Over the past two weeks, I’ve explained some of the challenges and limitations that will be involved in upgrading an existing Windows XP or Windows Vista PC to the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system, due out October 22. Several readers asked me to publish a chart showing which current versions of Windows could be easily upgraded to which planned versions of Windows 7, and which couldn’t.
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Posted at 8:09 PM PT on August 4, 2009
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Walt Mossberg discusses his Personal Technology column for The Wall Street Journal with C-SPAN’s Brian Lamb on Sunday, July 19, 2009.
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Posted at 5:02 PM PT on July 24, 2009
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Walt weighs in on the smartphone wars. Who will dominate this new handheld platform, and who will attract the most users and third-party apps?
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Posted at 11:08 AM PT on April 10, 2009
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Tagged: Apple, G1, Google, Microsoft, Mossblog, Walt Mossberg, iPhone, mobile, 3G, Android, AT&T, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Feature, handheld, Nokia, Palm Pre, Palm Research in Motion, phone, smartphone, smartphone wars, Symbian, T-Mobile, webOS, Windows Mobile | permalink
Walt gives his first impressions of the new BlackBerry App World. The store has hundreds of apps available at launch, and RIM says it expects around a thousand to be available in its first week. Like Apple’s store, RIM’s offers both free and paid apps that download directly to your device.
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Posted at 11:09 AM PT on April 1, 2009
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Walt gives his first impressions of the free Kindle e-book reader application for the iPhone.
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Posted at 11:02 PM PT on March 3, 2009
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Tagged: Apple, Mossblog, Amazon, Amazon.com, annotation, app, App Store, Apple, book, bookmark, color, dictionary, e-book reader, E-Reader Feature, hardware, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle, Kindle 2, periodical, portable, reader, Safari, screen, searches, software, Walt Mossberg, web browser | permalink
Walt Mossberg and Katie Boehret were at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, and sent back this report on some of the highlights of the show.
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Posted at 12:00 AM PT on February 21, 2009
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Tagged: iPhone, American Idol, AT&T, Barcelona, BlackBerry, cable, cellphone, CES, CSI, Docomo, email, Enterprise Ireland, Facebook, Guinness, handset, innovation, interactive chatting, Ireland, Katie Boehret, media flow, Microsoft, mobile phone, Mobile World Congress, Mossblog, music, My Phone, prototype, Qualcomm, remote control, satellite, separable phone, smart phone, software, technology, television, Verizon, video, voice activation, Walt Mossberg, Windows, Windows Live | permalink
On Fox Business News, Walt shares his take on Steve Jobs’s announcement that he is taking a medical leave from Apple.
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Yesterday at CES, Walt and Katie Boehret got their hands on some as-yet unseen gadgets, including waterproof military laptops, games that teach kids how to play real musical instruments and yes, those uber-hip 3D glasses.
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Posted at 11:19 AM PT on January 9, 2009
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Tagged: Mossblog, 3D glasses, airport security, CES, eye fatigue, Katie Boehret, laptop bag, military, musical instruments, scanner, Walt Mossberg | permalink
