Wednesday, March 07, 2012 5:08 PM/EST
By Cameron Sturdevant
The new iPad, announced on March 7 and scheduled to ship on March 16, has new wireless capabilities and comes with iOS 5.1, making it more enticing than ever to end users and presenting new challenges for IT managers.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:21 PM/EST
By P. J. Connolly
Apple released updates to iOS 4.x, Mac OS X and Safari that addressed last month's issuing of bogus SSL certificates; the question we have for the company is: "What took you so long?"
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:24 PM/EST
By Jason Brooks
In this week's cover story, P. J. Connolly examines the way that the popularity and staying power of Apple's iOS platform is forcing IT organizations and vendors alike to adjust their mobile device management game plans. For both groups, the...
Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:14 PM/EST
By P. J. Connolly
Rumor has it that Apple is testing new iPads and iPhones that lack a clickable "Home" button and rely instead on multitouch; this horrible idea shows that Apple has learned little from the debacle of the buttonless iPod Shuffle.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:12 PM/EST
By P. J. Connolly
The Verizon iPhone might be something to cheer if you're tired of AT&T, but the inherent inability to run a voice and a data signal over CDMA means that the Personal Hotspot feature is only useful if you don't want to use your mobile phone as a phone.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:17 PM/EST
By Cameron Sturdevant
Now that the iPhone is coming to Verizon--an act that likely would have kept me on an iPhone. Instead, I’ve broadened my horizons and am now happily using an HTC EVO 4G on the Sprint network.
Thursday, January 06, 2011 6:17 PM/EST
By P. J. Connolly
The Mac App Store debuted on Thursday, Jan. 6, providing a new way for developers who focus on Mac OS X applications to sell their wares online, in exchange for Apple taking a 30 percent cut of the proceeds. But the Mac App Store as it exists is going to run into the same problem that we’ve found with the iTunes App Store; as the number of available applications grows, the store becomes increasingly difficult to browse, and is exponentially less useful with every month that passes. Although Apple will undoubtedly call the Mac App Store a success, it’s disappointing to see that the company hasn’t learned from its earlier efforts.
Monday, November 22, 2010 7:31 PM/EST
By P. J. Connolly
Apple released iOS 4.2.1 on November 22, just in time for Thanksgiving. Will your family be gathered around the printer, trying to make AirPrint work?
Friday, November 19, 2010 2:41 PM/EST
By P. J. Connolly
Maybe the third time's the charm, as Apple releases a golden master of iOS 4.2.1 to developers.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 5:56 PM/EST
By P. J. Connolly
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.5, but strangely, the update doesn't include the promised support for printer sharing with the AirPrint feature of iOS 4.2, which is expected to become available any day now. Is this latest example of Apple's failure to deliver on its public promises a disturbing trend, or just another regrettable exception to its string of successes in the consumer market?