LAPTOP Editors

Android beat iOS to the punch when it comes to tabbed browsing, and it offers other such goodies as an incognito mode for anonymous surfing and the ability to sync bookmarks with Chrome. Find out more...

Listen to some terrific tech talk tonight. LAPTOP Online Editorial Director Avram Piltch will be a guest on the Tech Night Owl Live radio show, which airs from 10 pm to 1 am ET (7 pm to 10 pm PT) th...

Once users tap a message, the left column becomes the mail list and the e-mail opens in the larger pane. From the labels/message list pane users can tap and hold a message to drag it to a label or fol...

Just before unveiling the iPad, Steve Jobs gleefully declared that netbooks "aren't good at anything."  "They’re slow, have clunky displays, and run clunky old PC software," he continued. "They’r...

It is your calendar, web surfer, GPS navigator, camera, music and video player, and—oh yeah—phone. You’d literally be lost without your smart phone. Because you do so much with it, this device ...

At least for now, Google produces only one phone, the Nexus 4, which is made by LG. And, sadly, that phone didn’t score well across multiple categories, leading Google to the very bottom of the barr...

Sony dropped a couple of spots this year, going from fourth to sixth place. That puts this brand right between Sasmung and Dell. On the plus side, Sony’s designs continue to impress, with premium ma...

Have you ever seen a green robot move so fast? We haven’t. More than 300,000 devices running Google’s Android software are activated every day. And among people buying new smart phones, 40.8 perce...

You know that sinking feeling. That sense of desperation when your gadget’s battery meter says 10 percent . . . or less. Without your phone—or tablet or laptop—you’re lost, unable to work,...

A best-in-class display, a toned-down Sense interface and excellent audio on the HTC One helped this brand earn a two-way tie with Apple for the silver in our first showdown. A second- or third-place ...

By taking top honors for user interface, special features and selection, Samsung wins big as the best smartphone brand of the year. In fact, Samsung placed first, second or third in every category exc...

One of the key differences between Honeycomb and iOS is that you can customize the home screens on Android slates with widgets and shortcuts to your favorite apps. Widget choices include everything fr...

It's our third day in Berlin for IFA 2013, Europe's biggest tech conference, and the announcements and demos just keep coming. We got our hands on a new challenger in the smartwatch wars, the Sony Sma...

There’s a big difference between just another good gadget or technology and one that’s a game changer. It should redefine an existing product category or forge a new one. It should also compel oth...

Long gone are the days of staring into space while you're sitting on the john. Like it or not, our smartphones and tablets have become bathroom companions, keeping us company as we take those ever-imp...

Occupying last place for the second time since 2013, Toshiba seems like a company that's just been going through the motions for the past several years. The last time the brand placed any higher than ...

They say that you never get a second chance to make a first impression, but Qualcomm's just-announced Snapdragon 850 processor could change the way you look at ARM-powered Windows machines. The new pl...

After a few years where many so-called experts said tablets and phones would replace the PC, 2017 is shaping up to be one of the best years for laptop innovation yet. At CES 2017, we saw some of the m...

Whether you're in grade school or grad school, you need a great computer to help with your studies. Dell and LAPTOP Mag are giving away five of that company's best computers for students. You can ente...

The past year has been pivotal for mobile tech. From the introduction of the iPad 2 and Android’s continuing momentum to Nokia’s surprising wholesale jump and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS, it ...

While Huawei started 2018 off strong, its low ranking in this year's brand scorecard shows the perils of being a one-hit wonder. We love the 2018 MateBook X Pro for its value, performance and design, ...