iPhone season? Or open season on the iPhone?

The iPhone really is n’t all that compelling , until you try one . Scot Finnie made that mistake and now he ’s drug-addicted . Though “ iPhone Killers ” abound , there really is only one competitor to the iPhone : The next iPhone . Will Apple ship iPhone 2.0 presently , or not until 2009 or afterward ? That ’s the main criteria for jumping on table now or waiting , at least for many would - be Scot Finnies ....

November 28, 2007 · 4 min · 644 words · Dustin Finley

Two printing-related 10.5 tips

I cover this bakshish in video recording form last calendar week , but I ’ve decided that at least some of those features , including this one , should be cover in the standard Hints weblog as well — this way of life , you’re able to still easy discover them via searches , like with our hunting box , for instance . I ’m also tossing in a incentive tip about advanced printing machine frame-up option , so even if you already watched the video , there ’s at least one nugget of Modern information in today ’s web log entry ....

November 28, 2007 · 3 min · 533 words · Austin Collins

Another handful of 10.5 tips

As forebode in the first installment , here ’s another batch of Leopard tips , each quite short and covering something you may not have yet find on your own . And although one requires Terminal , it ’s a very dim-witted command , so it should n’t be too care - inspiring . Modify user-created smart folders After you ’ve economise a hunting in 10.5 , you could get at it in many ways , including the very - convenient SEARCH FOR section of the Finder ’s sidebar ....

November 27, 2007 · 4 min · 670 words · Holly Cabrera

Macworld Podcast: Final Cut Express, Macworld Expo

The Macworld Podcast turns 100—100 episodes , that is . commence by original host Cyrus Farivar in those saturnine days when radio - like programme were more commonly found on radio - similar devices , the Macworld Podcast has evolved into the slick production you hear today . After an unexpected peek back at the other day of the podcast I talk with frequentMacworldcontributor , Jeff Carlson , about his first look and in - progress review of Apple ’s video editing app , Final Cut Express 4 ....

November 27, 2007 · 2 min · 381 words · Arthur Wood

Making Leopard upgrade-worthy

In marketing Leopard , Apple does n’t suggest that you should upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS 10 simply because it ’s new than the translation you ’re using now . Nor does Apple prove to win over you that Leopard is deserving the price of upgrading simply because it has a bunch of shiny novel technologies . Both of those thing may be straight . But Apple recognize ( quite rightly ) that Mac users do n’t automatically upgrade to a fresh operating system just because the company get one available ....

November 27, 2007 · 5 min · 928 words · Samantha Simon

First Look: Updating our Speedmark 5 results

Since the introduction of Leopard , a fussy bunch of testers have taken over the Macworld Lab , put the newfangled and the not - so - new Macs we have around through the paces of our raw overall performance benchmark , Speedmark 5 . Unveiled a few hebdomad ago , Speedmark 5 is a suite of 17 veridical - man tests that we run on all new Mac systems ....

November 26, 2007 · 4 min · 807 words · Kevin Wood

ViewSonic VA2026w LCD monitor

ViewSonic ’s VA2026w is a fairly priced wide - screen 20 - inch LCD monitor . It can get in touch to your Mac digitally via a single DVI porthole , or to an older Mac or PC via a single analog port . And though it scored well with our judges for school text discernability , its narrower - than - average viewing slant and lack of supernumerary feature make it difficult to recommend this monitor over other 20 - inch wide - screen we ’ve latterly reviewed ....

November 26, 2007 · 4 min · 710 words · Vincent Adams

First Look: First Look: Final Cut Express 4

In the year - and - a - half since Apple released the last variant of its intermediate video editor Final Cut Express HD 3.5 ( ) , a couplet of freehanded events have disrupted the state of editing picture on the Mac . For one , the digital camcorder field has shifted steady aside from tapeline - based tv camera to models that commemorate to gamy - capacitance memory cards , miniskirt - DVDs , or built - in hard disks ....

November 25, 2007 · 8 min · 1499 words · Jasmine Gonzales

Network World Gift Guide: How the iPhone stole Christmas

The follow article is excerpt fromNetwork World . To learn the full article , go tonetworkworld.com . Steve Jobs has made my job heavily . If he had n’t stood on the stage at Macworld Expo in January and unleashed the iPhone on the world , I ’d probably be more worked up about this year ’s craw of Cool Yule Tools , connection World ’s annual roundup of the hot engineering toy and gift ideas ....

November 22, 2007 · 6 min · 1234 words · Anna Cannon

Pixma mini320 compact printer

The Canon Pixma mini320 is a stocky photo printer featuring a special scroll wheel that gain printing photos an easy , suave experience . Equipped with a carrying grip and a bright LCD screen , the mini320 is very similar in coming into court to its forerunner , the Canon Pixma mini260 ( ) . unluckily , the mini320 is not much of an improvement over its forerunner . Still miss is the selection to print in bleak and white ....

November 22, 2007 · 4 min · 778 words · Joseph Harris

Deja Zune

Well , it ’s the eve of the eventide of the biggest vacation on the American calendar . What ? Yes , that ’s right the eveof the eve . You do n’t aboveboard intend that people care a whit about consume turkey and givingthanks , do you ? That ’s not the American way , after all . Well , okay , maybe the stuffing - themselves - with - dud part ....

November 20, 2007 · 8 min · 1594 words · Margaret Huffman

First Look: PC World: First look at Kindle e-book reader

E - rule book have emerge from the shadows with Amazon ’s launch this week of its $ 399 Kindle e - record proofreader and service . I ’ve found eastward - books intriguing for a while now , as they could be wanton to tote , sluttish to store , and easier to read than their newspaper brethren . The concept ofSony ’s Reader , the first significant challenger in this marketplace , was solid , but its computer hardware did n’t strike me ....

November 20, 2007 · 11 min · 2292 words · Sarah Martin

Under pressure, T-Mobile unlocks iPhone in Germany

T - Mobile will sell an unlocked version of Apple ’s democratic iPhone in Germany while it contend a effectual challenge from rival Vodafone , the company said on Wednesday . The move comes two days after a tourist court grant an injunction requested by Vodafone mandate that T - Mobile either sell an unlocked edition of the iPhone or withdraw the product from the marketplace . Vodafone get by German competition law disallow an operator from selling a locked phone with a two - yr contract bridge ....

November 20, 2007 · 3 min · 574 words · Jennifer Saunders