At 5.3-inches, the screen on this thing is beautiful. Videos on this Samsung screen look great — no squinting — and now easier-to-read Web pages load quickly on the 4G network. And its screen real estate actually makes me think that I can type with my thumbs without a significantly lower danger of an auto-correct misstep.

Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Worldwide Studios, has clearly answered about one million times in the past year.

The battlefield opened last year when the two Internet giants, hit with a lawsuit demanding royalties by Paul G. Allen’s Interval Licensing, got the case put on hold after asking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to scrutinize the patents’ validity. Google took the same approach against Oracle, and TiVo is challenging a Microsoft case in a similar fashion.

In a letter to CEO Larry Page, the state attorneys general said the plan to begin sharing consumer data across Google’s services on March 1 “forces these consumers to allow information across all of these products to be shared, without giving them the proper ability to opt out.”

Sure, the Fire is a proper tablet, with many (though not all) of the capabilities of something such as an iPad. But the focus on this product is most certainly on lean-back experiences, and that’s reflected in its $199.99 price, too.

The excitement isn’t just about design, either. The company is one of the few with a footprint and ecosystem big enough to take on the Apple iPad.

The hardware on the tablet is great; it’s sleek and light with a great screen and is easily the best Android tablet I’ve played with so far. But what I — and non-Apple manufacturers, apparently — keep running up against is the iPad question. With the number of applications designed for tablets on Android, there’s just no comparison.

Overall, Research in Motion’s PlayBook is a tablet that’s just not living up to its potential. With solid hardware and great portability, the PlayBook’s lack of really useful apps is all the more disappointing. Here’s a breakdown of what the tablet has to offer:

The Droid RAZR is one of those rare phones that qualifies as a leap forward in hardware design and engineering. Sure, other handsets have higher-resolution displays and faster processors, but only the Droid RAZR squeezes a full set of competitive state-of-the-art specs and an LTE radio into a body just .28-inches thick — a profile thinner than any other modern smartphone available. Even more remarkably, the RAZR has a bigger battery than the Droid Bionic inside its ultraslim case. In other words, it’s the best phone Motorola’s ever put together, at least on paper. How does it hold up in the real world — and is it worth getting now instead of waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which was announced on the same day and features Android 4.0? Read on to find out.

On top of all that, Google wants you to love your phone, too. Apparently, love is an emotion the company has found lacking when it comes to its Android line of smartphones.

As a gamer, I’ve been excited and apprehensive about this phone and its ability to offer something that goes beyond your average tap-and-drag smartphone offering.

In terms of the game itself, there are no real surprises here for fans of the franchise: Naughty Dog has stuck to its successful formula of sharp wit, lush graphics and tons of action for this latest installment.

The gameplay in Rocksteady’s latest sequel to its 2009 hit “Batman: Arkham Asylum” expands the setting offered up in that game and takes it outside. That means more opportunities to swoop, perch and brood atop Gotham City’s iconic skyline. The new game takes place in a Gotham City where the mayor has decided to cede the slums over to criminals and wall off several city blocks as a high-security prison.