I read a tech opinion a few weeks ago where a real estate agent was asking how she could manage her Excel files (a Windows mark) on her iPhone and iPad. Of course my first suggestion would be to get an Android phone and tablet and do things right. However I recognized you may already have invested double in an Apple product so why invest more in tools you have to pay...

Thin … there’s something the world needs! Not being a regular iPad user I’m not sure about the longevity of a battery charge but I’m guessing anything longer than current is always a plus, right? The screens are indium gallium zinc oxide flat panels referred to by the acronym IGZO. In addition to thinning the profile and making better use of...

iRig for iPhone/iPad iRig – suggested retail price $59.95 or on Amazon for about $40 So you’re hanging out on a rainy weekend with nothing much to do but you have your guitar and you’d like to send someone special back home that addictive tune you’ve had in your head. Thing is all you have is your iPhone with it’s so-so audio. Then you...

Image via Wikipedia If you have ever been to one TweetUp, Barcamp, or any type of social media event where a lot of entry level bloggers gather you have heard this question, “What should I write about?” The ubiquitous answer, of course, is “whatever you like – whatever you enjoy”. Agreeably that is the correct answer in most...

Really it’s not a big surprise. Apple may have been the first to successfully push a fully functional smart phone. Treo blew it because they didn’t have open source, Blackberry was hugely successful until iPhone but iPhone still has that Jobs/Apple attitude that almost always keeps it in second place when there is a genuinely open competitor. Don’t...