Verizon Droid almost enough to give up iPhone
Of all the so-called iPhone killer phones since Apple's ubiquitous device was released, Verizon's Google-powered Droid comes closest to fitting the bill, and, even giving iPhone devotes pause for thought. While the iPhone and its App store are still king, the gap just got closed in a major way. But about that keyboard ...

iCan't stand by and watch Droid ad smear iPhone
Verizon’s ubiquitous “iDon’t” commercial has been peppering TV for weeks now. It makes two conventional mistakes in advertising. It’s not clear that it’s an ad for the Verizon Droid phone, a remarkable new handset made by Motorola and the first phone to ship with Version 2.0 of the Google Android mobile OS. It’s clearly designed to compete against iPhone. It's a fine fone. But the ads are another story.

Not all iPhone GPS navigation apps are created equal

I guess I’m a man of Faith after all. I gave away my Garmin Nüvi GPS navigator earlier this year. I’d lent it to my sister for a 1200-mile road trip with the kids. When the time came for her to hand it back, she dropped a lot of hints about how grateful she was and how indispensible the GPS had been and how she’s always getting lost, particularly when driving her children to get their educations and their occasional medical checkups and ...

Windows 7 is a triumph in the operating system's line
Andy Ihnatko: I found Windows 7, officially released Thursday, to be confusing and disorienting from the very start. I felt lost: where was the familiar sensation of pain, frustration and rage that has acted as the compass guiding me through every Windows experience I’ve had since my school days?

7 reasons Apple fans would love Microsofts's Windows 7

Windows 7 isn’t merely a poke in the eye with a slightly blunter stick than what we’re used to getting from Windows. It’s a tremendously positive $119 update that makes your PC easier to use, easier to maintain, and puts more of your hardware and software’s power up at the surface where you can make the most of it.

LongBox digital comics store adds to Apple tablet frenzy
Andy Ihnatko: Apple’s upcoming tablet computer (whoops, “rumored” upcoming tablet) just got a little more interesting: there are signs that the company is getting into the digital comic book market. Which is tantamount to saying “Apple is helping to create a digital comic book market.”

The Sidekick server meltdown should be a surprise to no one
Andy Ihnatko: There are more than a million Sidekick smartphones in the US, and a single set of servers keeps them all running. Well, last weekend, this set of servers collectively stepped on a rake and was thwacked across the face by a five-foot-long handle of white ash and it’s been lying motionless on the lawn ever since.