In ZDNet.com today, Larry Dignan’s article advises that “HP’s Palm plan forms: Palm Pre 2, webOS 2.0 to debut.”  It is good news to hear that HP is not abandoning the Palm platform (which they acquired in April).  Key features in webOS 2.0 include: type to start an email or message before opening an app, [...]

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They say it’s coming–have we heard this before?  This time, however, it seems true and has a good business reason behind it–while the iPhone is the best selling smartphone, the collective Droid phones are overtaking the iPhone in market share.  Reports are that the iPhone will be available on Verizon early next year (2011) and [...]

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I found this article by Tara Siegel Bernard in The New York Times interesting.  She tried out four types of will-making tools:  Quicken Willmaker Plus 2011, Legacywriter, Legalzoom, and Buildawill.  I find tools like these useful but for something as important as a will, I would use the tools so I could understand the will writing [...]

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I find it hard to believe that nine years have passed since the horror of September 11, 2001.  I, like so many others, will always remember where I was that awful day.  In today’s New York Times, there is an article by Ariel Kaminer describing an app for the iPhone called “Explore 9/11.”  This app [...]

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I just saw this article on ZDNet.com about iPhone Recovery Sticks.  These pricey objects ($197.95 at ProofPronto) can “recover deleted text messages, contacts, call history, even photos, voice notes and calendar entries.”  It is marketed to private investigators, concerned parents, school and security personnel, and suspecting spouses.  An interesting world we live in. . . [...]

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Did you know that the Library of Congress “has the power to define exceptions to an important copyright law”?  In Jenna Wortham’s article in The New York Times, she states that it is “legal to bypass a phone’s controls on what software it will run to get ‘lawfully obtained’ programs to work.”  This is important [...]

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If you purchased an iPhone 4 and are entitled to the free bumper or case, do the following:

Download the iPhone 4 Case Program app from the App Store.
Launch the app on your iPhone 4 and sign in using your iTunes Store account or Apple ID
Select your bumper or case.

Click here for full program details.
~mary anne

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This is a really great app!  Line2 was reviewed by David Pogue in The New York Times and it is amazing!  Downloading this app gives you two lines on your iPhone or turns your iPod Touch into a cellphone (for $15 per month).  It runs on WiFi and does not use up your AT&T minutes.  [...]

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What will they say?  Will there be a recall?  A fix?  Check out Wilson Rothman’s post on Wireless on msnbc.com for the info on the issue.  Friday’s press conference (7/16) will take place at 1 pm Eastern time.
~mary anne

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The news came out yesterday (July 12).  Consumer Reports has stated that it cannot recommend the iPhone 4.  Consumer Reports says that they have “confirmed that there is a problem with its reception.”  They tested three different iPhone 4 models that were purchased from three separate retailers.  They are not convinced that the AT&T network [...]

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