I’m lucky to own an iPod Touch but I can’t help longing for an iPhone 3G too The main difference between them, for me, is that the iPhone 3G can truly be an “always on” device in terms of Internet access because of its dual wifi/cell capabilities. The iPod Touch can only [...]

I’ve been awake since about 5 am. I wish I was still fast asleep but our golden retriever, Champ, had an upset stomach and desperately needed to go out. I am enjoying the solitude though but hope eventually I can get some more sleep.
As is the case almost every Saturday the question is, what will [...]

I’ve had a subscription to PC Magazine for a while now.  Honestly, it’s a mixed bag.  Sometimes it contains really useful information; other times, it just seems like a forum for tech writers to blow hot air.  (Case in point, the terrible article written a few issues back by the previous editor-in-chief, Jim Louderback, predicting the [...]

I haven’t read the nitty gritty details about the whole story, but I understand that Duke University IT folks decided this afternoon that heavy iPhone usage was not the culprit for their network problems, after all. Hm. This, in spite of the fact that various tech-related news outlets have been reporting that the [...]

Last night I watched the 20 minute introductory movie for the iPhone. Pretty interesting! (Although the presenter was, to me, a little freaky. Just personal opinion.) The amount of hype and attention given to the iPhone is overwhelming and threatens to actually turn me off of it. Nevertheless I was [...]

Along with what I wrote about Apple’s new iPhone, I wanted to point out the existence of a Wired article that does a good job of articulating what I hope for and what I think might eventually be possible with a device such as the iPhone. Check out this article at www.wired.com/news/technology/gizmos/0,72477-0.html. I [...]

Many people have said that handheld computing is going to be huge; that cell phones or so-called “smart” phones will become increasingly powerful and feature-rich. But I have been much less than impressed with what I have seen thus far. That is, until I read about the iPhone introduced earlier this week by [...]