- The Best Cell Phone Values
- Digital Trends Guides - September 9, 2009
- When the Motorola Razr first appeared in back in 2004, the angular marvel retailed for $500 from Cingular, and even that was only after a $100 rebate. Business execs swooned over them, celebrities flaunted them, and regular Joes emptied their bank ac...
- IFA Report 2009
- Digital Trends Features - September 8, 2009
- Berlin, Germany—Think of the annual IFA electronics and appliance fair as a little bit CES, a little bit giant shopping mall. From September 4 through 9, over 1,200 exhibitors showed their latest wares to European retailers who cut deals so the...
- Enjoy Video Anywhere
- Digital Trends Guides - September 8, 2009
- Nothing beats kicking back in a cushy recliner for taking in last night’s episode of Sons of Anarchy, South Park or even all three hours of The Godfather. But with the rise of digital video, home theaters have moved out of the living room to j...
- Make the Most of Your DSLR
- Digital Trends Guides - September 8, 2009
- All right! You’ve made the commitment and purchased a DSLR. Now that you have your shiny toy, it’s time to make the most of your new photographic instrument. And like any instrument, you have to master some skills in order to make it sing...
- Listen to Music Anywhere
- Digital Trends Guides - September 3, 2009
- Taking your music with you used to be as easy as popping the cassette out of your home tape player and into your car, boombox, or Walkman. Not so any more. Though the rise of the MP3 has made it possible to download albums in seconds, share them with...
- Tales From IFA: The European CES
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - September 3, 2009
- This week I’m at IFA, which is the European equivalent of CES. It is just getting off the ground as I’m writing this, and we’ve already had the first set of product announcements. Sony is making a rather large and impressive state...
- Digital Cameras: 10 Reasons to Buy A DSLR
- Digital Trends Guides - September 2, 2009
- Digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras are the serious photographer’s tool of choice. These units are also a world apart from point-and-shoot digicams, offering far superior performance… although sadly, they do have prices to match. H...
- Tech Etiquette Guide
- Digital Trends Guides - September 2, 2009
- Say yours please and thank-yous. Ladies first.The fork goes on the left side of the plate.The rules of manners and etiquette in everyday life are well established, and for most of us, ingrained since childhood. But when when BlackBerrys, iPods and la...
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard Review
- Digital Trends Features - September 1, 2009
- The Macintosh faithful are all abuzz with the debut of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple's latest and greatest operating system for Macintosh computers. However, unlike its “big cat” predecessors (like Leopard, Tiger, and Panther) Snow Le...
- Consoles Compared: Sony PlayStation 3 vs. PS3 Slim
- Digital Trends Guides - August 27, 2009
- So you’re ready to take the plunge and buy a PlayStation 3 Slim. Congratulations, at $300, there’s never been a better time to buy. But the skeptical consumer can’t help but wonder: What’s the catch? Is it missing something? ...
- Digital Camera Buying Tips: Point and Shoot vs. DSLR
- Digital Trends Guides - August 27, 2009
- Be happy if you’re gearing up to buy a new digital camera – as of press time, there are over 300-plus different options from which to choose! But within the huge crop of available models you’ll find units in all shapes, sizes and co...
- OS X Snow Leopard: The Complete Guide
- Digital Trends Guides - August 27, 2009
- The Snow Leopard cometh. After a modest demonstration alongside a hopped-up iPhone and slightly revamped MacBook at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, the long-awaited update to OS X finally gets its time to shine on August 28. While Apple ...
- Will the PS3 Slim Restore Sony and Change the Gaming Industry?
- Digital Trends Talk Backs - August 27, 2009
- With sales sharply down this year for all gaming consoles, even the surprisingly successful Wii, I’m starting to wonder if the market for consoles is fundamentally changing again, and whether folks are, like they did about a decade and a half a...
- Apple's Worst Products and Biggest Failures
- Digital Trends Features - August 25, 2009
- The iPod. The iPhone. The iMac. The Macintosh. The LaserWriter. The Macbook. Mac OS X. The list goes on. Apple, the multinational corporation that began life in the mid-seventies in a garage trumpeting “Think Different” as its mantra, has...
- Hands on with Panasonic's 1080p 3D HDTVs
- Digital Trends Features - August 24, 2009
- You finally got past the digital transition, upgraded yourself to a new HDTV, maybe even sprang for a Blu-ray player. You can now sit back and enjoy your 21st century HDTV for years to come, right?Well, not so fast.Panasonic has officially announced ...