9 iPhone business apps

let you play music , movies , and games , the iPhone and the iPod contact could be two of the honest time - wasters ever built . But with the right third - party program installed , they can also give you a whole young mobile workspace . No , they ca n’t replace a laptop computer when it total to real productiveness . But you could utilize them to remain in touch with your Mac back at the billet , revise your to - do list when you ’re away from iCal , and more ....

November 27, 2008 · 6 min · 1182 words · Michael Hayden

Macworld Buying Guides: Apple’s Mac lineup

You ’ve study the new rules for grease one’s palms a Mac . You ’ve weighed whether to get a laptop or a background . And you ’re finally quick to supply that fresh Mac to your holiday shopping list . But before you maneuver to the computer storage , be it brick - and - trench mortar or online , do you really be intimate about all the pick before you ?...

November 24, 2008 · 16 min · 3244 words · Joe Tapia

The new Mac buying guide

Back in May , when we publish our feature account “ The New Rules for Buying a Mac ” , we attempt to serve prospective Mac emptor by tossing out the old rulebook and write a new one , debunking luck of long - carry myth along the way . Now that the holidays are upon us , many of you might be considering the leverage a new Mac system ....

November 24, 2008 · 9 min · 1814 words · Michelle Love

More accolades for the iPhone

The iPhone is having a astral twelvemonth . First , itblasts past RIM ’s Blackberryin sales . Then it ousts Motorola ’s RAZR as the top - selling handset of all meter . And , nowa reportfrom mobile phone guarantee firm SquareTrade says that Apple ’s iPhone is the most reliable smartphone on the market , surpassing both Blackberrys and Palm Treos . SquareTrade ’s tests were conduct on 15,000 earpiece covered by company warrantee ....

November 11, 2008 · 2 min · 335 words · Theresa Steele

Review: Wide-format e-mail apps for iPhone

Our Verdict Since Apple unfreeze the first iPhone in June 2007 , a frequent complaint among users has been the lack of a landscape painting keyboard in more applications . Users start a taste of this wider , orotund - push button keyboard in the mobile edition of Safari and wish they could habituate it for text entry in other scenarios . Composing e - post is easily the most - usual instance ; after all , with the exception of those in the Master of Science crowd , more typing meter is spend in Mail than in any other app ....

November 5, 2008 · 16 min · 3310 words · Andrew Reeves MD

Twitter and TV

Now that the fervour of the elections is over , we can get back to what ’s really important — technology . And the specific technology we address today is brought to you by the letter T , as inTwitter andTelevision . Making this episode of the Macworld Podcast so twitterific is my interview with the St. Paul Pioneer Press ’ technology author , Julio Ojeda - Zapata . Julio is set to let go of his bookTwitter Means Businessin the next few weeks and now seems as good a time as any to get down to job in esteem to what purposes Twitter serves other than declare to the world that baked beans and broccoli are on tonight ’s dinner fare ....

November 4, 2008 · 2 min · 370 words · Lisa Brown

Review: iStartup for iPhone

Our Verdict You ’re run by at your Mac and something goeskablooeyin that , “ Uh oh , my Mac appears to have given up the ghost and wo n’t restart ” form of way . What do you do ? Troubleshooting at Your fingertip : Yes , it is handy to have these shortcuts in hand . The question is whether they ’re deserving $ 2 it costs to download iStartup ....

October 27, 2008 · 2 min · 379 words · Renee Watts

Security flaw spotted in G1 Google phone

research worker at Independent Security Evaluators say they ’ve find a surety defect in the Android browser app that could make users of phones with the browser app vulnerable to onrush . Android , Google ’s undecided - source package that is currently only running on one sound , HTC ’s G1 , is based on outdated open - reference components , the researchers say . As a result , the vulnerability they have come across was previously known and ready , but Google did n’t incorporate the fix into Android , they say ....

October 27, 2008 · 3 min · 469 words · Jennifer Wade

Beyond Parental Controls

Configured correctly , Parental Controls are remarkably effective . But you may desire to do more . Your next steps count on how strict you want to be and how much you trust your children . Beyond talking to them , there are several ways to allow them admittance to the online human race while retaining some mastery . Keep an Eye Out Even if you trust your children , you might feel better if you could traverse their activities ( and , even better , if you tell them you ’re doing so ) ....

October 23, 2008 · 8 min · 1687 words · Christina Lee

Review: Grocery list applications for the iPhone

Our Verdict Every week , I do something I really dislike . Dislike it so much , in fact , that I ’d rather not do it . Yet there I am , week after week , repeating the process . So why not stop , you ask ? Because , really , grocery shopping is slightly all-important to getting the household through the calendar week . But that does n’t intend I have to enjoy the crowd , the monetary value , the challenges of keeping the children in control , and dealing with an unwieldy paper list of detail to be purchased , created in a essentially random order ....

October 23, 2008 · 15 min · 3173 words · Shelly Harris

New MacBooks and Bento 2

In our last , special edition of the Macworld Podcast , we talk about our immediate reaction to Apple ’s just - announce laptops . A week later we ’ve gotten our hands on several MacBooks and MacBook Pros and have the performance datum to prove it . In this episode , Macworld.com executive editor Philip Michaels connect lab theater director Jim Galbraith to talk over just how these fresh Apple laptop measure up ....

October 21, 2008 · 2 min · 335 words · Robert Mitchell

Apple sued for monopolizing the worldwide MP3 market

Chinese MP3 manufacturer Luxpro has filed a causa against Apple claiming the Cupertino , Calif.-based company achieve its authorisation in the MP3 market through monopolistic behavior . register in the United States District Court Western District of Arkansas , Luxpro says in the lawsuit that “ Apple has sought to stamp out the competition using various schemes ” and “ has repeatedly used unfair tactics against other modest manufacturer . ”...

October 16, 2008 · 2 min · 325 words · John Melendez

Hands on with the Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player

Internet wireless is an splendid way to discover new medicine , but , as the name implies , you want an net connective . The folk over atSlackerhave an Internet radio help that you could savor without a constant Internet connection . With theG2 Personal Radio Player , you may load the machine with song from Slacker radio stations you plunk , and listen to the vocal wherever you want , without an Internet tether ....

October 16, 2008 · 2 min · 326 words · Sylvia Zhang