Seeking the best productivity tools, utilities, and games for your iPhone? Here’s our selection of the best apps exclusive to Apple handsets. To see multiplatform apps and titles made just for Android or BlackBerry, read the other articles in this package.
Productivity Tools
CalenGoo syncs with your Google Calendar and even has a similar look. Other neat [...]
Dell has launched the U.S. version of the Aero, an Android-based smartphone that’s selling for $100 with a two-year service contract from AT&T.
The Aero, first released late last year in China and Brazil, weighs less than four ounces, making the device one of the lightest Android smartphones, according to Dell. Other specs include a 3.5-inch [...]
LAS VEGAS – A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that’s said.
The attack Chris Paget showed Saturday illustrates weaknesses in GSM, one of the world’s most widely used cellular communications technologies.
His attack was benign; he showed how he could [...]
SAN FRANCISCO – In this city known for producing laws both path-breaking and contentious, legislators have forcefully stepped into another debate — this time over the potential danger of cell phone use.
With the Board of Supervisors’ 10-1 vote in favor of an ordinance Mayor Gavin Newsom has indicated he will sign, San Francisco has waded [...]
Trip Tech: An App for That
by Mike Haney
Mike Haney puts the latest smartphone applications to the test to find which make work—andlife—easier on the road
ON THE MOVE
Organize your itinerary: TripIt is the easiest way to consolidate all your travel details—flights, hotels, cars, events—on one site. Just forward your confirmation e-mails to plans@tripit.com and [...]
1. Tap Tap Revenge, free – Tap and shake to the beats of the most popular game on the App Store. ’nuff said.
— See also: Free Tap Tap Revenge 3 review
2. Facebook, free – The most popular app on the iPhone and iPod touch. ’nuff said
— See also: Facebook for iPhone 2.1 review
3. NPR News, [...]
Google’s mobile platform has a ways to go before it can even think of surpassing the smartphone market share of RIM or Apple, but Android’s been buoyed by a flurry of good news that points to greener pastures — although a recent hiccup with Google’s would-be flagship phone, the Nexus One, should give the [...]
1. Tap Tap Revenge, free – Tap and shake to the beats of the most popular game on the App Store. ’nuff said.
— See also: Free Tap Tap Revenge 3 review
2. Facebook, free – The most popular app on the iPhone and iPod touch. ’nuff said
— See also: Facebook for iPhone 2.1 review
3. NPR News, [...]
With most of the talk in the smartphone market shifting towards Apple, Microsoft, and Google, it’s easy to forget about Nokia. Apple’s iPhone is the media darling, Google’s Android phones are quickly charging down the battlefield with brute force, and Microsoft is hoping to recharge its batteries with Windows Phone 7.
So what is Nokia to [...]
4G refers to the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards. It is a successor to 3G and 2G standards. The nomenclature of the generations generally refers to a change in the fundamental nature of the service. The first was the move from analogue (1G) to digital (2G) transmission. This was followed by multi-media support, spread [...]
