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The good: The Toshiba Satellite U845T is thin, with a decent brushed-aluminum body, a 128GB SSD, and better performance and ...
The bad: The keyboard has squeezed-down keys, a small spacebar, and some flex under heavy typing. The low screen resolution ...
The bottom line: While it's not going to dazzle anyone, the Toshiba Satellite U845T is a great example of exactly ...
The good: The iPad Mini's ultrathin and light design is far more intimate and booklike than the larger iPad, ...
The bad: The iPad Mini costs too much, especially considering the lower resolution of its 7.9-inch non-Retina Display. The ...
The bottom line: If you want the full, polished Apple tablet experience in a smaller package, the iPad Mini is worth ...
The good: The Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 offers high-end components, including gamer-level graphics, a swappable accessory bay, and the coolest-looking backlit ...
The bad: If only the Y500 had a touch screen, which is practically required for the Windows 8 UI, it ...
The bottom line: For those looking for something more than a feature-light ultrabook, the gamer-friendly Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 is close to ...
The good: The iPhone 5 adds everything we wanted in the iPhone 4S: 4G LTE, a longer, larger screen, free ...
The bad: Apple Maps feels unfinished and buggy; Sprint and Verizon models can't use voice and data simultaneously. The ...
The bottom line: The iPhone 5 completely rebuilds the iPhone on a framework of new features and design, addressing its major ...
The good: The Nexus 7 features a sharp screen, a comfortable design, and great battery life at a low starting ...
The bad: Android still needs more tablet-optimized apps, newer games have frame rate issues, and HSPA+ speeds seem particularly location-dependent.
The bottom line: With its excellent design, useful software features, and low starting price, the Nexus 7 is the cheapest way ...
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The good: The Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 offers high-end components, including gamer-level graphics, a swappable accessory bay, and the coolest-looking backlit ...
The bad: If only the Y500 had a touch screen, which is practically required for the Windows 8 UI, it ...
The bottom line: For those looking for something more than a feature-light ultrabook, the gamer-friendly Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 is close to ...
The good: Cased in aluminum, the Asus Zenbook UX51Vz-DH71 is an impressive-looking laptop with an excellent 15-inch screen, a strong ...
The bad: A premium price to match its high-end design and components; no touch screen to take full advantage of ...
The bottom line: The Asus Zenbook UX51Vz-DH71 is a nice fit for anyone looking for premium looks and performance in a ...
The good: The Acer Aspire V5 has a decent design, midrange configuration, and a touch screen, all for a very ...
The bad: While slim and reasonably attractive, this is still a plastic laptop. The weak battery keeps it from being ...
The bottom line: For under $700, the Acer Aspire V5 proves that a touch screen can work in a budget-priced Windows ...
The good: The 14-inch Acer Aspire M5 481PT has a solid metal body, strong battery life, good performance, a DVD ...
The bad: The screen quality isn't stellar, the touch pad doesn't always handle well, and unlike previous versions, ...
The bottom line: Considering the total package of features and price, the Acer Aspire M5 feels like a safe bet if ...
The good: The 13-inch MacBook Air has new Intel CPUs, better battery life, and an improved 720p Webcam, and finally ...
The bad: The design, while strong, stays largely the same: there's no Ethernet port, and the base SSD storage ...
The bottom line: This year's MacBook Air opts for gradual improvements rather than anything revolutionary, but lowered prices continue to ...
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Specs: Compact Digital Camera, 12.1 megapixels, 20 x, 1/2.3", CMOS, Optical
The good: The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS has an extraordinary zoom range with excellent image stabilization and fine photo quality ...
The bad: Its lens and high-ISO picture quality make it less desirable for shooting indoors or in low light, especially ...
The bottom line: If you simply must have the longest zoom in the room, the Canon PowerShot SX50 HS satisfies.
The good: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX50 offers excellent features for automatic snapshots and speedy shooting performance, and nice photo and ...
The bad: The WX50's controls might be too small for some users and its photos aren't sharp enough ...
The bottom line: The tiny Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX50 is a lot of camera for the money, with solid shooting performance, and ...
The good: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 has an excellent design and feature set, including an ultrawide-angle 20x zoom lens, GPS, ...
The bad: Using all of the ZS20's high-performance features, such as its near-pointless touch screen, can really cut into ...
The bottom line: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20's 20x zoom lens might be the main attraction, but the camera is all-around ...
The good: Speed, good looks, and pretty pictures number among the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100's strengths.
The bad: The camera tends to clip bright highlights more than we typically see, and the slippery body lacks a ...
The bottom line: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100's compact, elegant design, generally excellent photo quality, bright, fast lens, and speedy performance ...
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The good: The affordable Droid Razr M features a fast processor, a lovely screen, 4G LTE, and long battery life. ...
The bad: The Razr M's camera takes unimpressive images, and its battery isn't removable.
The bottom line: If you're not a shutterbug, the Motorola Droid Razr M's sleek style, fast CPU, and great ...
The good: The HTC Windows Phone 8X's edgy design joins forces with a top-of-the-line processor, LTE speeds, and great ...
The bad: This phone's 8-megapixel camera took a few poor pictures, the buttons are too flush, and the OS ...
The bottom line: With top specs and a striking design, HTC's Windows Phone 8X makes a smart choice for anyone ...
The good: The HTC Inspire 4G is affordably priced and boasts a large display. The Android 2.2 smartphone runs ...
The bad: The smartphone is rather large and heavy, and the battery cover is difficult to remove. We didn't ...
The bottom line: Though dual-core phones are on the way, the HTC Inspire 4G stands as one of AT&T's ...
The good: Oodles of screen real estate make the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 terrific for videos, games, and reading; and ...
The bad: The huge display makes the Galaxy Note 2 unwieldy to carry, and hiccups in the S Pen stylus ...
The bottom line: Samsung delivers a powerful, boundary-pushing device that gets a lot right. Yet its complicated features and high price ...
The good: The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD (Verizon) offers fast performance, a big eye-popping screen, and luxurious design. It ...
The bad: The Droid Razr Maxx HD's major weakness is a camera that produces subpar images. The phone is ...
The bottom line: Motorola's fast, stylish Droid Razr Maxx HD offers outstanding battery life, but its camera captures unimpressive images.
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The good: The Samsung HMX-W300's small, slim rugged body lets you take it where other minicamcorders or your smartphone ...
The bad: The W300's video quality -- in or out of water -- is only good enough for Web ...
The bottom line: The Samsung HMX-W300 rugged minicamcorder is a good traveling companion for capturing Web-friendly movie clips and photos of ...
Specs: CMOS, 8.3 oz, Camcorder, Canon VIXIA HF R400 - Consumer - Flash card, 32 x x, Zoom lens - 2.8 mm - 89.6 mm - F/1.8-4.5, 2.1 in, 2.2 in, 4.6 in
The good: The Contour+2 captures crisp, HD video. The new Instant On-Record slider greatly increases simplicity. Bluetooth allows app ...
The bad: Even with the new lower price, the Contour+2 is more expensive than the GoPro HD Hero2.
The bottom line: The Contour+2 combines the best features of the entire Contour camera line in one simple, powerful flagship ...
The good: The Canon Vixia HF G10 delivers great video quality and a lot of useful features for advanced shooters.
The bad: Design issues that affect frequently used adjustments may annoy the very people the camcorder is designed to attract, ...
The bottom line: While it's got a great shooter feature set and good video quality, the Canon Vixia HF G10 ...
The good: Sony's entry-level Handycams, the HDR-CX190, CX200 and CX210 are small, lightweight and cheap. A captive USB cable ...
The bad: You can't really call the video HD quality, the camcorder feels flimsy and the lens is prone ...
The bottom line: They're cheap and capture video, but don't buy the Sony Handycam HDR-CX190, CX200 or CX210 thinking ...
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Specs: Blu-ray player, Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Video, Hulu Plus, Vudu, CinemaNow, Pandora, AccuWeather, Picasa, Built-in Wi-Fi, Up to 1080p, Stereo, DVD+R, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE, CD-R, DVD, CD, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-RW
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, ...
Specs: 3D Blu-ray player, Vudu, CinemaNow, Netflix, Hulu Plus, Viera Connect, YouTube, Built-in Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Miracast, 2D to 3D Conversion, Built-in 4K Up-scaling, Web browser
Specs: Blu-ray player, Smart Hub, Wi-Fi, Anynet+, Video playback from USB devices, JPEG photo playback, Digital audio playback from USB devices, Digital photo playback from USB devices, AllShare, Stereo, DVD+R, CD-R, DVD, CD-DA, Blu-ray Disc, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-RW
Specs: Blu-ray player, Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu Plus, YouTube, Pandora, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, NFC, Stream content from smartphones and tablets with Sony's SideView app for iOS and Android devices, BD-Live & BonusVIEW, Socialize feature allows you to make posts about movies, videos and music to social media, Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD
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