Rich Jaroslovsky

Here’s the most important feature of Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HDX color tablets: Operators are standing by.

Shiny new iPhones always get the most attention. But it’s iOS 7, the updated version of Apple’s mobile-device operating system, that will have the biggest impact on users.

Ever since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007, Apple has introduced one new model a year.

You can get a digital video recorder from your cable company. Want to watch something on Netflix or Hulu Plus? There’s Apple TV, or Roku. And SlingBox lets you access your home TV service from anywhere over the Internet.

The most common reaction to Samsung’s new Galaxy Mega smartphone may be: You’ve got to be kidding.

File these under “solutions to problems you didn’t know you had.”

The screen on Motorola’s new Moto X smartphone doesn’t have the highest resolution. Storage capacity is limited and the processor isn’t the most potent. It doesn’t even run the latest version of the Android operating system.

Google has a long history of spaghetti-style product development: throw a lot of stuff against the wall and see what sticks.

Imagine being able to control your computer and manipulate on-screen objects not with a mouse, keyboard or even your voice, but with a wave of your hand.

It’s hard for a company that’s improved a pilloried product to announce to the world, “Hey, we stink less than we used to.” So, Apple, AT&T and Microsoft, I’m here to do it for you.

Sony’s new Xperia Z is a “yes, but” smartphone.

Microsoft’s long-anticipated Office Mobile app for Apple’s iOS operating system turns out to be a total non-event.