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BlackBerry Storm 2 gets the Mossberg review; RIM still tight-lipped

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 15th 2009 No Comments

blackberry storm 2We’ll let you into a secret: embargoes are the janky, frustrating glue that keeps the tech business rolling, and it doesn’t take much to bring everything crashing down.  Someone has obviously been fiddling with Walt Mossberg’s clocks, as the AllThingsD writer and generally bearded-lovely has pushed out his review of not only the Motorola CLIQ – you can read our opinion on that phone here – but of the BlackBerry Storm 2.

The review comes on the heels of Verizon’s CEO scooping RIM to their own Storm 2 announcement, as we discovered yesterday.  There’s no way of knowing exactly whether Mossberg had special dispensation to publish early – it wouldn’t be the first time he’s had privileged access ahead of everyone else – but since we’re still hungry for Storm 2 details we’ll forgive him anyway.

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Mossberg: “Windows 7 beats the Mac OS in some areas”

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 8th 2009 1 Comment

walt mossberg 218x243 customIf you’re looking for inflammatory speech, search no more: everybody’s favorite bearded-uncle of tech, Walt Mossberg, has well and truly rammed his metaphorical review-poker into the flames of the Windows/Mac argument.  In his review of Windows 7 for All Things D, Mossberg confesses that while “In recent years, I, like many other reviewers, have argued that Apple’s Mac OS X operating system is much better than Windows. That’s no longer true.”

Nonetheless, Mossberg is still leaning toward Apple overall, going to to confirm that “I still give the Mac OS a slight edge because it has a much easier and cheaper upgrade path; more built-in software programs; and far less vulnerability to viruses and other malicious software, which are overwhelmingly built to run on Windows.”  Still, he confirms that “Now, however, it’s much more of a toss-up between the two rivals.”

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Palm Pre and the WSJ: why Walt will kick-start this smartphone revolution

By Chris Davies and Vincent Nguyen on Tuesday, May 12th 2009 No Comments

Recent news that Palm are tipped to be working with the Wall Street Journal to announce the Pre’s launch date on May 19th, and word that Best Buy are expecting stock of the distinctive Touchstone inductive charger on June 7th has again fueled speculation that the smartphone is imminent.  It already seems likely that Pre-buyers will be queuing up for the new handset, and potentially doing so on Sunday June 7th, but it could be the week or two beforehand that makes the biggest difference to its reception.

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Walt Mossberg reviews Kindle 2: ‘Vast improvement’

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Feb 26th 2009 No Comments

walt mossberg kindle 2 reviewEveryone’s favorite bearded tech pundit, Walt Mossberg, has delivered his opinion of the Kindle 2 in the Wall Street Journal, and much to Amazon’s relief it’s a pretty much glowing review.  Mossberg reminds us how “clumsy and annoying to use” he found the first-gen Kindle, before praising the Kindle 2 for its “vast improvement” in controls, design and the detail possible from its epaper display.

Mossberg also highlights Amazon’s plans for ebook content on non-Kindle mobile devices, suggesting that such a move would easily eclipse the Kindle 2.  The ebook market “could explode” he says, if Amazon offered iPhone or BlackBerry apps.

Video review after the cut

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