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Jenn pulls out all the stops in her FlipStart review; you can tell she really put this machine through the blender paces. From comparison pictures of the FlipStart next … Read More »

 
 

What about the people?

Sometime later today, there is a good chance Amp’d, the beleagured mobile virtual network provider will turn off its service, leaving over 100,000 of its customers in the lurch. A few days ago, SunRocket shuttered its doors, leaving 200,000 subscribers in the lurch. While … Read More »

Where was the Buddi GPS tracker when Jack Bauer needed it last season? Oh well, better late than never. The Buddi isn’t available just yet, but when it does launch, you can expect … Read More »

If you have an HTC branded or re-badged device, it’s pretty unlikely you have a headphone jack. I know that I’d like to listen to music … Read More »

Did everyone see the four iPhone commercials during CSI: Miami or does Apple have a direct line to my HDTV? They did the trick and now I should come clean: … Read More »

I pride myself on my ability to manually calculate an accurate tip amount when I’m out and about, so this deal isn’t for me. If you struggle with that 15-, 18-, … Read More »

We knew about the new HP 2710p Tablet back in May: we saw the options and the specs, but we had to wait until today for the price and shipping info. If you hop over to the 2710p product page, you’ll see this 3.6-pound … Read More »

Hedge fund managers say the darndest things

For the past month, I have been sitting in a federal courtroom in San Francisco watching as ex-Brocade CEO Gregory Reyes is tried for criminal securities fraud in the backdating of employee stock options grants. It has been a learning, if mostly boring, experience. But once … Read More »

Mackey and Me: Why rahodeb speaks for all of us.

Isn’t anyone going to stick up for poor Vic – er, I mean, John Mackey? You know, the volatile CEO of one of the decade’s biggest retail success stories whose renegade, loose-cannon style spurred the growth of Whole Foods before leading to his professional unraveling … Read More »

Another Exchange support rumor is in the air, only this time it comes from someone I’ve read and repected for some time. Sven Rafferty has written for Lockergnome longer than I can remember and he’s got some info on his personal site that was … Read More »

More Must Reads

Steve Paine applies his review expertise to the Raon Digital Everun and it’s clear to me that this device provides a significantly better experience than its predecessor. The Read More »

The newest version of Microsoft Reader has finally arrived and is optimized for Tablet PCs and UMPCs running Vista. Wait, scratch that last bit because the extra time before … Read More »

The Santa Rosa Express train continues: today it’s Fujitsu-Siemens with a new four pounder, the ESPRIMO Mobile U9200. At first I thought it was the ESKIMO with … Read More »

This is probably old news, but somehow I missed the fact that Samsung is starting to adopt podcast players on their phones, following Nokia, who offers a nice podcatcher for S60 … Read More »

Proximity sensors are going to start appearing in a number of mobile devices because they can add intelligent functionality simply and cheaply.  You’ve probably heard about the sensor in the … Read More »

I’m already prepping my airline tickets to next year’s CES, so the timing of the Inflight charging products is perfect. There are three models to choose from, … Read More »

Internet Anxiety Disorder, Attention Crisis, or more lately the Facebook Fatigue… it seems like the more we connect, the less we get done. Folks at Web Worker Daily have five handy tips to be more productive when online. Plus other stories from GigaNET: * Read More »

Kevin first shocked the world when he announced that Nokia would be soon releasing Skype for the N800 Internet Tablet.  N800 owners have been chomping at the bit … Read More »

While this information will currently be of no use to you, it’s still interesting/impressive – and maybe only if you’re a hacker at heart… It seems that it took some curious iPhone users only 3 days to hack an iphone firmware image and discover the encrypted root … Read More »

We often get e-mails asking about portable printers, so when I read about one you can pretty much guarantee I’ll share the info. The new … Read More »

E-mail sucks. How’s that for starters. If you’re like me, you spend hours of your valuable time separating the wheat from the chaff. Others like Fred Wilson are filing for “e-mail bankruptcy.” I think that is just an easy way out. What we need to do … Read More »

One of our readers who is a happy iPhone customer emailed us and asked us this question: iPhone 2.0 – what will Apple add or change about the iPhone to enhance the next version? Since I don’t have one, I am not sure how to answer this question, … Read More »

I have been following some reviews, impressions and "fondles" of the iPhone that are appearing every few minutes on the web and it leads me to wonder how many of those 500,000+ phones sold over the weekend will be returned due to "iPhone remorse"?  Quite a … Read More »

The iPhone activation problems, issues with the network or whatever the reasons might be, many folks are offering tips about how to use iPhone as a six generation WiFi enabled iPod. A very expensive one, but nevertheless, an iPod. If you pop in an inactive SIM, you … Read More »

The doctrine of broad dissemination is well-ingrained for today’s video producers. Not only must you make your video embeddable, but you must upload it to any site where potential viewers might see it. A few weeks ago, when the web series Prom Queen ended, we … Read More »

Not that we’re complaining, but Fujitsu just keeps kicking out new Tablet PCs. Or are they? It’s hard to say but the newly-found T2010 12.1-inch Tablet PC looks a … Read More »

All of the hoopla must have worked its magic on me yesterday. Around 6:15 pm, 15 minutes after the Apple iPhone was available here in … Read More »

Just got off the place from San Francisco in Newark, en route to Tel-Aviv. The iFever has spread the nation and the nerds are really going wild. Scoble, Digg boys, and a whole bunch of people are blogging while waiting for their iPhone. Mike Davidson … Read More »

10. I heard that Safari’s pop-up blocker will stop telemarketer calls.9. So….where’d you get your black turtleneck?8. Hey who brought the beach ball? That’s not even funny!7. Yeah, I’m streaming this … Read More »

Update: Readers, I checked with Walt Mossberg about the SIM card situation, and the mistake is entirely mine in misreading his report. I never said there wasn’t a SIM slot or that the iPhone couldn’t physically accept SIM cards, even those from non-AT&T carriers. That means the … Read More »

http://www.youtube.com/v/F-b5GFy9FboAnother quick-hit video since I’m getting ready to walk out the door: I’ve got a 2.5 hour drive to New York City for tonight’s Digital Experience show and I’m not going to worry about WiFi availability. If they offer it, great; if not, I’ll … Read More »

Steve Jobs has claimed that the iPhone runs a true version of Mac OS X. Third party applications may be limited to web applications on Safari, but Apple can decide to put any program that works on OS X onto the iPhone. What Apple … Read More »

We’re looking for another round of new writers for TAB. If you’ve got a love for all things Apple and an ever great love for writing about Apple, we’d like to chat with you. A few things before you take the time to contact us: You MUST have … Read More »

Let it sing Let it die …. Maintain a little (take the cynical saint to the stake and burn it) …. Its radio radio silence silence.… Harvey Danger, Radio Silence. The Internet community is protesting the radio royalty charge increases that threatens many small webcasters by going … Read More »

Case in point above. Well this isn’t good but at least we found out in advance. ;) How’d we do it? The same way we’ve simulated other mobile devices, apps and … Read More »

Huzzah! Sony’s ‘go it alone’ attitude might be continuing to shift towards a friendlier approach now that they’ve announced future Sony Reader support for the new Adobe Digital Editions format. … Read More »

Well if you just look at the overall rating that Cisco Chang gave the Q1 back in May and the Q1 Ultra today, you’d come away with … Read More »

Remember those registry tweaks we used to address some Vista disk issues? You don’t have to delve into the dungeon of the registry to change those and many … Read More »

True road warriors are prone to whip their notebook computers out anywhere.  That’s what makes them road warriors.  How many of these stout warriors have you seen performing a delicate balancing act in airports or hotel lobbies, notebook perched on their laps, papers strewn about, phone … Read More »

2007 is turning out to be a nice year for technology initial public offerings, especially for companies that are involved with communications gear, services and chips. Deutsche Bank analyst Ted Tobiason crunched some numbers and came up with some pretty interesting findings: * The deal volume … Read More »

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