One of the best reasons to have an Apple iPad is to handle all your web and e-mail stuff, so I’m happy to see that Google has refreshed its Gmail web app just for the iPad. When you’re composing mail on your iPad, you’re probably used to seeing the split pane window and for some…
Pandora 3.1 enables background music with iOS 4
The single most-used example of the benefits of multitasking with iOS 4 is the ability to stream Pandora music in the background. Well, the 3.1 version of the Internet music app finally makes that happen. The latest version of Pandora has a few minor bug fixes and minor enhancements but background processing is the big…
Best Buy iPhone 4 Inventories Look Depressing
The launch of the Apple iPhone 4 is drawing near and stores like Best Buy, Radio Shack and Wal-Mart are getting ready and stocking up. If this launch is going to be anything like the past, and I’m thinking it’s probably going to be a lot worse, stock levels are going to be drained quickly…
Apple iOS 4 available now for iPod Touch, iPhone 3GS
Well, it’s finally here. You can head on over to iTunes and download iOS 4 for your iPhone 3GS or newer iPod Touch and get multitasking, iBooks and more. I’m attempting to download it on my iPod Touch as we speak but the intense demand, coupled with my cruddy Internet connection (come on, Comcast!) means…
Apple: FaceTime won’t use wireless minutes
It doesn’t seem like a big surprise, but Apple has confirmed that its upcoming video-chatting service, FaceTime, won’t use your cellular minutes. As you should know by now, the upcoming iPhone 4 will have a front-facing camera that can be used for video calling to other iPhone 4 owners. The service only works over WiFi…
iPhone 4 Starts Shipping, Some Pre-Orders Canceled
The iPhone 4 has just started shipping, hooray! But wait, some pre-orders were canceled by Apple and AT&T. Sad panda. Now there are thousands of people who have reason to celebrate, especially since they seem to be the lucky ones who were able to get through the horrid pre-order fiasco and secure Apple’s new handset.…
The mobile roundup – The ‘Did you preorder an iPhone 4?’ edition
The biggest story of the week the iPhone 4 preorder fiasco, as many would-be iPhone owners found it difficult to give AT&T and Apple money. But Apple wasn’t the only one grabbing the headlines, as we received more information about the next generation of Droid smartphones from Motorola, we reviewed the myTouch 3G Slide for…
Apple asks FCC to keep iPhone 4 specs secret for now
Despite the iPhone 4 prototypes having already been torn-down and analyzed for all the world to see, Apple is still looking to keep specifics on its internal hardware a secret for at least another 45 days. Apple has formally requested that the FCC, which routinely posts hardware tests and information as part of its handset…
MobileMe Service Gets a Makeover
Last night, MobileMe went down for a while for maintenance and it came back into action with some new features. More recently, the mail program went into beta and picked up the following new features: Widescreen and compact views. When reading your mail at me.com, the new widescreen view lets you see more of each…
The Power of GodFinger Compells You… To Download GodFinger on the iPhone
If you’ve been living with an itch on your finger to control the lives of people, choose when it rains or shines, and move the earth with a single gesture, then your itch to dominate all that is living will soon be scratched now that GodFinger has made it onto the iPhone. If you recall,…