The latest Apple chatter suggests an upgrade is on the way for the iPod Touch - and that could mean the company's new mobile operating system iOS 5 running on it.

Mobile phones often double for other practical devices - camera, clock, calendar - and now a credit card.

The book-selling battle on the iPhone is heating up as Barnes & Noble Monday announced the launch of the B&N Bookstore application for the popular Apple device.

When grandkids ask their grandparents, years from now, "Where were you when you heard that MIchael Jackson died?" a surprising number of them will respond, "On Twitter." Or, on my iPhone, or my BlackBerry or my laptop.

It's not often a car concept gets inspires by a mobile phone, but according to a report over at product-reviews, this has happens with the Chrysler 200C concept which will utilise the iQ Power touch-screen system, and it is this system that has been inspired by none other than the Apple iPhone.

As an iPod Classic or iPod nano user, you can download what are called Notecasts (free or paid titles are available), or you can develop your own rich media content, and post it to the Notecast site so others can see it.

The new iPod Shuffle might be able to tell you what song you're listening to, but only through official sanctioned headphones.

A German company called PearC is selling a variety of configurable Mac clones. Despite the legal trouble Psystar is having with Apple, PearC believes that a German law about the enforceability of EULAs might keep it out of hot water.

Like a stoic chess player, Apple gives nothing away, but the hints are there as to what could be next. And naturally, there's no shortage of speculation.

Parrot recently teamed with designer Philippe Starck to unveil some stylish and rather pricey wireless iPod speakers. These speakers are known as Zikmu and they will price around $1,500 when they become available this spring.

With the launch of MacBook Air, an improved iPhone and smashing sales in the App Store, Apple sliced through the global economic gloom of 2008 and turned in a solid year.

Rumors about the Apple Mac mini go both ways. Some indicate that Apple will actually discontinue the little box others actually say we would see a new one this month.

iTalk, you talk, we all talk, but now you can record it all on your iPhone, iPhone 3G, and 2nd generation iPod touch. The new Griffin iTalk app turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a compact recording unit. With the two-part download, users can create high-quality recordings, and then transfer the recordings to a Mac or PC.

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That's the $150 billion question and the crux of a simmering debate between Apple fans, Apple customers, Apple investors and Wall Street.

A new beta of iPhone OS 2.2 was briefly posted last night as Apple released an updated iPhone developer NDA. However, from what we have heard from developers we know, the download wouldn't work was removed shortly after it was made available.

NOTEBOOKS have been cutting hard into traditional desktop PC sales in the past few years as buyers opted for a neat, all in-one box as their main PC.

Pop quiz. You announce the hawt new tic-tac-tile handset in May for a Summer release yet Summer comes and goes, and one of the largest carriers in one of the largest geekphone markets in the world (that'd be AT&T in the USA) keeps rejecting your firmware - over and over again.

The Any-Network device is currently the only way you can unlock the New iPhone 3g phones.

Research In Motion (NSDQ: RIMM)'s co-CEO implied the BlackBerry Bold continues to be delayed because it's still being tested to ensure that it doesn't have the same 3G connectivity problems that plagued the iPhone 3G earlier this summer.