InfoWorld's guide to the best mobile devices

Wednesday, Dec 31, 2008 EDITOR'S NOTE We've got a new InfoWorld Job Board. Get new alerts as they're posted. Check it out: Click here. >> InfoWorld's guide to the best mobile devices Posted December 30, 03:00 a.m. Pacific Time The iPhone started it, but everyone and his brother now seem to have a fancy smartphone on offer. If it's time to join the "mobile 2.0" generation, the InfoWorld Test Center can help you make the right choice. We've reviewed the new generation of mobile devices and sussed out their strengths and weaknesses.   >> Cheap iPhones and fresh sliders Posted December 29, 14:39 p.m. Pacific Time Yes, yes, yes, I know. The iPhone went on sale at Wal-Mart yesterday. But not so fast! Sorry, Wal-Mart customers -- it's not $99. That would be the refurbished iPhones available to AT&T customers (at least until Dec. 31 or as long as supplies last). The iPhones at Wal-Mart are going to run $197 for the 8GB model and $297 for the 16GB, which is still an accomplishment -- one that only the world's largest retail giant could shake out ...  >> The mobile Web sucks, despite the iPhone Posted December 29, 03:00 a.m. Pacific Time The story: The Apple's iPhone 3G and apps from the App Store are so cool that everyone seems to forget that the mobile Web still, well, sucks. If we don't watch out, the Yellow Pages are going to make a comeback. The good news: Techies who really know how to develop will be in demand.   >> More details of Sony's new laptop revealed Posted December 29, 04:31 a.m. Pacific Time Another day, another Sony laptop specification revealed? At the beginning of this week, Sony New Zealand began a teaser campaign for a new Vaio laptop. That was followed by Sony Japan on Wednesday, which offered a visual clue to the new machine, and Sony U.S. on Thursday apparently let the laptop's specifications out of the bag.   >> Inside the perfect laptop Posted December 25, 03:00 a.m. Pacific Time It's fair to say that laptops have gotten boring. For years now, they've offered pretty much the same features and pretty much the same designs. Sure, there have been a few innovations such as Apple's multitouch trackpad, but mostly laptops have had just incremental improvements such as addi more media slots over time and replac USB 1.0 with USB 2 or FireWire 400 with FireWire 800.   >>
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