Four years and much snarky criticism after Apple began using handheld point-of-sale (POS) terminal running Windows CE, the company has finally turned a corner and is now in the process of rolling out and iPod touch-based system. Same software, but the new hardware is much more capable and, surprisingly, one heckuva lot less [...]

The upcoming Android mobile phone from Motorola is being hailed as the best thing since sliced iPhone. Is it all based on nebulous futures and hype, or are there some facts behind the latest iPhone killer?

First, what are we [...]

The Mac tablet breadcrumb trail now leads down under with media companies in Oz, off the record of course, reporting that the mothership’s been round to pitch their phantom device. This latest report adds weight to rumors that the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod and iPhone is preparing to remake the publishing business, bringing [...]

The TomTom car kit has at long last hit the Apple store, and presumably other retailers. The big question at this juncture will be, is the car kit worth the $199 price tag being asked?

The car kit for the [...]

Are you annoyed that your iPhone includes many records with no phone numbers? Here’s a sweet little trick — including a ground floor primer on copying, compiling and running an AppleScript — to synchronize only Address Book entries that include telephone numbers.

If you’re a space junky, and we know you’re out there, it’s no longer a question of keeping up with and in touch with National Aeronautics and Space Administration news and happenings — it’s how close you can be and the continuity of the contact. Here’s a free tool for keeping your finger [...]

With forty-plus million iPhones and Touches in the wild, it would seem that Amazon should be worried that their Kindle app for the iPhone would hurt sales of the actual hardware Kindle. Will it?

When the Kindle app for the iPhone appeared [...]

Going on a trip and you’re getting ready to print? Stop, don’t kill that tree! Here’s a cool money (and tree) saving trick for caching Google Map driving directions on your iPod touch.

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Riding on a wave of sexy, cool, and competent, the Apple iPhone is moving almost stealthily into the corporate smartphone domain, long seen as the home turf of the RIM Blackberry.

Since its inception, the Blackberry from Research In Motion (RIM) has been [...]

The prior television ad released by Verizon in the smartphone marketplace was a virtual love-in with the iPhone. Their latest, however, shows love for the new Android while dissing the iPhone.

When last seen, Verizon and its CEO were solidly on board with [...]

When Apple enabled app upgrades at the time it introduced the 3.0 iPhone operating system, they were very clear that paid in-app upgrades would only be possible in paid apps; free apps would remain free.

They have now changed their tune [...]

The newest model of the iPhone 3GS includes a change in the phone’s bootrom designed to keep hackers from using the usual entry points to unlock the popular Apple mobile device.

In the constantly moving brush war between Apple [...]

A new study shows that Ma Bell’s hefty Apple handset subsidies coupled with high customer acquisition costs and heavy, heavy data use once those subscribers are onboard likely means America’s second largest wireless carrier must wait until the final months of a two-year contract to turn a profit.

Adobe has released a new iPhone app, bringing some of the power of Photoshop to the mobile Apple device, giving users an opportunity for better than average photo editing on the move.

The app is free and contains most of what [...]

According to a new J.D. Powers survey, the Apple iPhone is not only the most popular smartphone among consumer users (it always is) but is now the most popular smartphone among business users ( a much rarer [...]