The next most cross-shopped cars against the ILX were the Acura TL and the Honda Accord.
Simply plug in the 3G USB modem to TL-MR3020 and establish a Wi-Fi hotspot instantly.
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The other car to get a passing grade was the Acura TL, made by Honda Motor Co.
The fit and finish of the TL just doesn't live up to the big boy breeches of its high-end ilk.
Stacked side by side, it doesn't initially appear that way, thus is the deception made possible by the TL's scooped back.
With its travel-size design, TL-MR3020 is compact enough to take on the road and share its 3G Internet connection wherever coverage is available.
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The TL's screen just seems pale, a fact not helped by the poor viewing angles and tremendous washout, evident from a slight 15-degree angle.
Taut and composed, with nicely weighted and direct steering feel (electric power assist), the TL absolutely hustles through the corners with very little body lean.
While we're on the topic of the TL's posterior, it merits mentioning that this particular facet lays claim to the entirety of Sony's industrial design finesse.
Hit a bump midcorner and the suspension (wishbones up front and multilink in back) dissipates it nicely, and the TL regains its cornering posture with little oscillation.
Of course motorists spend most of their time inside the car looking out, not the other way around, and the 2012 Acura TL remains rewarding in this regard.
The former comes equipped with a 15.4-inch display, an AMD Turion TL-60 CPU, ATI Radeon HD x1270 graphics, 4GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, 802.11g, and HDMI.
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Considering this is essentially a front-wheel-drive car, with most of the weight on the front wheels, the TL has superb cornering balance, particularly as you lay on more throttle.
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The new 150Mbps Wireless N Mini Pocket Router (TL-WR700N) can be used to create an instant Wi-Fi hotspot by plugging in an Ethernet cable from your existing network or modem.
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Our test car was the TL with SH-AWD ("super-handling all-wheel drive, " one of my favorite overblown Japanese brand phrases) equipped with the 3.7-liter V6 and new-for-2012 six-speed automatic (previously a five-speed).
In the spot, which began airing earlier this month, Orman, driving a brand new Acura TL, pulls up to a shopper eying a striking pink evening gown in a store window.
As before, the 2012 Acura TL remains one of the few cars in its class to offer a manual transmission as a no-cost option on the all-wheel-drive version with the larger V6.
Contrast those dimensions with the Ion and you have two handsets, separated by a generational leap, that measure and weigh nearly the same all around -- though the TL is a hair lighter at 139 grams (4.8 ounces).
Tablets are taking off faster than any new technology since email, said TL Neff executive vice president at Verivo, which has developed a platform that allows users to deliver applications across multiple mobile platforms including iPad, Android and BlackBerry.
Fans of the Sony Ericcson-made arc S will find that this device is more spiritual successor than next of kin, as the TL still carries on that curved body legacy, but at 129.4 x 67.3 x 9.35mm (5.1 x 2.6 x 0.4 inches) it's more than half a millimeter thicker.
We already knew that LG's now jumped on the TD-LTE bandwagon with the demo of a modified Optimus G, but it turns out that China Mobile also announced several devices that are destined for its 4G market, including the 5-inch 1080p Huawei Ascend D2 (D2-TL), the 4.7-inch 1080p HTC One (TD101), the 5-inch XGA LG Optimus Vu II Plus and the mysterious 5-inch 1080p ZTE U9810.
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