April 2010

Apple iPhone Raid Raises Legal Questions

Was the Apple iPhone prototype lost or stolen, and were the police right to raid the home of the Gizmodo editor who received it? It depends on whether bloggers are journalists, says media expert Lorna Woods

Recession Ends For Mobile Makers

Research firm iSuppli has suggested that the mobile phone industry is out of recession, after strong fourth-quarter performances from the likes of Nokia, ZTE, and Huawei

Israel’s Ban On iPad Lifted

The country’s Communications Ministry apparently decided that the tablet PC’s wireless ability doesn’t violate the European wireless standards that Israel follows

Phone Maker Palm Seeks Buyers

The Palm Pre and Pixi are likable enough smartphones but it’s their platform, webOS, that’s Palm’s real carrot to dangle in getting buyers to bite

New MacBook Pros Rumoured

Are new Apple MacBook Pros coming? New Apple SKUs in a store’s processing system suggest that might be the case

Apple Suggests iPad WiFi Fix

Apple has suggested a fix for the sporadic WiFi connectivity that has flummoxed and frustrated a number of early iPad adopters

Apple iPad: A Step Too Far?

Apple always had a reputation for doing things differently but, with the newly launched Apple iPad, Tom Jowitt asks, has Apple bitten off more than it can chew?

HP Readies Own Slate For Fight With iPad

Hewlett-Packard’s upcoming tablet PC could use video conferencing, at least one camera module, and support for Adobe Flash and removable SD memory cards as potential differentiators from Apple’s bestselling iPad