod Touch may cost too much for you, depending on your needs. It has a small capacity ...
The bottom line: The iPod Touch is a beautiful product, inside and out, but prepare yourself for sticker shock.
The good: The Creative Zen sounds fantastic and features a brilliant color screen capable of displaying photos and video. The ...
The bad: The Creative Zen only comes in black, the control pad feels cheap, and it doesn't come close ...
The bottom line: We're hard-pressed to find anything not to like about the Creative Zen. It's a great option ...
The good: The iPod Classic is just like the fifth-generation iPod with video, only slimmer, tougher, and injected with a ...
The bad: Video output now requires a proprietary cable; audio quality has not improved; some older iPod video accessories may ...
The bottom line: The iPod Classic is a refinement of the formula that put the iPod on the map. Few can ...
The good: The Samsung T10 features a sleek and stylish design with an engaging Flash-based interface. Rhapsody DNA is integrated ...
The bad: The touchpad of the Samsung T10 requires precision for desired results, and there's no elegant handling of ...
The bottom line: The Samsung T10 won't satisfy audio purists, but users who value lots of features, a fun interface, ...
The good: The Creative Zen X-Fi is an incredible value given its low price and laundry list of features, which ...
The bad: The Creative Zen X-Fi plastic construction does not feel high-quality, and the SD card content does not get ...
The bottom line: The Creative Zen X-Fi's plastic design leaves a little to be desired, but that doesn't detract ...
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The good: Accurate color; reproduces relatively deep black levels; extensive picture adjustments include fine color temperature controls; solid connectivity with ...
The bad: Minor uniformity issues; so-so standard-definition processing.
The bottom line: The midlevel Samsung LN46A550 LCD HDTV strikes an excellent balance between price and performance.
The good: Excellent black-level performance for an LCD; accurate color; 120Hz processing smooths judder in motion; fine screen uniformity and ...
The bad: Expensive; benefits of 120Hz blur-reduction hard to discern; smooth motion seems unnatural for film-based material and introduces some ...
The bottom line: Although not quite as impressive as the best plasmas, the 46-inch Sony KDL-46XBR4 outperforms any flat-panel LCD we'...
The bottom line: CNET did not review the Samsung LN46A650, but we did review a larger model in the series.
- CNET Editor rating: Not yet rated
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 20 reviews
The good: Produces the deepest shade of black of any big-screen display we've tested; accurate color decoding; dejudder processing ...
The bad: Expensive; inaccurate primary colors; lacks advanced picture controls; frame causes minor reflections.
The bottom line: Best-in-class black levels and excellent all-around performance places the Pioneer PDP-5020FD near the top of the picture quality ...
The good: Relatively inexpensive; produces a deep shade of black; accurate initial color temperature; solid connectivity with three HDMI inputs; ...
The bad: Color decoding accentuates red; inaccurate primary color of green; ineffective noise reduction.
The bottom line: Panasonic's TH-42PX80U 42-inch plasma sets the picture quality-to-value standard for entry-level flat-panel HDTVs.
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