P. J. Connolly

Adobe’s announcement last week that it was shifting its mobile development efforts to AIR and ending work on the Mobile Flash Player is an admission that Apple can and does dictate the terms by which the mobile ecosystem plays. One the one hand, as someone who has to regularly wrestle control of my computer away […]

Humans like to make stuff, and there are more ways than ever to realize one’s dreams, if only in concept. The difficult part comes in the actual fabrication. Most of us lack the basic skills needed to fabricate the products of our imagination. That may be changing, thanks to the growing availability of both hardware […]

Easy Deployment Motion Computings CL900 is an easy-to-deploy tablet computer that offers long battery life and flexible input options. Range of Input Methods The CL900 allows input from a variety of devices; in addition to the soft on-screen keyboard, its possible to use fingers, the included stylus or both. Run Business Applications With Ease Because […]

Although only those with short memories can be forgiven for assuming that Apple invented the tablet computer, it’s easy to make that mistake. One doesn’t hear the phrase “Tablet PC” much these days, but such devices have been around since the early Noughties, and Motion Computing’s CL900 is a state-of-the-art personal computer in a tablet […]

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 […]