Month: April 2013

CowBoom offers the used 3rd-generation Apple iPad 16GB WiFi 9.7″ Tablet in Black, model no. MC705LL/A, for $349.99. Coupon code “iPad50″ cuts it to $299.99. With free shipping, that’s $40 under our February mention of this item used and the lowest total price we’ve ever seen for an iPad with […] Read the original post…

A recent survey produced some fairly promising results for iPhone’s future in the U.S. About half of respondents said they were using an Android phone, and only about 30% iPhone. The same amount (42%) said they would go with either Android and iOS for their next smartphone. Though that sounds […] Read the original post…

Smartphones outshipped feature phones for the first time in Q1 2013, with the iPhone reaching a new first-quarter personal high for shipments. Apple had the second-highest number of smartphones shipped, coming in behind Samsung. IDC noted that the iPhone did experience a slowdown in growth compared to the same quarter […] Read the original post…

The Focusrite Forte audio interface delivers two channels of clean, professional-level recording and playback to both PCs and Macs, but it’s not as effective at remote recording thanks to its AC-power requirement. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

InSSIDer is a great tool for wireless networking novices to gain insight into their wireless network and to tweak performance due to its easy-to-understand interface and abundance of help and tutorials. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The Ergotech VersaStand is a compelling iPad stand that is equal parts form and function, but you’ll pay a premium for the design. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The flexible NYNE NH-5000 speaker dock offers iOS docking and wireless Bluetooth audio at a nice price, but it has some design flaws and sound quality is only average. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Device sales terms T-Mobile pairs with its Simple Choice plans are more complex than they appear, says Washington State’s attorney general. Read the original post by Rounak Jain

Apple this week posted its first profit slip in 10 years, while competitor Samsung posted a 42 percent income jump to $6.4 billion. Read the original post by Rounak Jain

I’m a huge fan of Dropbox, the online service and app that together let you keep files synchronized between multiple computers, the Dropbox website, and even your iOS devices thanks to the Dropbox iOS app (and many third-party iOS apps that use Dropbox for storing files). Like many of my […] Read the original post…

Take a look at this eWEEK slide show to find out why Apple’s most successful years may be behind it. Read the original post by Rounak Jain