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Kwik Keyboard You can call up the on-screen keyboard by hitting the Menu button, but the faster way is to swipe your finger up the screen, starting at the bottom. When you’re done with it, swipe your finger down starting at the top of the keyboard. It takes a little practice to do it perfectly. […]

The T-Mobile G1’s online app market may not be as large as the iPhone’s app store, but it has one advantage: every app is free (for now). You’re probably spending enough money these days, so here are ten fantastic applications that will make your Google phone even better without costing you a thing. Bender Once you start […]

In the increasingly competitive smartphone marketplace, Palm has bought itself a little more time by introducing the business-friendly Palm Treo Pro. This sleek powerhouse has the kind of wow factor that makes you want to pick it up and see what it can do, and it has several features that should make customers happy. It’s […]

OpenOffice has hit version 3, and the free alternative to Microsoft Office and other commercial office suites is looking more professional and fully featured than ever before. The suite counts a user base of over 100 million users, and has had over 160 million downloads since it began, according to community manager Louis Suarez-Potts. It’s […]

The revised and updated iPod touch offers a slimmed down profile and bulked up features. While the change is more evolutionary than revolutionary, it makes using the player a lot more pleasant. It’s odd that Apple’s marketing has dubbed this version the “funnest iPod ever” in ads, since all the fun features it’s showcasing—the ability […]

A few early adopters probably regretted their decision when the iPhone 3G was released. While the original iPhone was a game-changer that spurred forward a category often lacking in innovation, the iPhone 3G delivers several features that were much-needed (such as 3G connectivity) and some that were pleasant surprises (such as GPS mapping). So it’s […]

A new version of the iPhone also means new software to run it. Version 2.0 is available standard on new phones, as a free upgrade to current iPhone users, and for $9.99 for iPod touch owners. We’re not sure why iPod touch users get so much less love from Apple, but the upgrade price is […]

And, if so, is a video content provider right for you? There are several services around that let you add videos to an established site, but what do you get for your money? And do they create a better user experience? With the rise of viral video, we’ve seen several services emerge that let users […]

Elegance matters, Samsung: You can create all the feature-rich phones you want, but they’re not going to excite the public’s imagination if they look like the SCH-i760. Maybe you could lure a few designers away from Apple. The Samsung SCH-i760 smartphone. On paper, the SCH-i760 triumphs over the iPhone because of its no-compromise set of […]

The current trend in cell phones is to make small smartphones that don’t feel like smartphones, at all. The HTC Touch has been getting a lot of attention for its iPhone-like interface, and now the T-Mobile Shadow (also created by HTC) is showing how small and slick a smartphone can be. We’re not used to […]

At the beginning of the year, we speculated that wireless monitors might finally become a reality this year. Walk around the display section of your local computer superstore and you’ll see that this was a bit optimistic. But, we weren’t far off: wireless monitors are indeed on the horizon and will be here by mid-2008. […]

The long-awaited Wi-Fi-enabled iPod is finally here, but it’s taken a different form from what most of us would have guessed. The iPod Touch doesn’t resemble a classic iPod at all, but is instead a stripped-down, slimmed-down iPhone. While having Wi-Fi on board is nice, Apple isn’t breaking any new ground with the wireless features. […]