P. J. Connolly

Between hurricanes and blizzards on the East Coast and the earthquake-of-the-day here in the West, one might forget that other parts of the world are also experiencing “interesting” weather. It’s not often that we can give weather credit for influencing industry, but thanks to flooding in Thailand, the world’s supply of conventional electromechanical disk drives […]

Looks Aren’t the Story New imaging features and location services make the iPhone 4S stand out even if the hardware looks awfully familiar. Manufacturing Problems Solved This time around, users wont have to wait for months for Apples suppliers to get the right shade of white. Edit Photos on iPhone With iOS 5s ability to […]

View Stored iWork Files Apps such as Apple’s iWork for iOS that save data to the iCloud service can display their stored data in the application or from the Preferences pane. One Cloud, Many Clients Users will appreciate iOS 5’s iCloud-based synchronization of media subscriptions, reminders and other information. Flag Mail Easily The Mail app […]

Sony Ericsson is no more. After just over a decade, the joint venture between the Swedish telecom giant and the Japanese consumer electronics titan has hit the end of the road, with Sony’s announcement last week that it would buy out Ericsson’s stake in the business for just over €1 million, roughly $1.47 billion. My […]

Sometimes, simple evolution can be revolutionary. Apple’s iPhone 4S is identical in dimension to last year’s iPhone 4, and some observers had staked their reputations on the fifth-generation phone being branded as “iPhone 5.” Yet the 4S is overall a vast improvement on its predecessor-thanks in no small part to the inclusion of the Siri […]

Apple’s latest major revision of its mobile operating system proves that the company is capable of learning from its mistakes, while moving the bar for rivals such as Google’s Android. Although on the surface it appears to be an improved iOS 4, the addition of cloud-centric networking and sharing features makes iOS 5 a true […]

Although voice recognition for personal computers has been available in some form for almost 20 years, and it’s been available in limited fashion for mobile devices for a while, the implementation of Siri in iOS 5 has been a matter of building voice control into the foundation of the operating system. That’s going to change […]

I’m grudgingly beginning to trust the cloud for my own use. It’s not so much a matter of it maturing as it is a triumph of convenience. Apple’s Photo Stream service, a part of iCloud, is proving to be useful enough that I’m actually considering upgrading my work desktop from Windows XP to Windows 7, […]

Like many of you, I have spent the better part of the last two days slaving over hot downloads. That’s because Apple chose to release the latest updates to iTunes, Mac OS X Lion, iOS, the iWork for iOS applications, and a slew of lesser tools at almost the same time. Tuesday saw the iTunes […]

One of the facts of life a Mac user has to face is that a substantial body of software simply isn’t available for the platform. In some cases, that’s not a problem if equivalent applications for Apple’s operating system exist. But all too often, corporate users and the people who support them don’t have that […]

The launch of the iPhone 4S, iOS 5 and iCloud Oct. 4 was a milestone for Apple. For starters, it fell the day before the death of Apple’s founder and board chairman Steve Jobs, who had been the individual most closely identified with the company’s success in mobile devices. Beyond that, however, the company’s latest […]

Today’s launch of the iPhone 4S, iOS 5 and iCloud is a milestone for Apple in two significant ways. First, it was Tim Cook’s first time in the spotlight since being named CEO in August, upon the retirement of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Second, with the release of iOS 5 planned for next Wednesday, Apple’s […]