iPad goes under the gauntlet at universities this fall
The iPad is about to have its academic chops put to the test this fall in a number of programs around the country. Colleges and universities are looking to adopt the iPad as a collaborative tool, a standardized mobile device to inte…
RIM: BlackBerry 6 to handle media just as well as e-mail
RIM has recently begun revealing details of its upcoming BlackBerry 6 mobile operating system. Yesterday on the Inside BlackBerry blog, the team working on the multimedia capabilities of the updated OS detailed several upcoming …
Droid X first impressions: nice hardware, Motorola
The well-hyped Droid X smartphone officially launched today on Verizon. Verizon claims that “hundreds” of people lined up at some Verizon Wireless corporate retail stores to be the first to buy the Android-based handset. Droid X day…
Apple piles more patent infringement claims on HTC
Apple has added more fuel to the legal fire it lit under smartphone maker HTC earlier this year. In a new lawsuit filed against HTC and several US subsidiaries, Apple claims that HTC’s smartphones infringe on four more of its smartp…
iPhone 4 deconstructed; antenna design a "work of genius"
What do you do when Apple ships a new device two days early to one of your friends? If you’re iFixit, you persuade them to let you strip it down into pieces and parts. iFixit’s in-depth teardown doesn’t hold many big surprises after…
Seven ways AT&T is failing its mobile customers
AT&T Wireless has millions of US customers, and it continues to boast the largest number of smartphone users. Despite this, we hear numerous complaints from readers and reporters that AT&T 3G coverage is spotty; even if AT&a…
Sizing up the iPhone 4 for shutterbugs
The original iPhone launched with a fixed-focus lens and a paltry (even for 2007) 2 megapixel sensor. The camera didn’t get any improvements with the iPhone 3G, but gained another million pixels, autofocus, and a “tap-to-focus” syst…
Teardown shows power savings eliminated Mac mini power brick
Electronics repair service iFixit has given the new “unibody” Mac mini the teardown treatment, revealing a few interesting design decisions by Apple. Perhaps the most interesting revelation, however, is how Apple was able to dra…
Would-be upgraders thwarted by iPhone 4 preorder problems
Throngs of geeks, gadget lovers, and iPhone fanatics have spent much of the day frustrated by unknown technology problems that prevented them from preordering the iPhone 4 for June 24 delivery. Apple and AT&T began offering …
Devs cautiously optimistic about iOS 4 nonnative code change
When Apple revised the terms in its iPhone Developer Agreement to make room for limited analytics by independent third-party advertisers, it also made an adjustment to allow non-Objective-C code in iOS apps under certain conditions …
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