Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Money & Business

David LaGesse

Entries for November 2006

Tips for the Road Warrior

November 29, 2006 06:00 PM ET |

The promise seemed so alluring: Dump my many chargers and wander the world with one power brick, enjoying a newfound lightness of being. The iGo everywhere delivers on the first half but not entirely on the second.

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A Pearl That's Shining

November 16, 2006 06:01 PM ET |

Appealing to consumers with a sophisticated device like a BlackBerry communicator is a tricky proposition. Research In Motion, the BlackBerry makers, decided to do so with a sleek, shiny black handset called the BlackBerry Pearl, and it appears to be living up to its name. RIM's stock hit a 52-week high today as sales of the handset appeared to be going well, according to a stock analyst at UBS.

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Treo 680: A Millimeter Here, a Millimeter There

November 13, 2006 04:46 PM ET |

In toying with the new Treo 680, I was reminded of old commercials touting a cigarette that was "a silly millimeter longer." It seems Palm is hoping 2 millimeters can help turn the Treo, a traditionally stuffy business device, into something fun for consumers. That's how much depth that Palm trimmed off earlier Treos, making the 680 the smallest–by a tenth of an inch or so–of its successful line of smart phones.

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Our in-house gadget guru, Senior Writer David LaGesse, checks out the latest technologies and gizmos, from computer software to GPS systems -- and reports back to you in plain English.

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