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Samsung Phone Offers Wireless Broadband, But It Has Drawbacks

The new Samsung i730 surfs the Web and sends and receives email at broadband speeds, but Walt says the short battery life and two-handed navigation can be aggravating.

Published on June 23, 2005 in Personal Technology

PalmOne Transforms Its New PDA Into a Mobile Warehouse

Walt says palmOne’s LifeDrive is a user-friendly and well-designed gadget good for offloading digital data, but its poor battery life makes the PDA limiting.

Published on June 29, 2005 in The Mossberg Solution

Using Your Cellphone as a Modem

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about the possibility of a G5 Powerbook, downloading extensions for Firefox and using Sprint’s Treo as a modem.

Published on June 30, 2005 in Mossberg's Mailbox

Device Lets You Watch Shows on a Home TV, TiVo From Elsewhere

Walt says the Slingbox — a new gadget that allows viewers to watch TV shows they receive at home in other locations, and on devices other than their TV sets — is a very good product that makes place shifting a reality.

Published on June 30, 2005 in Personal Technology

Podcasting Is Still Not Quite Ready For the Masses

While Apple has made receiving podcasts as simple as downloading music, it’s still way too complicated for the average user to create a podcast.

Published on July 6, 2005 in The Mossberg Solution

Using Yahoo Mail With Firefox

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about using Yahoo Mail with Firefox, the inner workings of Slingbox and moving messages in Outlook.

Published on July 7, 2005 in Mossberg's Mailbox

Google Earth Thrills With Photos, Stunts, But How Practical Is It?

Google Earth lets you view satellite and aerial photos of pretty much any spot on the planet. While the program may not be practical for most people, it’s still worth fooling around with just because it’s cool.

Published on July 7, 2005 in Personal Technology

The $99 Laser Printer: Home Options Get Closer to Office Quality

Walt says he found the Dell 1100 to be just as the company said it was: a straightforward, monochrome laser printer.

Published on July 13, 2005 in The Mossberg Solution

Despite Others’ Claims, Tracking Cookies Fit My Spyware Definition

If you don’t like the idea of tracking cookies, run an antispyware program that detects and removes them, along with all the other indefensible computer code some companies think they have the right to install.

Published on July 14, 2005 in Personal Technology

Sorting Paragraphs Alphabetically in Word

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about sorting paragraphs alphabetically in Word, whether some viruses are a “necessary evil” and using laptops to organize and edit digital photographs.

Published on July 14, 2005 in Mossberg's Mailbox

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