BlackBerry PlayBook Video and Archos PMP/Android Tablet Reviewed

To ensure future delivery of emails, please add Newsletter@laptopmag.com to your address book. Letter from the Editor September 30, 2010 Are portable media players dead? That's a debate we have often around the LAPTOP office. Thanks to the titan popularity of iPhones, iPods, smart phones that  handle music and video playback as well as any dedicated device, and apps like Netflix that can stream your favorite movies on your phone, the portable media player seems to be going the way of the compact disc. But of course, there's always the other side of the argument, and here to champion it is Archos, the well-regarded maker of portable media players and now, Android tablets. The company's latest device, the Archos 32, carries on the portable media player fight, and it doesn't necessarily lose either. Check it out - and more - in today's newsletter. See you next week! Kenneth Butler, Web Producer Forward this email Latest Reviews BlackBerry Curve 3G Lookout Mobile Security Review Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Popular Topics Laptop Guide Tech Support Showdown Best Laptops of August 2010 Our Sponsor Archos 32 Media Player Offers More Than Some iPods, But Should You Buy? The first member of Archos' new family of Android tablets is the Three-Two (not Thirty-two). Though at 3.2-inches, this Android 2.1 device is more PMP than tablet, it's got a lot to offer media-philes who like connecting to the internet while they rock out on the go. Is the Archos 32 Better than an IPod Touch? Our Sponsor Win an iPad or a $500 American Express Gift Card! Share your insight with LAPTOP Magazine and enter to win! BlackBerry Debuts PlayBook Tablet RIM shocked everyone this week by unveiling the PlayBook, a 7-inch tablet that's smaller than the iPad but decked out with a richer display, two HD cameras, HDMI output, and future support for both 3G and 4G mobile broadband. PlayBook Specs & Catch Our Eyes-On Video 10 Gadgets You Can't Buy in the U.S. A cell phone designed to look like a woman's makeup compact, a bug-eyed dual-screen netbook, an Acer smart phone modeled after a Ferrari? This is the Tech You Won't Find in the States Deal of the Week Dell Inspiron 14R for $599.99 Students need a lightweight machine that packs lasting battery life and enough performance to turn in the homework on time. If your student isnt equipped with that, consider the 14-inch, multicore CPU-packing Inspiron 14R. Customize This  Laptop with Blu-ray to Save More Tech Bytes HTC QWERTY-Slider with Android 2.2 Coming to Verizon Soon Your options for Android phones are a-changin'. Images of a new HTC device for Verizon customers cropped up on the internet, and, this phone looks snazzy. It's got HTC Sense, Android 2.2, and a sharp-looking QWERTY keyboard that looks more comfortable than what's available on the Droid 2. Learn More About This New Mystery Phone Best Buy to Make Each Friday in October "Free Phone Friday" Speaking of phones, if your contract has evaporated or you're up for an upgrade, be sure to track Best Buy's "Free Phone Friday". The tech store everyone loves (cause, really, where else can you go now?) is giving away "high-profile" smart phones for free with a two-year contract.  Up this week: the Samsung Fascinate, the BlackBerry Curve 3G,  and the HTC Aria. Want to Start Your Weekend Off with a Free Phone? Read More Here.  Shop the Best Deals on LAPTOP Our enhanced product comparison engine will make your electronics shopping quick and easy. Laptops Cell Phones & Plans Phone Apps Digital Cameras MP3 and Video Players Wi-Fi Software Projectors Storage Digital Camcorders Accessories More Products >> Follow LAPTOP LAPTOP on Twitter LAPTOP on Facebook LAPTOP on YouTube LAPTOP Magazine September 2010 The Mobile Technology Authority For less than $1 per Issue you can become a mobile tech expert. Subscribe Today! View this Issue Stay Connected to LAPTOP on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Forward this email to a friend You are receiving this newsletter because you requested it during a visit to Laptopmag.com. To discontinue this service, you may unsubscribe here. LAPTOP Magazine does not buy or receive e-mail addresses from other sources. Please direct comments regarding the LAPTOP Magazine Newsletter to newsletter@bedfordmags.com. Copyright © 2000-2009 Bedford Communications, Inc. 1410 Broadway 21st Floor, New York, NY 10018 .

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7 Ways to Make Smart Phone Truly Smart

To ensure future delivery of emails, please add Newsletter@laptopmag.com to your safe sender list or address book. 7 Ways to Make Smart Phones Truly Smart (Now It's Your Turn) Smart phones are getting more powerful all the time. It's almost scary. Over the past six months alone we've seen 1-GHz processors, HD video recording, AMOLED screens, and mobile hotpspot apps go mainstream. But are smart phones really getting smarter? Not as much as I'd like. Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of good examples of companies leveraging the brawn of today's superphones, such as Google's Voice Actions (for sending text messages, launching web sites, and more with your voice) and Apple's high-dynamic range photo feature in iOS 4.1 (which combines multiple exposures into a single image). However, as the next wave of superphones launch, I'd like to see the software truly catch up to the hardware. I have some ideas to make smart phones smarter, but I'd also love to hear yours. 1. Battery meters that know when your phone is going to die. Because all of today's smart phones can multitask—and just do a heck of a lot more in general—it's no surprise that many of them run out of power faster than just a year or two ago. Some smart phone makers do their best to warn you when certain apps will suck up more juice than others, especially hotspot apps. But I'd like to see a better battery meter or notification system that gives you an estimated time your battery will die based on what you're doing—kind of like laptops today, but more intelligent. Granted, this feature would take additional processing power, which in turn would affect battery runtime, but it would be nice to have the option.

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Could There Be a BlackBerry Tablet This Time Next Week?

To ensure future delivery of emails, please add Newsletter@laptopmag.com to your address book. Letter from the Editor September 23, 2010 Board up your windows, subscribers. Stock up on canned goods and prepare your families for a life underground. Tablet-geddon is coming! We're hurling fast toward a grey future where today's smoldering battle for tablet supremacy has led to the destruction of technology as we know it, and thus the end of the world! It all officially ends on December 21, 2010 when Google and Microsoft team up to take on the Apple Corporation and its American puppet government, but it starts today with the news that BlackBerry and Dell are joining Verizon, Samsung, and HP in the race to create a feasible iPad opponent. Mark my words, Laptop Magazine readers: A forced shut down is nigh! Enjoy, and see you next week! Kenneth Butler, Web Producer Forward this email Latest Reviews Internet Explorer Beta 9 Pandigital Novel eReader Canon EOS Rebel T2i Popular Topics Laptop Guide Tech Support Showdown Best Laptops of August 2010 Our Sponsor BlackBerry's BlackTab Slate Could Arrive as Early as Next Week... Bloggers, analysts, and civilian tech geeks on both sides of the Mac-PC divide were transfixed by the news that BlackBerry could soon pull back the curtain on a 7-inch tablet called the BlackTab. When? Try Next Week at RIM's Developer Conference Our Sponsor Win an iPad or a $500 American Express Gift Card! Share your insight with LAPTOP Magazine and enter to win! 5 Tips Amazon Kindle Fans Need to Know Know everything about your beloved reading companion? Well, do you know how to look up unfamiliar words without first closing your ebook? Do you know the precious keystroke that will save you from the dastardly scourge of screen burn? Answer "No." on Both Counts? Read on... Sub-$200 Gaming Headphones: Dominate the Game, Not the Living Room Gaming's the new social networking. That's why your resident fragger spends more time cradling an Xbox controller than the cardboard box the system shipped in. It's a noisy game, and someone's got to play it, but that doesn't mean you have to surrender your peace of mind. Not With These Sub-$200 Mufflers Deal of the Week Save $200 on a Dell Latitude E5410 Every notebook can't be beautiful. Some have to be made of sterner stuff. Like the Dell Latitude E5410, a 14.1-inch, Intel Core i3-equipped Windows 7 machine that has "serious business" written all over it. Get This Notebook with a 38% Discount Tech Bytes Need an iPad Keyboard? Two New Bluetooth Options Coming at You! Until now, if you owned an iPad you: a) were forced to rely on the stock iPad dock (which trapped the slate tablet in portrait mode); b) resigned yourself to a lifetime with Apple's elegent but fragile Bluetooth keyboard for iMacs; or C) co-signed your fate to a random Bluetooth keyboard that also was not designed with the iPad's mobility in mind. Now you've got what Laura Schlessinger doesn't: better options. Kensington Folio iPad Case w/ Built-in Keyboard & Journo Bluetooth Keyboard Wi-Fi is Hard. Let Us Help Set Up Your Small Business's Network Like profits, businesses should grow. And with growth comes more responsibility. Namely helping your expanding team ace their own tasks by providing things like access to the internet, or a network to share printers and collaborate on files, all without tethering them to an ancient ethernet LAN.   Helpful Tips to Set Up Your Own Wireless Network Here Shop the Best Deals on LAPTOP Our enhanced product comparison engine will make your electronics shopping quick and easy. Laptops Cell Phones & Plans Phone Apps Digital Cameras MP3 and Video Players Wi-Fi Software Projectors Storage Digital Camcorders Accessories More Products >> Follow LAPTOP LAPTOP on Twitter LAPTOP on Facebook LAPTOP on YouTube LAPTOP Magazine August 2010 The Mobile Technology Authority For less than $1 per Issue you can become a mobile tech expert. Subscribe Today! View this Issue Stay Connected to LAPTOP on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Forward this email to a friend You are receiving this newsletter because you requested it during a visit to Laptopmag.com. To discontinue this service, you may unsubscribe here. LAPTOP Magazine does not buy or receive e-mail addresses from other sources. Please direct comments regarding the LAPTOP Magazine Newsletter to newsletter@bedfordmags.com. Copyright © 2000-2009 Bedford Communications, Inc. 1410 Broadway 21st Floor, New York, NY 10018 .

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