iPhone

Scrolling through a Web page in Safari on your iPhone only takes a flick of the finger, which is a stunningly easy way to move through a site. Jumping quickly back to the top of a Web page, however, isn’t quite so easy since it involves flick after flick to work your way back up…

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For Monday, July 16th, 2007 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Enhanced Version (courtesy of eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%6a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%40%6d%61%63%6f%62%73%65%72%76%65%72%2e%63%6f%6d%3e%4d%69%63%68%61%65%6c%20%4a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29’))Michael Johnston). Dave and John talk through iTunes password and large file-management issues, share some tips about cloning your old Mac up to your new one, play some very interesting reader…

Well, it’s been a bit more than a week since the launch of the iPhone and you’d think that the hubbub surrounding Apple’s new consumer device would have diminished, and it has to some extent. Instead of falling away to a silence normally reserved for libraries, funerals, or the launch of the Zune, however, the…

Direct Link: MP3 Version A week after the iPhone launch, Apple’s combo iPod and smartphone is still going strong. This week Jeff and Bryan look at the iPhone market, Apple’s climbing stock, and what the iPhone reviewers are getting right and wrong. The Apple Weekly Report will be included in TMO’s main RSS feed, and…

The iPhone has arrived, and it’s everything it was cracked up (by Apple) to be. Contacts, music, calendars, photos, movies, YouTube browsing, Web-surfing, and it makes calls, too! Writing a review for this device could legitimately be anything from two words (“It’s great.”) to a 3,000 word opus on all of the nitpicky pros and…

Direct Link: MP3 Version After all the hype, the iPhone is finally out. Jeff and Bryan attended Apple Store launch events, and share their perspective on the experience. They also have some first impressions — both good and bad — on Apple’s highly anticipated entrance into the cellphone market. The Apple Weekly Report will be…

Apple has sent out a preparation list for would-be iPhone customers. The "Get Ready" e-mail not only lets users know what they can do to prepare for using their iPhone, it also includes what is effectively the most comprehensive feature list we’ve yet seen from Apple for the iPhone. Accordingly, we are posting the e-mail…

The Apple iPhone enters a mature mobile phone market. It has great potential, will grow and change, but it won’t have the same impact as the iPod did in a relatively new market. That may not even matter, according to Rediff’s India Abroad. Everyone is talking about the Apple iPhone now. It’s a credit to…

Direct Link: MP3 Version This week, Ricky and Jeff put the Apple/Cingular contract through the Context Machine. Then, they wrap up their series on podcasting mics. The Apple Weekly Report will be included in TMO’s main RSS feed, and also in its own feed if you’d like to add it directly to your podcatching client.…

Noting that he hasn’t “seen anything from Apple that the iPhone’s debut is imminent,” Yankee Group analyst Michael Goodman on Tuesday tried to dispel rumors about the product during an interview with Tracy Johnke of MarketWatch. With Christmas just over a month away, Mr. Goodman said that right now “is a poor time to generate…

"For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three." – Alice Kahn Asking the Right Questions Every thing I say in this article about Apple is a guess; I have no inside information. As for the rest, all I know is what I’ve read on…

Direct Link: MP3 Version Speculation bubbled up this week that Apple is looking into putting real games on the iPod. Is Apple’s looking to compete with Sony and Nintendo? Or could iPod games be part of a plan to take mobile phones head-on? Ricky Spero gives his analysis in this week’s Context Machine. The Weekly…

Analyst Kirk Yang, who covers technology for Citigroup in Asia Pacific, said during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in Hong Kong that the fabled “iPod with phone functionality is going to be a category killer.” Nathan Layne reported on his comments for Reuters, noting that the convergence of cell phones and MP3…

Research firm Yankee Group has said that the sale of X-rated content for portable devices could be worth US$200 million annually by 2009, fueled in large part by the new video-capable iPod as well as cell phones that can play video. Mike Musgrove, writing for The Washington Post, reported on that development on Tuesday, noting…

While last week’s unveiling of the Motorola iTunes phone elicited many bland reactions — mostly because pundits were expecting something truly revolutionary — Business 2.0’s Matthew Maier believes that “holding off on the iPhone was a smart move for Apple.” Why? He answers: “Because [Apple] let Motorola focus on the hardware design while it remained…

First off, sensation-seekers, I need to correct an error from my previous column ("Behind The Curtain at PC Expo"). I mentioned in passing that IBM didn’t have a booth at PC Expo when in fact, they did. My bad; judging from the map of the show floor, I reckon that I walked behind it several…