Apple.com iPhone News : Refresh
Mossberg/Boehret “very impressed” with new App Store
2008-07-24 17:56:00 (solution.allthingsd.com)Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret (allthingsd.com) consider the new App Store “the single best feature in Apple’s second generation iPhone 3G.” The “easy availability of so many programs,”...more
iPhone 3G “a superb piece of multipurpose technology”
2008-07-24 17:49:00 (www.baltimoresun.com)“Better than the original in almost every way,” iPhone 3G “is an endless source of entertainment — as well as a platform for useful business applications that transform it from a cute gadget i...more
Aperture 2 captures five-star rating
2008-07-24 17:14:00 (www.macworld.co.uk)Thanks to a “dramatic overhaul,” Aperture 2, “Apple’s all-in-one photography tool, overtakes Adobe’s Lightroom,” reports Alex Singleton (macworld.co.uk). “Much faster than its predecess...more
App Store “puts iPhone above all others”
2008-07-24 14:40:00 (www.suntimes.com)What makes the App Store “a win for the user”? Andy Ihnatko (suntimes.com) ticks off the reasons: “The entire universe of iPhone software is in one central location.” “Prices start at free....more
iPhone 3G “still rules the smart-phone roost”
2008-07-24 10:56:00 (www.philly.com)When Jonathan Takiff (philly.com) conducted his own touchscreen-to-touchscreen comparison of three new smartphones — iPhone 3G, LG Dare, and Samsung Instinct — the results were crystal clear. “...more
Quick Tip of the Week: Restricting Spotlight
2008-07-24 10:37:00 (www.apple.com)Did you know that you can tell Spotlight not to index folders you’d prefer to omit from your searches? Or that you can control the order in which search results appear? Find out how by watching the...more
“The App Store—oh, man, the App Store.”
“It’s a candy store, dude,” David Pogue (nytimes.com) exclaims — a “single, centralized, utterly complete source of software” that makes “the iPhone (or the iPod Touch) do absolutely ama...more
Enjoying “blazing fast” iPhone 3G performance
After taking it on a test drive across Michigan for ten days, Mike Wendland (freep.com) concludes that “the 3G network makes the iPhone about as close to a laptop in convenience and functionality as...more
Four stars for FileMaker Bento
Bento, the personal database application for Mac OS X Leopard, ”may be one of the most user-friendly relational database applications I have ever encountered,” suggests Tom Nelson (about.com). “...more
Coming Attractions - The X-Files : I Want to Believe
Week after week, season after season, the series captivated the country as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigated the paranormal and bizarre in The X-Files. Now David Duchnovy and Gillian...more
Macs help Trek get the message out
“We’ve got some incredible products,” says John Burke, president of Trek Bicycle. “But if you don’t tell people about them, it doesn’t really matter.” Not about to let that happen, Trek...more
App Store Pick of the Week: Exposure
With Exposure, you can take Flickr on the road, browsing and enjoying the billions of photos on Flickr on your iPhone or iPod touch. Both Exposure (free) and the ad-free Exposure Premium ($9.99) let...more
Apple reports record third quarter results
In financial results for its fiscal 2008 third quarter, Apple reported its best June quarter for both revenue and earnings in Apple’s history, posting revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly prof...more
Apple golden in 2008 Industrial Design Excellence Awards
In its special report on the IDEA 2008 winners, BusinessWeek reports that the iPhone, MacBook Air, and the Apple Wireless Keyboard won Gold awards and iMac won a Silver award in the prestigious annual...more
Five stars to iPhone 2.0 software
From the new App Store to easier mail management to support for Microsoft Exchange and MobileMe, PC Advisor steps you through the major and minor additions and improvements offered by iPhone 2.0 softw...more
New App Store offers addictive fun
So far as Ed Baig (usatoday.com) is concerned, “the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch” is “the killer app many of us expected,” an application that “turns the iPhone into an important new...more
Unleashing a flood of apps for iPhone
“If you have an iPhone,” cautions Rik Fairlie (NYTimes.com), “you just might forget that the device is capable of making phone calls,” considering all of the diverting applications available o...more
iPhone 3G “the touchscreen phone to beat”
“iPhone 3G is the best touchscreen phone and media player by far on any network,” proclaims Mark Spoonauer (laptopmag.com) in his 4-star (out of five) review of iPhone 3G. “It delivers the best...more
Coming Attractions: The Dark Knight
Tomorrow, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight opens in theaters across the country. The eagerly anticipated film — with Christian Bale reprising his Batman role and Heath Ledger starring as the J...more
Pro Tip of the Week: Searchin’ Safari
In Mac OS X Leopard, Safari offers a great new search feature called Find. In addition to instant Google searches, Safari now lets you easily and quickly locate any text on any web page. Safari displa...more
