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iPhone apps: When 2.0 means 1.0

With the release of the updated iPhone software, Apple flung open the doors of its new App Store. On its first day, the App store was populated with more than 500 programs, and that number is growing rapidly. Think about that: 500 programs, all of them at version 1.0. On a device that had never before supported software written outside of Apple.


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It's tough to kill an Apple iPhone 3G

We put the iPhone 3G through dropping, scratching, and dunking tests, and the device performed like a champ. In fact, it wouldn't knuckle under until we ran it over with a motorcycle.

| Opinion | Mobile & wireless | Personal tech | 07/18/08 at 11:28 am |

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Industry heavyweights line-up behind Sony's TransferJet

The possibility of a gadget world without wires took a big step forward Thursday when 14 of the biggest names in consumer electronics said they would work with Sony on its short-range, high-speed "TransferJet" wireless data system.


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Three US cities should see Centrino 2 with WiMax this year

When Intel ships its Echo Peak wireless module later this year, the company will meet its stated goal of adding WiMax as an option to its Centrino 2 laptop chip platform in 2008. But shipments of Centrino 2 laptops equipped with WiMax support will be very small this year, likely constrained to just three U.S. cities.


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