P. J. Connolly

The newest MacBook Pros stand up for themselves, as eWEEK Labs found when it spent some time with Apple’s newest notebooks. The 15-inch and 17-inch models, which offer a choice between Intel’s Core i5 and i7 processors and automatic switching of graphics processors, bring a mix of portability and extreme performance. Meanwhile, the 13-inch models […]

I swear to heaven that this will be the last thing I write about the iPad until the other side of Labor Day, unless I’m specifically asked. (Even I’m getting tired of the subject.) Could Apple have developed the iPad without the experience gained during the three years that the iPhone has been in the […]

Apples Slim, 3G-Connected iPad Packs a Lotof Punch by P. J. Connolly Auto-rotate A view of the iPad from the user’s perspective; the image rotates automatically as the device is turned and can be locked at the touch of a button.SOURCE: eWEEK Labs (Sturdevant) Wireless Antennas The iPad as everyone else sees it; the antennas […]

One downside to the iPad is that the only mobile carrier it can be used with in the United States is AT&T; although Apple has a perfect right to partner with the carrier of its choice, users who spend a lot of time in locations that don’t have very good 3G coverage from AT&T may […]

So I spent the last few hours wandering around the edges of downtown San Francisco, testing the iPad with AT&T‘s 3G network. I didn’t find anything terribly unusual about either the device or the network performance at my first four stops; it wasn’t until I was in the home stretch that things went to Helena […]

If you were on the main drag of San Francisco‘s Noe Valley yesterday, you may have seen me fiddling with an iPad that Apple sent us for testing. After Sunday brunch at Joe’s 24th Street Cafe, I parked myself at one of the outdoor tables for an hour or so, to see how well the […]

The FCC has been in the news lately for its attempts to get serious about regulating the actions of Internet service providers, in the name of what parties to the discussion call “Net neutrality.” The most fluff-brained of commenters seem to be following the idea that, to borrow the words of Thomas Jefferson, all Internet […]

Tech Analysis: As eWEEK Labs Senior Analyst P. J. Connolly wraps up an evaluation of the iPad and prices some solid-state drives, the end of the road for conventional hard disks looms on the horizon. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Apple’s iPad is a groundbreaking device that needs a promised OS update to reach its full potential, eWEEK Labs determined after examining the device’s manageability and usability in the office and on the street. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Microsoft’s SharePoint Server 2010 offers easier upgrading and better management tools; administrators and users will both find much to like about the company’s third try at a comprehensive collaboration platform. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Legend has it that one of the first things taught in journalism school is that an honest journalist never pays for a story. I suppose that’s true, but you see, I never went to j-school. Does that let me off the hook? I can argue either side of whether checkbook journalism is ethical, or if […]

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Apple’ iPhone 4.0 OS that the company introduced to analysts, developers and reporters on April 8 will have an assortment of features designed to appeal to corporate users, besides the long-desired multitasking capability. Apple CEO Steve Jobs, accompanied by the company’s senior vice president for iPhone software, Scott Forstall, and senior vice president for […]