Apple tends to release little more than bare-bones specs for most of their mobile products. Beyond basic dimensions, battery life, and supported multimedia formats, there’s not a lot to find. That requires some heavy lifting by others to determine, and sometimes you wonder if they’re looking at the wrong things. First there’s the inevitable teardown. […]

All right, so I wasn’t the first person on this block (or any other block) to get an iPhone 4s. I felt no rush to upgrade, but finally decided that I might as well get one, inasmuch as my two-year contract with AT&T was up, I was enriched with a new ad deal, and they […]

For several years, I have written at great length about the problems that arise when Consumer Reports tackles tech gear. Yes, the magazine has a stellar reputation, in large part because tested products are all bought retail, they don’t take ads from other companies, and don’t even allow those companies to quote CR reviews in […]

There have been some stories in recent weeks suggesting that Apple is readying an all-new iPhone 5 for introduction at the WWDC this June. This is the “real” iPhone upgrade that so many industry pundits suggested Apple would deliver last October, only Apple doesn’t operate by the same timetable they do. To them, the iPhone […]