Happy October, everyone! Wait, why aren’t you smiling? Lack of push notifications got you down? Me too. When Scott Forstall first announced these push notifications in June, I was all giddy inside. It was an inventive way to allow applications to continue their purpose while not running, without consuming those ever important system resources. To more »

With the announcement of the iPhone 3G at WWDC also came the announcement of the iPhone’s expansion into a plethora of new countries. Reuters reports that Russia will now join that list.

Details after the break.

If you live in Singapore and are widely anticipating the launch of the iPhone there, your wait will soon be over. According to a source close to Reuters, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd will be launching the iPhone before the end of the month. Although SingTel announced they would carry the iPhone back in June, we didn’t more »

Even though the iPhone 3G launch didn’t go as smoothly as Apple had hoped, they still managed to sell over 1 million of the phones. Now that most Apple and AT&T stores are currently out of stock (and have lines forming for what little they do have), some people are really cashing in for their more »

Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal recently wrote in his column about ten iPhone apps, in the new app store, that he feels are worth checking out. I think it’s a really great “getting started” guide for those who are overwhelmed or otherwise confused about where to start with the app store.

See Walt’s video commentary after the break.

Six and one-half hours in line at the Apple Store, added to the three hours spent waiting in line at at AT&T store, only to be told that they had run out. Is the white, 16 gig iPhone 3G worth it? Totally. The excitement felt by Ralphie upon receipt of his Red Ryder BB gun is comparable.

Although demand will begin to fall off as time goes on, there are a few tips for eager iPhone fans who have yet to get their hands on one of these amazing devices. Check them out after the break.

Walt Mossberg, personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, has been called “the Kingmaker” by Wired because “few reviewers have held so much power to shape the industry’s success and failures.”

Walt aims his reviews at end users rather than techies, and while he always does his best to stay neutral and would never be called a “fanboy” of any particular technology company, his reviews of Apple products have been generally positive, and one of his reviews, where he called the iMac “the finest desktop PC on the market at any price,” was featured in one of Apple’s famous “Get a Mac” ads.

So, what does Walt think of Apple’s new iPhone 3G? Check out his video review after the break.

New York Times personal technology columnist David Pogue is well known in the tech world for bringing a good deal of humor and satire to his work, and this recent video the did at the Apple Store in Manhattan in anticipation of the iPhone 3G launch has to be one of his best. In the more »