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Google has been fine-tuning its mobile in-browser Gmail experience on the iPhone and iPod Touch for years, and over the course of time, the addition here and modification there has added up to a very usable in-box experience in the spirit of Gmail on the desktop, if not its identical feature sets and dimensions. This [...]

Apple has launched an online Apple Store in China. Opening for business yesterday, the new Chinese version of the Apple Store lets customers in China buy iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other Apple products online. Beyond providing the traditional Apple lineup, the store is also selling certain third-party products. Apple is offering free shipping and discounts [...]

Earlier today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed FaceTime for Mac, a beta version of the FaceTime video chat app that came to iPhone 4 this past June. One of our biggest complaints about FaceTime for iPhone was that it restricted video chat participants to those who own an iPhone 4. Today’s beta software exponentially opens [...]

As if it weren’t already a breeze to spend money on Amazon, the retail giant’s updated Amazon for iPhone app just made it even easier to instantly shell out for wares. The latest version of Amazon Mobile, 1.2.8, contains a barcode scanner in its search screen. As with barcode scanners in other mobile apps, Amazon [...]

Apple will release the first major upgrade to the iOS 4 mobile operating system on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Apple lists a number of enhancements and features that will be added with iOS 4.1, but the things that make iOS 4.1 a critical update are buried in the Apple fine print. In announcing the upcoming iOS [...]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs today — in the midst of a blitz of consumer-oriented announcements such as video rentals in iTunes, a new touch-based iPod music player model, and an online multiuser gaming service — introduced a new version of its mobile OS and a new version of the iPod Touch. Of interest to IT [...]

If an iPhone does appear on Verizon, don’t expect Apple to change its antenna design, an expert said today. “The antenna could care less what the modulation technique is,” said Spencer Webb, an antenna engineer with nearly a dozen patents to his credit, and the president of AntennaSys , a mobile device antenna design and [...]

Details have emerged about Intel’s upcoming Medfield chip platform for smartphones, which is due for release in 2011 and will succeed the company’s existing Moorestown platform, which was originally announced in May. The Medfield platform will include a power-efficient version of the Atom processor, which will be integrated inside a chip code-named Penwell, according to [...]

Apple maintains that complaints about the iPhone 4′s antenna design and reception were overblown. But an executive in charge of device hardware engineering has parted ways with Apple, according to media reports. Mark Papermaster, who joined Apple in 2009 as senior vice president of devices hardware, is no longer with Apple, according to a report [...]

RIM revealed the BlackBerry Torch 9800 this week with much fanfare, but with mixed reviews and a lukewarm reception. The launch of the BlackBerry Torch seems déjà vu — reminiscent of the hype and reception of the Palm Pre which ultimately turned out to be Palm’s swan song. The Torch is supposed to catapult the [...]