An awful product that should simply be avoided. You'll be sorry.
97
A poor product with more faults than redeeming qualities.
97
Below average. May be passable in a pinch, but you should probably stay away.
97
A bit below average, with some serious issues to watch out for.
97
An average product, with issues that keep it from being genuinely exciting.
97
Slightly better than most similar products, but you can likely still do better.
97
Better than average, but some issues still hold it back from being truly excellent.
97
Among the top products in its category, and a solid choice for most people.
97
A category-leading product and an overall pretty safe bet.
97
An industry-leading product, definitely worth owning. An instant classic.
97
Completely flawless. You'd be crazy not to have it.
100
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WWDC is just hours away, and there has been no shortage of rumors about what Apple has planned, especially for iOS. It seems like ever since the news broke about Scott Forstall leaving the company (1) and Jony Ive stepping in, there have been expectations of a major iOS redesign. This became even more clear when Apple updated their podcast app on iOS to a much more modern design (2). As the weeks and days have gone on more mockups and rumors kept swirling about a redesign, with even this years...
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So I just bought a Jawbone UP. I tried to connect it to my HTC One X, but it wouldn't connect on Android 4.1. I thought there was something wrong with the UP, but it worked just fine when connected on my iPad 4.
Anyone else have experience with connecting the UP band to other Android devices? How has your experience been?
http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/473/a5di/a5di-460.jpg According to a new report, Apple is now the world's top PC maker -- if you count the iPad as a PC. The report, from Canalys, says that Apple has a 20% share of the global PC market, having shipped 27 million computers during the 4th quarter of 2012 -- with iPads accounting for 22.9 million of those "computers." With computer companies struggling amid competition from tablets, and even Apple seeing its high-flying stock come down to Earth as...
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People say there was no need for this update but when you run an iPad 3 and this one, the speed gets into play and then you realize you've been clinging to a .. well, something slow. IPad 4's biggest difference from its predecessors is in the processing speed and the dock.
http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/473/a5e3/a5e3-460.jpg Over the past year, we’ve scored well over a thousand gadgets. Most of those are good products, with gdgt Scores in the mid 70s to low 80s. These are gadgets you aren’t likely to be disappointed with if you get them, but they’re not likely to wow you either. But we also scored some truly great devices, with scores in the upper 80s and 90s, as well as some that were just awful, with scores as low as 50. As with all of the products we...
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If your parents got a new tablet for Christmas, what apps are you installing for them? I realized many of my favorite apps wouldn't be useful for them, but I have installed the following:
IMDB
Flixter (for watching trailors)
Skype
TED (in hopes they watch some education videos)
YouTube
Pandora (or Slacker Radio if your in Canada)
Facebook
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http://media.gdgt.com/img/products/465/9zfe/9zfe-460.jpg Microsoft has announced pricing for the upcoming Surface with Windows 8 Pro, which is expected to ship in January (http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive... The new tablet will sell for $899 with a 64GB SSD, and $999 with 128GB. A keyboard, such as Microsoft's Touch model, will cost extra. How does this compare to other Windows 8 tablets? Lenovo's...
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