Tag: Handheld & Connected Devices
The M2 MacBook Air is cheaper than ever at $700, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals
Black Friday/Cyber Monday is more than a month away (Thanksgiving falls on November 28 this year — I looked it up so you don’t have to). So while we wait for all of the best-of-the-year discounts the shopping event usually entails, there are still a few worthy sales out there…
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Samsung Galaxy S24 FE review: A great phone, but I wish it was cheaper
For a few years now, it’s been hard to pin down the strategy behind Samsung’s Fan Edition products. Ostensibly, they’re supposed to offer high-end features at a more affordable price. However, following the Galaxy S20 FE, most FE devices haven’t lived up to that promise. Whether it was the poor…
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The Morning After: Our verdict on the iPad Mini 7
For me, the iPad Mini is one of those devices I know I should like but can never quite bring myself to actually appreciate. Apple must feel similarly, given it only sporadically updates its smallest tablet, knowing its target market probably isn’t in need of blazing speed. But, with Apple…
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iPad mini 7 review: Safe, boring and everything I want in a small tablet
To the surprise of few, the new iPad mini that Apple announced last week is a small update rather than a major reinvention. It may have been three years between iPad mini updates, but the 2021 model was the first to ditch the formerly ubiquitous home button in favor of…
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Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite reader has a larger screen and faster page turns
Amazon’s latest version of its popular Kindle Paperwhite has arrived, marking the sixth iteration if you’re keeping score at home. The new model is the thinnest Paperwhite yet and has a refreshed 7-inch screen that’s a touch larger than the previous model’s 6.8-inch display. It also has the highest contrast…
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Kindle Scribe hands-on: You can scribble on your books
Seventeen years is an odd anniversary to call out. But at an event launching four new Kindles, Amazon’s head of devices and services Panos Panay reminded a group of media that “Kindle is 17 years in the making, almost to the day.” Panay added that the device is currently seeing…
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