by Lance Whitney Share Once your iPad’s battery conks out, Apple will give you a new device, but it’ll cost you. As with the iPhone, the rechargeable lithium-polymer battery in the soon-to-be-released Apple iPad is not user-replaceable, meaning you have to send the gadgets to Apple for servicing. And under the iPad Battery Replacement Service you’ll get a new [...]

Just under a week after Apple’s media event, iPhone OS 3.1.3 is now available for both iPhone and iPod touch. The update comes after Apple released iPhone OS 3.2, which is iPad exclusive, to developers in its ADC network. As expected by many, this new update includes no new features however it does come packed with a few security fixes. Including: - Improves accuracy of reported battery [...]

by Martin LaMonica Share Apple has its eye on the sun as a source of energy for iPods. Company employees have applied for a patent relating to powering electronic devices using integrated solar cells, the Patently Apple site has uncovered. Called Power Management Circuitry and Solar Cells, the application dates back to August 2008 and was officially published Thursday. It appears, [...]

by Darren Murph posted Sep 17th 2009 at 9:12AM Practically all summer, the buzz surrounding TomTom’s forthcoming iPhone GPS app was near deafening. But said noise apparently didn’t penetrate the labs at Navigon, as that very outfit has produced what’s easily the most full-featured option on the market today. Just a week after updating the already-great app with text-to-speech, [...]

Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:43 am Categories: E-commerce, General, Mobile, Security Tags: Bank, Security, Mobile, Mobile Banking, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Sam Diaz The popularity of mobile applications for the Blackberry, iPhone and others has given new life to the concept of mobile banking – and the banks out there are pushing their customers to give it a try. Mintel [...]