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This T9 Keyboard Puts Old School Texting on Your iPhone

Nowadays, you can put third-party keyboards on iOS 8, but back in Ye Olden Days of mobile phones (anything pre-Blackberry *shudder* *vomit*) there wasn’t much choice when it came to tapping out texts. If you wanted to send a message, you used T9, a predictive keyboard style where you’d press numbers on the dialpad to…

Microsoft Office Just Got Way Better on the iPhone

Do you like using work and productivity apps on your mobile device? Yeah, me neither, but Microsoft wants to change our minds with its new—free—apps for iPhone and for Android tablets. Until now, if you wanted to use Office apps on your iPhone you were ushered into the sad existence known as “Microsoft Office Mobile,”…

New Malware Infects Macs and Then iPhones via USB

A team of security researchers has discovereda new malware campaign called WireLurker that targets Apple’s desktop and mobile devices. Currently aimed at Chinese users, the team says it’s “the biggest in scale we have ever seen.” Palo Alto Network explains that the malware has so far infected 467 applications designed for Apple’s Mac OS X…

How I Broke My Last Five Phones

I do not have an iPhone anymore. I don’t plan to buy another one. I adore Apple’s wonderful hunks of glass and aluminum, but I’m like Lennie with a bunny when I have one in my hands: I love it so much and so intensely that I kill it. I remember when I was about…

Watch Apple’s Old Newton PDA Try To Keep Up With an iPhone

It’s been almost two decades since Apple shuttered its Newton platform, which included handwriting recognition support for personal digital assistants. But it’s surprising to see how well the long-forgotten product line has stood the test of time, if not the test of consumer demand. In this fun little video, we see a contemporary iPhone type…

How the iPhone’s UI Would Look If It Acted Like the Apple Watch

One of the most intriguing things about Apple Watch is its non-orthogonal user interface, where app icons are organized in a circular, zoomable jumble. And it turns out the good old iPhone might be able to learn something about legible UI from its smaller, younger cousin. How do we know? Because a developer named Lucas…

Seek Thermal Review: Cheaper Predator Vision For Your Smartphone

What’s better than having a thermal camera capable of finding the freshest cinnamon buns — among other prey? The FLIR ONE accessory gave iPhones Predator-like thermal vision which turned out to be as awesome as it sounds, and now a company called Seek Thermal is promising the same with an iOS and Android-friendly smartphone accessory…

Why Your Old Mac Can’t Use Handoff in OS X Yosemite

One of the coolest features of OS X Yosemite is Handoff, which allows you to transition your app session on an iOS device to a Mac and vice versa. Unfortunately, Handoff isn’t going to work with every Mac. How Handoff works The beauty of Handoff is that it’s easy to use. For starters you’ll need…

The iPhone 6 Finally Made It to China

It’s taken Apple a little while to take its latest phone to China. But, as a Wall Street Journal correspondent points out, now it’s there, reaction to its arrival seems to be “decidedly low-key.” Just 100 or so fanboys waited in line outside the Beijing Apple store this morning, ready to pick up their pre-ordered…

This Inductive Charger Makes Powering Up Your iPhone Beautiful

There are plenty of ways to do the two things that Spira does: Charge your phone and tell you the time. But there’s nothing quite like the device that interaction design student Alice Robbiani has built to combine them—her inductive charger turns your iPhone into an interactive wall clock while it charges. For her thesis…

Ryobi’s New Accessories Turn Your Smartphone Into a Toolbox

It may never be able to slice through a two-by-four or mix cement, but your smartphone can still be a useful tool on a construction site with Ryobi’s new Phone Works accessories, which grant your device new capabilities while taking advantage of its large display. The collection includes eight accessories in all that are designed…

Using iOS 8’s QuickType on Tinder Will Not Get You Laid

Among the worst features of Apple’s iOS 8 is QuickType, a feature that believes it can figure out what you’re going to text someone before you even think of it. It could be magical, instead it’s only good for writing nonsense sentences and mangling famous movie quotes. But maybe, just maybe you can use it…

How Big is Too Big (When It Comes to Smartphones)?

I’ve long maintained that any phone with a screen size over 4.2 inches is stupid and pointless, and then promptly went out and got an iPhone 6. It seems, though, that everyone’s acceptance of what the maximum screen size is varies pretty massively. There’s been a steady and well-documented rise in average phone screen sizes:…

People really hated getting U2’s new album on their iPhone. How many? Presumably all of the 81 million people who, according to Eddy Cue, were unfortunate enough to find the songs on their phone.

Microsoft’s Xim Is the Easiest Way to Share Photos To Friends’ Phones

Smartphones have all but replaced a digital camera for most users, but easily sharing those snaps is still a problem. Creating online galleries, emailing photos, or even crowding around a tiny display are all less than ideal ways to share. So Microsoft’s researchers created Xim, a surprisingly simple way to create temporary photo slideshows that…

So Far iOS 8 Is Apple’s Least Successful Update in Years

One of Apple’s favorite sticks to poke Android with has always been the sluggish upgrade rate of new versions of Google’s OS. While Apple’s still got the ‘droid handily beat in that respect, it looks like Apple might have a growing problem on its hands with iOS 8 adoption. As measured by Apple’s own metrics,…

Alleged iPhone 6 Prototype Is Going for $86,000 on Ebay

Someone is selling what they claim is an iPhone 6 prototype on auction at Ebay; as of this posting, bids are currently over $86,000. The photos show the phone running a different version of the iOS software, one that looks similar to the factory test mode software shown in previous leaked images of prototypes. The…

Tell Us About Your iPhone 6 Plus So Far

Well, Goldilocks, you’ve had about two weeks or less with your new, super sized iPhone 6 Plus, and we’re a little curious as to how things are going. Is it too big? Too small? Or is it just right? The iPhone 6 Plus climbed its way up to the top of phablet mountain with a…

iOS App Flic Is Basically Tinder For Your Photo Library

Scrolling through your phone’s camera roll can often feel more like a messy filing cabinet than a beautiful gallery of life’s moments. Flic is a new app for iOS that lets you easily and rapidly get rid of those bum shots for a well-kept photographic record. Flic uses an ultra-simple interface to confront you with…

It Looks Like Camera Roll Is Coming Back to iOS 8

Apple’s throwing us a bone, folks. Despite the seemingly never-ending hiccups of iOS 8, the company has apparently decided to respond to overwhelming demand and reintroduce the much-missed Camera Roll feature in iOS 8.1. It’s a little unclear exactly what this means, however. Mention of the Camera Roll magically and quietly appeared in the iOS…