More from Mossberg: All the Walt that’s fit to print


So many features, so much clutter.


They won’t rock your world, but that’s not the point.


Often, passions are sparked by fuzzy terminology.


But software and carrier intrusion undermine the experience.


Your iPhone may be nearly impermeable, but its online backup isn’t.


The pricey system aims to eliminate headaches and boost coverage.


Complexity, feature gaps and bugs have crept in.


The troubled service is just too hard to use.


The wearable wonder isn’t living up to its hype.


The big companies can make the simple things better.


The Next Big Thing didn’t show up this year.


It’s the top feature our digital devices need, but won’t get anytime soon.
The Pixel C is bulky, balky and lacks real tablet software.


If the FBI gets access to your iPhone, so do lots of bad guys.


The PC laptop market is starting to fragment.


Graphics folks will love it, but I’m sticking with my iPad Air.


Nexus should be pure Google.


It’s not a “grand vision” for fixing television, but it’s a better streaming box.


“Aaron Sorkin made an entertaining movie, but it’s not about the Steve Jobs I knew.”


Do you really need all those pixels?




The system is broken and needs real reform.


Skip commercials with one click, and speed up the rest of the show, too.


It’s an evolutionary model, but with enough new core features to justify an upgrade.


Things are improving, but carriers still have too much power.