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The New York Times' intrepid gadget columnist, David Pogue, got a chance to take the iPhone for a test drive and wrote up his review. Notable among his observations is the slow Internet connection, which could be a problem due to Cingular's Edge network. The highlight of Pogue's post is his description of the Web surfing interface of the iPhone:...

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Everyone knew it was coming. Yet it still caused a huge splash when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone today at Macworld 2007 (pictured above). There has been much debate as to whether Apple has bitten off more than it can chew, and the jury is still out. But when you look at the pictures and the demonstration Steve Jobs put...

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With Apple's notorious record for heavy-handed DRM and "Walled Gardens" it shouldn't really come as a surprise if the rumored iPhone isn't delivered unlocked. Bloomberg has a story in which Benjamin Reitzes, a UBS analyst, says he believes wireless service for the iPhone will be provided by Apple through a partnership with Cingular, and service contracts will be handled out...

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Research In Motion, the company behind the BlackBerry, can't associate the inside of a courtroom with a positive outcome after its $612.5 million settlement with NTP over patent infringement issues. This time, RIM is going to be on the opposite side of the aisle in the courtroom, as the plaintiff. CNET News.com is reporting that RIM is suing Samsung over...

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Microsoft is billing its iPod-killing digital audio/video player the Zune as a social device. The only problem, no one's sharing. At least that's the conclusion one CNET News.com reporter came to when she loaded her Zune up with some music and hit the San Francisco streets to find someone to connect to. She found only one other Zune. When rumors...

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Ever since the introduction of the iPod in 2001 betting against iPod has been anything but a safe bet, CNET News.com editor at large Michael Kanellos decided to roll the dice with his perspective piece today, titled: "The Apple phone flop." Kanellos seems to have no love lost for planet Apple, but he does also have some good points about...

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You may remember a post I wrote back in August titled, "That robot is not getting a tip from me," which detailed how the Garden Street Garage in Hoboken, NJ, effectively held a few hundred cars hostage while it settled a dispute with the software company which powered its automated parking system. Today, The New York Times has a glowing...

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If you have a gadget-freak on your shopping list you're in luck. Wired News, Engadget and Gizmodo have all taken the time to come out with their own holiday gift guides for the early-adopter crowd. Engadget breaks down gifts by budget, Gizmodo tells you where the deals are and Wired has done extensive reviews of 300 products to help the...

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The streak had to end I suppose. After months of nothing but smart moves on the company's part, it announced a new pricing scheme which could move the best PVR service from a necessity to the "not worth that much" category overnight. TiVo took forever to release its Series 3 receiver, the first TiVo set-top box with HD recording abilities,...

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The folks over at Engadget have finally gotten their hands on Microsoft's looming Zune portable media device. Engadget has a video which walks you through the device's interface, and plenty of pictures. All told, it looks like a real iPod alternative (I won't say killer, because I don't think the iPod can really be killed at this point). The video...

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