Sascha Segan

About

Sascha Segan is PC Magazine's Lead Analyst for mobile phones and PDAs. He is responsible for testing, benchmarking and evaluating mobile phones and other handheld devices. Sascha joined the magazine in 2004 after covering consumer electronics for technology, travel and lifestyle publications, and editing the now hard-to-find book, 'I Just Got a Cell Phone, Now What?' He once helped cover an election in Africa using only a PalmPilot Professional with a modem and attachable keyboard as his traveling gear.

Smart Phones

Its hard to find a phone nowadays that doesnt have a calendar, a few games, or even downloadable applications. But some phones go the extra mile to bring voice and data needs together, including syncing e-mail, surfing the Web, shooting pictures (Find out how we test phone cameras and see a slide show of results), […]

New Tungsten T5 Runs with Flash Drive

PalmOne stretches out its product line Monday with the new Tungsten T5 handheld, which packs in a fast processor, a big clear screen and a whopping 215MB of available memory for $399 direct. The T5 is a slim and shiny business device that looks like a stretched-out T3 (3.1″ x 4.8″ x 0.6″ HWD, 5.1 […]

Nokia Shocks, Amazes With New Fashion Phones

Nokia isnt afraid to shock with phone designs. Weve been looking quizzically at pictures of their keypad-less 7280 fashion phone since it was announced last week, but we wanted to hold off on judging it until we got our hands on the sleek little gadget ourselves. And when we did, we were amazed. This phone […]

Nokia 6820 Phone Doubles as IM and E-Mail Machine

Voice phone by day, e-mail machine by night, the Nokia 6820 looks like a perfectly normal compact bar phone. But flip it open and youll find a hidden QWERTY thumb keyboard. Suited for text messaging and e-mail, it also has Bluetooth and high-speed EDGE network compatibility for data, giving it even greater business-traveler appeal. Later […]

T-Mobile Sidekick II Is Hefty but Functional

The original Sidekick arrived to much anticipation in October 2002. It was the first consumer-oriented mobile device that combined PDA and phone features along with e-mail and messaging. Even better, all of this was packaged in a very cool, innovative case. Less than two years later, the device receives its second upgrade: The T-Mobile Sidekick […]

Home Entertainer

The Sony RoomLink is a slender box that sits on top of your television set, serving up music, video, and photo slide shows from a Sony VAIO. Setup is easy: Plug it into your home network and television (an Ethernet network or 802.11a/Ethernet converter is required to serve video). In testing, MP3s sounded excellent on […]

The Skinny On: Veo Wireless Observer

Easy to set up, fun to use, and priced right, the Veo Wireless Observer looks like a cuddly UFO. The camera can be controlled via the Web, and after a simple setup procedure, it doesnt require a PC. The 60-degree tilt and 120-degree pan are responsive, and sound quality is clear though choppy outside a […]