How Is T-Mobile Exciting for the Apple iPhone Lovin’ World?

T-Mobile’s new no-contract plans for the iPhone and other smartphones is the best thing to hit the iPhone enthusiast world in a long time. The fact that T-Mobile can now officially sell the iPhone 5 isn’t a big deal. I doubt many people will attempt to get out their existing AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon contracts [...]

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March Madness NCAA App Gets the Job Done

March Madness NCAA App Gets the Job Done

The NCAA March Madness Live app is pretty good, no doubt about it. It lets you stream live NCAA basketball tournament games free from your mobile device. It works via WiFi or via your cellular service connection, and while it’s a far cry from an HDTV in your living room, it’s better than being stuck [...]

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The Latest iPhone TV Ads Are Bad Enough, But the New Why iPhone Page Is Worse

I don’t know what’s going on with Apple’s marketing effort lately, except something has clearly changed. Most of the TV commercials are lackluster, like the new Discover and Brilliant ads. On the surface, they should be nifty and cool with a drum beat, shouts, and action, but they miss the mark. Why? The manicured hands [...]

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Still Wondering Why Android Hasn’t ‘Destroyed’ the iPad?

After IDC’s recent report on the projected 2013 tablet shipment market — and 2017 projections — I was left scratching my head. IDC thinks Android will ship on more tablets this year (thanks to smaller, 7-inch or so form factors) than Apple will ship iPads. Android will nab 48.8 percent of the market to Apple’s [...]

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123D Creature Lets You Unleash the Monster Within

123D Creature Lets You Unleash the Monster Within

The iPad has become astoundingly amazing, picking up where the iPhone started and extending the whole iOS ecosystem in ways that are often surprising and delightful. Case in point: 123D Creature, an iPad app by Autodesk that lets you build, hone, and paint your own monstrous creation. In the first step, you can add bones [...]

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Once an Underdog, Apple Now the Target for All Manner of Sticks and Stones

Apple is now King of the Hill, despite a rising horde of Android-based devices and despite a Mac that’s still a minority in a bigger world of PCs. The iPad is astoundingly the dominant tablet, and the MacBooks, iMac, and Mac mini are outselling any single other manufacturer’s offerings. The iPhone retains fantastic uptake in [...]

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The Puffin Web Browser Is Fast

The Puffin Web Browser Is Fast

The Puffin mobile browser is fast, wicked fast. It’s clearly faster than Apple’s built-in Safari, plus it’ll run Flash-based web sites. In some situations, this is quite handy. For most situations, it probably won’t change your life. There’s some nifty additional features, too, like a built-in trackpad mouse pointer option, which is handy for those [...]

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When Apple’s Simple Solutions Leave Fans Wanting More
By February 28, 2013 0 Comments Read More →

When Apple’s Simple Solutions Leave Fans Wanting More

Some of the best things I love about Apple also sometimes become the things I hate: Love the durable MacBook Pros with single button trackpads, the Magic Mouse with functionality despite the single smooth surface, and easy user interfaces. But the MacBook Pros with Retina Display come saddled with difficult-to-upgrade (or nearly impossible) memory and [...]

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Craigslist Junkies Rejoice: Mokriya Transforms Cruddy Mobile Experience into Photo-Friendly Catalog
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Craigslist Junkies Rejoice: Mokriya Transforms Cruddy Mobile Experience into Photo-Friendly Catalog

I’ll hit Craigslist hard for weeks or months at a time when I’m on the prowl for something particular, like an old XR650L. Eventually, I’ll find it. The trouble with Craigslist, though, is that the online mobile classified ad juggernaut most consistently rewards the fastest potential customers. If you spot a good deal, you better [...]

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