Steve Ballmer envies iPad, says tablets are “job one urg

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a room full of Wall Street analysts that Apple has done a swell job with iPad and stressed his company is hard at work to make Windows 7 tablet computing a reality. According to a transcript by CNET, Microsoft sees that... 

White iPhone 4’s biggest problem is light leakage

The white version of the iPhone 4 has been delayed twice now. The reason speculated as to why there have been delays bounces between problems with getting the right color white in the glass case, and an antenna re-design. But there’s another issue.... 

Best Buy to give away “military-grade” side coverings

Forget Apple’s free bumpers, their retail partner Best Buy is apparently jumping on the Antennagate bandwagon by luring iPhone 4 owners with a free antenna fix by Zagg, normally a $10 value versus Apple’s $30 bumpers. In a way, it’s... 

You can order wine in a NYC restaurant using an iPad

We saw this one coming, honestly… With strong sales and awesome apps written specifically for Apple’s 9.7-inch multitouch tablet, using iPad as a wireless wine catalogue is a natural progression of its e-reading and digital print features.... 

Apple “looking into” poor iPhone 3G performance under

Apple has finally admitted that upgrading your iPhone 3G to iOS 4 results in sluggish performance and general unresponsiveness. According to an Apple spokeswoman who chatted with the Wall Street Journal’s Digit blog, Cupertino is aware of those... 

Yosion Apple Peel 520 gives your iPod touch the missing ph

What if you could add the phone part to the iPod touch? Thanks to a promising-looking accessory by Yosion, it’s now possible to place voice calls and text people from your music player. The aptly named Yosion Apple Peel 520 looks like a regular... 

Motorola spoofs iPhone with “No jacket required” adver

The Droid maker Motorola has upped the ante in the smartphone wars by running an advert that ridicules Apple’s response to the antenna woes of iPhone 4. The company bought a high-profile ad slot in the New York Times and pitched its Droid X handset... 

AT&T needs three weeks to fix slow iPhone uploads

In case you didn’t know, a temporary glitch on the AT&T network is throttling iPhone 4 uploads to 384Kbps, and in some cases to a mere 100Kbps, instead of a theoretical maximum of 5.7Mbps. The carrier assured it would fix the glitch blamed... 

You’ll be able to laser-engrave your iPad this holiday s

Apple has long been offering laser engraving on iPods. This online Apple Store exclusive provided free of charge could soon become available on iPads as well, an Apple source told Erictric. The source told the publication that Apple will reveal laser... 

Canadians get unlocked iPhone 4 option, but it costs $659-

Canadians get the iPhone 4 this Friday, and with it comes some good and bad news. The good news is there’s more than one service provider willing to sell you a contract. In this case Bell, Rogers, and Telus will be fighting for your dollars. Apple... 

Samsung lures disgruntled iPhone 4 owners with free Androi

If you’re unhappy with your iPhone 4, you can return it to Apple and receive a full refund. But why not vent your frustrations on Twitter for a chance to get a free Samsung Galaxy S smartphone that sports a huge four inch AMOLED display and runs... 

Apple: iPhone jailbreaking may be legal now, but it still

Despite jailbreaking and unlocking becoming legal in the US as of yesterday, Apple stubbornly refuses to accept the realities and insists both procedures void your warranty. This came straight from an Apple spokesperson who speak to Cult of Mac to share... 

Jailbreaking to run sanctioned apps and unlocking to switc

The US Government has legalized software jailbreaking and unlocking, finally bringing the Americans on par with their oversea counterparts who’ve always been able to legally escape clutches of their phone makers and carriers. New rules announced... 

Apple bravely bringing iPhone 4 and its faulty antenna to

The same iPhone 4 model complete with the problematic antenna design that’s currently selling in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, and France will be on offer in 14 new international markets. Apple hasn’t yet figured out how to fix the antenna... 

Thief steals iPhone during real-time GPS demonstration, ca

Here’s a great example of where karma gets the bad guy and the good guys win. PC World reports that Horatio Toure, a petty thief hoping to make a quick getaway on a bicycle with a stolen iPhone, was caught literally ten minutes after police were...