Posts by Wilson Rothman
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10 Terrible Tips For Longer Battery Life
6:00PM Wilson Rothman | Nowadays, everything comes with a rechargeable battery, but who knew that getting long battery life could get soooo confusing? Here are 10 expert-backed tips to keep you from running low on the juice: More »
Gadgets
Remainders — Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)
3:00PM Wilson Rothman | Windows 7 Sales 234 per cent Higher Than Vista…Battery Juice No Longer Just an Expression, Still Not as Tasty as Orange Juice…Verizon Calls AT&T’s Ad Lawsuit “Junk”…Air Filter Uses Plants to Get Rid of Yer Weed Smoke More »
Entertainment
7:25AM Wilson Rothman | When Apple TV 3.0 came out, we were unimpressed. Readers asked what else they could use to play their many videos. Here are five nice ones to suit different needs — nearly all cost less and do more than ATV. More »
HD Media Player Battlemodo: Apple TV Killers
7:25AM Wilson Rothman | When Apple TV 3.0 came out, we were unimpressed. Readers asked what else they could use to play their many videos. Here are five nice ones to suit different needs — nearly all cost less and do more than ATV. More »
Gadgets
Remainders — Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)
3:30PM Wilson Rothman | Google and the Phantom Town of Argleton…10 Years of Steve Jobs’ Apple Product Unveilings…AT&T’s Foray Into In-Car Satellite TV Goes Miserably Wrong…Robots Will Soon Learn How to Smell Fear More »
Networks
AT&T Suing Verizon Because “Map” Ad Is Confusing To Dumb People
8:46AM Wilson Rothman | A Verizon Wireless ad shows a beefy Verizon 3G map next to a less impressive AT&T 3G map. AT&T is suing, saying it leads people to believe AT&T has no phone service outside of its (admittedly skimpy) 3G areas. More »
Gadgets
Remainders: Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)
3:00PM Wilson Rothman | Case-Mate Designs Kindle Case, Proves They Don’t Understand Kindle…Famous Watchmaker Teams With Famous Carmaker To Launch Least Famous Phone Ever…Designer Discovers Way To Make Bike Seats More Uncomfortable…Wind Turbines Go Stealth to Quit Screwing Up Radar More »
GPS
11:16AM Wilson Rothman | As you know, Google’s freebie turn-by-turn navigation app for Android 2.0 surfaced this week. After driving around our patented testing track for a few days, I can tell you what’s great—and what’s surprisingly bad—about it. More »
Google Navigator For Android Review: Far From Perfect
11:16AM Wilson Rothman | As you know, Google’s freebie turn-by-turn navigation app for Android 2.0 surfaced this week. After driving around our patented testing track for a few days, I can tell you what’s great—and what’s surprisingly bad—about it. More »
Gadgets
Stuff We Didn’t Post Today (and Why)
2:00PM Wilson Rothman | Esquire Sells the Space Beneath Downey’s Nuts…No Joy for TomTom’s $US120 iPhone Car Dock…Amtrak Gets “Free” Wi-Fi, But You Still Have to Pay for the Subsidy, Er Ticket…Voulez Vouz QOOQez Avec Moi? More »
Entertainment
9:21AM Wilson Rothman | If there’s one Apple product that lives outside the Reality Distortion Field, it’s Apple TV. But hey wait, 3.0 is out, doesn’t that change everything? Well, considering Apple rolled it out on a Thursday afternoon with no fanfare, whaddaya think? More »
12 Things You Need To Know About Apple TV 3.0
9:21AM Wilson Rothman | If there’s one Apple product that lives outside the Reality Distortion Field, it’s Apple TV. But hey wait, 3.0 is out, doesn’t that change everything? Well, considering Apple rolled it out on a Thursday afternoon with no fanfare, whaddaya think? More »
Software