One of the killer features of Palm’s sadly ignored Pre smartphone was its use of inductive charging. Instead of plugging your Pre into a wall outlet or a USB socket, you instead just rested it atop a charging pad, which pumped juice through the... 

Last week, we reported that the Japan Sumo Association had come up with a solution to improve communication by handing out iPads. It seems the problem was the sumo wrestlers were challenged by using their big fingers on small keyboards. Unfortunately,... 

Buy an iPhone from any certified distributor and you’ll get Apple’s cellphone locked to a network, or unlocked ready to accept a SIM. What you won’t get is the option to have your iPhone jailbroken in-store. There is the odd exception,... 

A semi-official confirmation has appeared today concerning an alleged iPhone 4 revision supposed to fix the nasty antenna issue, better known in the headlines as Antennagate. The bomb was dropped by a high-ranked carrier executive who publicly promised his... 

An Apple patent has been found for a new audio jack that also includes a built-in microphone, according to Patently Apple. The audio jack would be moved to a different position than where it is currently found–while current iPhones have the audio... 

When you think of a typical Apple Store you think of clean artistic lines and a calming atmosphere which accentuates the beauty of Apple’s computers and iPhones. At least, that’s what the marketing material says. It’s an Apple Store’s... 

Research In Motion has Apple’s App Store in its sight with the acquisition of Cellmania, a company that specializes in infrastructure for mobile marketplaces. Currently, RIM’s app store has about 10,000 items, a significantly lesser number... 

When it comes to desktop, laptop and server chips, Intel’s pretty much got a lock on the market… but there’s a lot to worry about. Everyone can see the writing on the wall: mobile chips and architectures are the future of computing... 

It’s a long running joke that when it comes to doing something on an iPhone there’s usually an app for that. Apparently, there is also an app for watching your house get burglarized as one Dallas home owner found out. Vincent Hunter was out of town... 

Although the iPhone probably started the trend of touchscreen smartphones that completely eschewed the long-standard physical keyboard, there’s still a lot of people out there who want all the benefits of a touchscreen while still having some physical... 

As we reported last week, Microsoft has bold plans to integrate Xbox Live and Windows Phone 7, even going so far are confirm that their smartphones will be able to play Xbox Live arcade games. But don’t expect the integrated gaming goodness to... 

We can’t think of a good reason you’d want to be on AT&T and not have an iPhone 4, but if you’re an irrational Apple hater, worried about being bit by the Antennagate scandal, or just love Android, great news: Dell has just released... 

Add a Keyboard Dock to the iPad and you’ve got keys to type on but lose the portability. Add a portable keyboard though, and you’ve got the equivalent of a netbook. Gizmodo reports that one Chinese company is offering a solution which would... 

Chip maker Intel and cellphone leader Nokia have come together to create the first joint laboratory to focus on researching futuristic technologies for mobile devices, like 3D holographic displays for cellphones. The Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation... 

Google’s Mobile App for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad hasn’t been updated in a while, so we were surprised when a new version appeared on the App Store on Monday with notifications for Calendar and Gmail events. The first feature delivers...