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Archives for May, 2010

Why every living room needs a PC

I spend an inordinate amount of time in my living room. Part of that time is spent watching television. When I’m not watching some of my favorite shows, I’m probably reviewing video games. But there’s something else that I have in my living room that I wouldn’t go without: a PC. The idea of having …

Skype for iPhone gets 3G VoIP; subscription fee from September

Skype have updated their iPhone app to v2.0.0 [iTunes link], which now supports Skype-to-Skype VoIP calls over a 3G connection.  According to Skype, the functionality – which routes voice calls over the data network, rather than using your regular carrier minutes – will be “free until at least end of August 2010″; after that point, …

Amazon Kindle to Slim Down This Summer, Add Sharper Display

As the iPad flies off the shelf globally now, it would seem that Amazon would need to get on the ball about offering some kind of new Kindle here soon. Even if their software eReader is already on the Apple tablet, and heading to Android soon enough, new hardware always speaks volumes to new customers. …

New Skype 2.0 app for the iPhone allows voice calls over 3G

Plenty of other VoIP apps have managed to work in this functionality since Apple / AT&T started allowing it last year, but the official Skype app has been a notable holdout. Now, two months after Skype started doing 3G calls on Android with Verizon, there’s a 2.0 version of the app for iPhone that brings …

iPhone 4G display put under a microscope, 960 x 640 a lock?

You’ve seen it in San Jose, you’ve seen plenty of it in Vietnam, and now, apparently, you’re seeing the iPhone 4G display waving at you from the center of Europe, namely the Czech Republic. We haven’t been able to corroborate that these fellas do indeed have a legitimate next-gen iPhone part in their paws, but …

Week in Apple: antitrust drama, performance vs. stability

Does the long holiday weekend have you itching to catch up on hot Apple stories from the last week? You’re in luck, as we’re wrapping up the Ars Design Awards for Mac OS X, while covering more rumors about the new iPhone, and some legal drama over Apple allegedly abusing its dominant music market position. …

Has the iPad killed tablet innovation?

How foolish I’ve been. Five months ago I wrote that tablets had come of age, and even sifted my way through the line-up cherry picking what must-have features would make for the perfect device. A month later, in the afterglow – or should that be aftermath? – of the iPad announcement, I marvelled that, while …