A blog post at one of my favorite Apple blogs, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (or TUAW) asks the question, Why jailbreak your phone? Now that iOS 4 (the operating system for the new iPhone 4) can be jailbroken simply by going to a website, it's easier than ever before to do it. Even if you're not ...
Is iPhone Jailbreaking Legal?
This week's New York Times editorial agrees with the US Copyright Office that "jailbreaking" an iPhone, or hacking it to make it run non-Apple-approved apps, is legal, and Apple is not allowed to charge a fine. The Copyright Office's ruling essentially says that you should be able to do whatever ...
Apps that don’t exist, but should
David Pogue wrote a piece in last week's New York Times on some good ideas for iPhone and iPad apps that his readers have sent in. Sometimes it feels like all the good app ideas have been done before, but obviously that's not actually the case! In general the apps that resonated the most for me are ...
Is the iPhone 4′s Retina really the highest resolution display?
Early reviews say the Retina display, as Apple calls it, is a wonder to behold, displaying text with print-like quality. Apple claims it is the highest resolution display on a phone. Is it true? Let's get our terms straight -- while "display resolution" sounds like it should describe how sharp an ...
iBooks app versus Kindle app on the iPad
The iBooks app and the Kindle app are the top 2 ways to read books on the iPad. What are the pros and cons of each? The Kindle app--the good Incredibly large selection of books. Pricing is very low, usually $10, even for new "hardcover" books. Out of copyright books are available for free ...
Is the Apple App Store really “the online equivalent of white flight”?
Virginia Heffernan's piece in the New York Times Magazine over the weekend tries to make the case that the Web is chaotic and dangerous, and therefore those who can afford the iPhone/iPad will increasingly be segregating themselves to a clean and happy non-Web future, one sanitized by Apple (thanks ...