Brad Linder Appls has released minor software updates for the iPhone and iPad. The good news is that they fix a potentially dangerous PDF exploit that could allow hackers to push code to your device through Mobile Safari. The bad news is that’s exactly how the Jailbreakme.com web-based tool for jailbreaking devices works. In other words, if you upgrade … Read more
AT&T has launched a new version of its U-verse app for iPhone users. It’s designed to let AT&T U-verse customers schedule recordings on the go — and download and watch some TV content on their mobile phone. AT&T says this makes the company the first TV provider with a mobile app that doesn’t just let you … Read more
Windows Phone 7 may be Microsoft’s vision of the future of smartphone operating systems… but it’s certainly looking more and more like a device that’s stuck in 2007. We already knew Windows Phone 7 would ship without copy and paste functionality and with limited multitasking support. Now it looks like the WP7 web browser won’t … Read more
Apple iOS 4 is designed to run on the iPhone 4, but also works with older devices including the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3, plus second and third generation iPod touch models. However, if you have an older device like the iPhone 3 or iPod touch 2nd generation, you’re stuck with a limited version of the OS … Read more
Apple’s MobileMe iDisk app enables subscribers to view or share some files stored online from an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. And without really making a big deal out of it, Apple recently flipped a switch that lets you use the iDisk app to stream audio files from the cloud to our mobile device. In … Read more
RockPlayer is the holy grail of video players for Google Android. It’s an app that can handle virtually any video format you can throw at it — provided the video isn’t wrapped up in DRM copy protection. I took RockPlayer for a test drive while it was still in beta, but now the developer has released … Read more
Clicker wants to be a sort of remote control for internet TV. When you visit the Clicker web site you can find links to watch streaming TV shows from a variety of sources including Hulu, Netflix, Amazon video on demand, and others. It’s a bit messy, since some videos are available to stream for free … Read more
The good news is that Android users now have a choice of buying and reading eBooks with apps from Amazon, Borders, Kobo, or Barnes & Noble (not to mention free eBook apps such as Aldiko). That’s because Barnes & Noble is the latest major US booksellers to launch an Android app, with today’s introduction of Nook for Android. The … Read more