iPhone

Apple’s security woes: Has less than 7 days to fix iPhone vulnerability

The company that designs its products “to be secure from day 1” is facing some security headaches of its own. First, the vulnerabilities in its beta release of Safari browser for Windows, ironically discovered on “day 1”, within hours of Apple Wizard-In-Chief Steve Jobs announcing it with much fanfare (read previous post “Safari, Meet Windows: […]

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Rist’s interesting take on iPhone and Windows Mobile

After having used (or should “played” be the word?) the iPhone over the weekend, I’m a little underwhelmed by it. Clearly the product doesn’t quite live up to the hype and the aura surrounding it in Apple’s commercials and on its web site. Nevertheless, Apple has a good version 1.0 product on its hand, and […]

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Apple Licenses Exchange ActiveSync for the iPhone?

Has Apple finally seen the light, and licensed Exchange ActiveSync from Microsoft? Will iPhone users be able to get Exchange email pushed out to their iPhones using DirectPush? Gadget blog Engadget.com reports on rumors that indicate what many thought nearly impossible (but certainly something that would make a lot of sense for Apple – read […]

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John Dvorak: Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone

John Dvorak on the iPhone in his Second Opinion column titled “Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone”: These phones go in and out of style so fast that unless Apple has half a dozen variants in the pipeline, its phone, even if immediately successful, will be passé within 3 months. Interesting and opinionated, […]

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iPhone buzz refuses to die down after a Mac-less MacWorld

The furore surrounding Apple’s iPhone announcement refuses to die down (depending on whether you’re a faithful Mac/iPod user wedded to Apple, a Microsoft-basher – and there’s no dearth of these – or not). However, sanity seems to be returning to the world. The fact is, what many consider to be the sexiest phone ever to […]

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