Here’s my question about the iPhone’s built-in podcast manager: why, oh why, won’t it check your podcast subscriptions for new episodes and download them automatically, just like Google’s stellar Podcasts app for Android phones can? Sure, you...
About the size of a standard thumbdrive, the second-generation AirStash comes with a clever trick up its sleeves: the ability to wirelessly share your videos, photos, music, and other documents with an iPhone, iPad, or just about any Wi-Fi-enabled gadget with a web...
Want to use an actual keyboard with your iPhone or iPad? Here’s a clever idea: a pair of plastic clips that snap onto Apple’s wireless keyboard and hold your iDevice at just the right angle for typing. What is it? Dubbed Wingstand, we’re basically...
Smaller, lighter, and—most importantly of all—way cheaper than the iPad, Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet is shipping at last, and mine appeared on my doorstep early Tuesday morning. I haven’t had the chance to thoroughly test the $200 Fire, of course;...
Ever have nightmares of leaving your iPhone in a taxi cab or at a crowded Starbucks—or even worse, that a thief might sneak it out of your pocket? Me too. Enter Kensington and its BungeeAir Power, a $99 mobile security system that includes a key fob that’s...
So, ready to trade in your TV remote—or remotes, as the case may be—for a smartphone or tablet? The new Logitech Harmony Link lets you do just that, although using your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone to change the channel or turn down the volume takes some getting...
So, which of the three new Kindles—the full-color Fire, the touchscreen Kindle Touch, or the non-touch Kindle with the bargain-basement $79 price tag—do you find most enticing? Personally, I’m voting for the $79 Kindle, which marks the smallest, lightest, and...
On the outside, it looks like your typical, bulky backpack: it’s big, it’s black (or red or blue, depending on the color you pick), and it’s got lots of zippers and fancy ergonomic padding. On the inside, though, the Powerbag has a secret weapon: a...
Former Apple boss Steve Jobs famously dismissed the idea of using a stylus with a touchscreen as he unveiled the very first iPhone, but that doesn’t mean there’s a rule against using a stylus with your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. Press reps from...
Ever tote around your earbuds in a pocket, or in your purse? I know I do—or I used to, anyway, until I’d finally had enough of untangling the knots that those nettlesome earbud cords always managed to tie themselves into. Enter AppleCore, a clever little cord...
