The Sony HX909 series gives you a lot of features for the painfully high price (as of September 20, 2010), including a very good picture and a fine selection of Internet services. It has a few quirks and problems, of course, but the real issue is the high price: The picture quality isn’t that good. A...

The flood of 4G phones at CES 2011 started with the HTC EVO Shift 4G ($150 with a two-year contract from Sprint). Available starting on January 9, the Shift 4G is a follow-up to last year’s popular HTC EVO 4G, the first 4G phone on Sprint’s WiMax network, and is in some ways a smaller version...

The aptly named Epson PictureMate Charm snapshot printer gets by on just that: It does what it does nicely–though not very quickly. Priced at a midrange $150 (as of 11/3/09), it costs the same as the HP Photosmart A646 Compact Photo Printer but is somewhat less versatile. On the other hand, it offers...

Thanks to its easy operation and adroit balance of strong performance, helpful hardware, and fun shooting modes, the 10-megapixel Canon PowerShot G12 ($500 as of January 3, 2011) earned our top pick in a recent roundup of five advanced point-and-shoot cameras. The G12 received the best overall scores in...

It may be thin and light–even for a pocket camcorder–but the ultraslim Toshiba Camileo S20 ($180 as of 5/7/2010) packs more features into its frame than any high-definition pocket camcorder we’ve tested to date. Along with 1080p high-definition video, digital stabilization, and a...