IRL: The stuff Engadget editors are using… in real life

Hi, guys! Welcome to IRL, a brand new feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we’re using in real life. One of the reasons we started this column is that we don’t necessarily stop evaluating products once we slap on a numbered rating and publish some 3,000 words worth of impressions. This is a dilemma all gadget reviewers wrestle with, really. It’s one thing to test a product for a week and report back on benchmark results and battery life, but it’s another thing entirely to live with it. Sometimes, there are things we didn’t get to test. And if you play with something long enough, the Honeymoon always comes to an end. No exceptions. We still see reviews as a snapshot in time — our job, after all, is to size up the products folks might be thinking of buying today, and it’s not fair to stay mum while we wait for companies to tweak products they had no business shipping half-baked in the first place. But we don’t think the conversation should end with the review. You guys already get to sound off on the things you own in the ” How would you change? ” column. Consider this our turn. Continue reading IRL: The stuff Engadget editors are using… in real life IRL: The stuff Engadget editors are using… in real life originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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