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Could an iPod Touch with a camera be coming in the spring?

Sean P. Aune — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:24:57 +0000

The Apple rumor mill is spinning up again, but this time it is for something we were all fairly sure was happening last September.

One of the big rumors leading up to the iPod event [...]

Sony follows Apple right off the iTunes cliff

Dave Jeyes — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:55:16 +0000

Sony unveiled plans for a digital download store to sell music, videos and books just like Apple’s iTunes. What the company forgot to mention is that the digital download space is already too crowded.

The [...]

Apple Tablet rumors now verge on the surreal

Sean P. Aune — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:21 +0000

The rumors of the Apple Tablet have now reached a level of surrealism that makes you think someone from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks is running the show. At any moment the Little Man from Another Place is going to [...]

Palm may have finally stopped the iTunes/webOS war

Sean P. Aune — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:50:44 +0000

A new update has gone out for Palm’s webOS, and for once it does not include iTunes syncing.

Ever since Palm released the Palm Pre, the company has been touting the fact you could sync the phone with your iTunes library. [...]

Windows Mobile bleeds market share

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:42:10 +0000

The Gartner Group reported last week that the almost meteoric rise of the iPhone and the longer steady rise of the RIM Blackberry have been largely at the expense of Microsoft and their Windows Mobile platform.

Both the [...]

Apple looking to hire in-house game developers

Sean P. Aune — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:14:04 +0000

It looks like Apple may want to cut itself a little piece of the lucrative iPhone gaming pie.

To date, Apple has only launched four of its own applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch — MobileMe iDisk, Keynote Remote, Remote and [...]

Walmart launches iPhone app for holiday shopping

Sean P. Aune — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:44:38 +0000

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Walmart has launched an iPhone and iPod Touch app to help you with your holiday gift shopping.

The Walmart app (iTunes link) will help you locate the closest store, give you directions [...]

New Apple iPhone app translates why the baby is crying

Mike Ferro — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:14:50 +0000

Taking care of a baby can be difficult, especially when you have no idea why the baby is crying. It seems like someone has gone through great lengths to [...]

Droid fizzles on opening day

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:01:17 +0000

When the Motorola Android smartphone finally went on sale yesterday after a pre-release period full of hype and frenzy, the reaction of consumers at Verizon stores was not exactly red hot.

To be fair, that underwhelming reception makes [...]

iPhone App Developer caught snooping on users

Dave Jeyes — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:38:16 +0000

Without warning or any need based on it’s applications, iPhone gaming company Storm8 has been snooping on users’ cell phone numbers and storing them on their servers. Left unchecked, what other kind of malware [...]