P. J. Connolly

It used to make sense for Apple to be the conduit for third-party application environments that run on the Macintosh, but those days are long gone. Although I’ll miss the convenience of being able to rely on Apple for updates to those runtimes, the companies that own those runtimes need to pick up their share […]

I wonder when people are going to wake up to the reality that the CPU of a mobile computer is no longer the factor that determines how useful the device is. Ever since the new MacBook Air models were announced on Oct. 20, I have been seeing articles-with perhaps the most widely distributed one coming […]

Apple may not have invented the notebook computer, but it certainly is pushing the envelope. Wednesday’s announcement of new models of its MacBook Air-which include the debut of a new release of its iLife application suite and a preview of the forthcoming “Lion” release of Mac OS X-appears to solidify the company’s image as the […]

It appears that Apple’s troubled white model of the iPhone 4 is available in very limited quantities, but only if you have a friend inside Apple. A reporter from Geek.com spotted one last night at an event in New York, and published a photo of the elusive mobile device. Personally, the only way I’d want […]

Today I’m reading a lot of guff about the fragility of the iPhone 4. It seems that SquareTrade, a provider of warranties, came up with some figures that purport to show that one is 82% more likely to break the screen of an iPhone 4 than was the case with the iPhone 3GS. I’ve spent […]

Keynote for iPad Gets a Refresh by P. J. Connolly Keynote for iPad Adds Audio Keynote for iPad now allows the use of audio elements within a presentation. Last-Minute Changes Are No Problem Keynote for iPad allows you to make changes to text style and format without going back to the original presentation. Add or […]

Numbers for iPad Better, Yet Falls Short by P. J. Connolly Open CSV Files from E-Mail Numbers for iPad can now open comma-delimited (also known as CSV) files from a message sent to the iPads Mail app. Know What You Import The dummy screen that Numbers for iPad displays while importing a document will show […]

Pages for iPad Refresh Makes Sharing Simple by P. J. Connolly Pages 1.2 Adds Word Count The new Word Count option is easily enabled from the Tools screen of Pages for iPad. Hard to Miss, Easy to Ignore A running word count for the Pages document now appears at the bottom of the screen. Treat […]

It’s almost time to get serious about IPv6, sportsfans, whether you like it or not. Are you ready? I’m not, but it’s not my fault. Although numerous ways have been implemented to stretch the limited address space of IPv4 – the “classic” dotted decimal that defined the gold rush days of the Internet – recent […]

Pages for iPad is turning into a true productivity tool for business users, thanks to Version 1.2, which Apple released to the iTunes App Store in late September. Although its functionality as a word processing and page layout application is still constrained by the limitations of the iPad, if the product’s evolution continues at the […]

In case you haven’t been listening to Cisco lately, the company’s message has evolved: raw throughput is no longer the overriding factor for internet sites. Instead, the next generation of network and security hardware is designed around supporting a large number of concurrent connections, at a high rate of connections per second. This ought to […]

New mail and calendar management tools end second-class status of Mac users. Read my full review at eweek.com.