iPhone Halloween apps: Games and sound effects

Eight holiday-themed games and sound-effect makers will help you have a ghoulishly good time.

iPhone Halloween apps: costumes, cards, and carving

A collection of seven Halloween-themed apps for choosing a costume, sending cards, and carving pumpkins.

Reviewed: Four more iPhone 4 hardshell cases

Shells and skins generally cover the back and sides of your iPhone 4, but not its screen, offering moderate protection while letting you use the iPhone in its case. They range from thin, soft-silicone coverings to polycarbonate protection to gaming grips. Here are our reviews of iPhone 4 shells and skins. New reviews this week include Agent 18's EcoShield+, Hard Candy Cases' Bubble Slider, Gumdrop Cases' Surf Slider, and Incase's Slider Case.

Reviewed: Three more iPad skins

Shells and skins cover the back and sides of your iPad, but not the screen, offering moderate protection while letting you use the iPad in its case. This week's iPad-case reviews cover three silicone skins: Hard Candy's Squish Skin, iSkin's Duo, and Speck's PixelSkin.

Review: Nine more folio-style cases for iPad

Folio-style cases offer all-over protection for your iPad, but flip open for easy access. We've got reviews of nine new iPad folios this week: Acme Made's Slick Case, Case-Mate's Venture, Cyber Acoustics' IC-1000BK, Dexim's Elegant Collection for iPad, MacAlly's BookStand, Marware's Eco-Vue, Quirky's Cloak, Sena's ZipBook, and Twelve South's BookBook.

Reviewed: Two specialty iPad cases

We've added two new reviews to to our collection of iPad shells and skins: Ten One Design's Particle Case + Pogo Sketch and ModulR's iPad Case + Cover package.


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What to expect from Apple’s iOS updates

iOS 4.1 is supposed to arrive this week, followed by the 4.2 update in November. If you've got questions about Apple's batch of iOS updates, we'll supply the answers.


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Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference: We’ve got questions

Apple is holding a press conference Friday to discuss the antenna issues surrounding the iPhone 4. Here are the questions we hope the company answers.

Review: 9 iPad shells and skins

Shells and skins, which generally cover the back and sides of your iPad, but not the screen, offer moderate protection while letting you use the iPad without having to remove it from its case. In this week's roundup of iPad-case reviews, we take a look at nine shells and skins.

Answers to your iPhone 4 questions: Odds and ends

The latest round of reader questions covers everything from iPhone 4 hardware to iOS 4 software to just getting your hands on a phone.

Answers to your iPhone 4 questions: Cameras, video, and photos

In our latest round of answering reader questions about the new iPhone and iOS, we turn our attention to the phone's image-capturing capabilities.

Answers to your iPhone 4 questions: FaceTime

A reader wants to know if you can chat via FaceTime with someone in another country. You can.

Answers to your iPhone 4 questions: iOS issues

In the latest round of questions, we tackle some multitasking-related queries and we put your mind to rest about that mysterious icon appearing next to your battery display.

Answers to your iPhone 4 questions: The antenna issue

We kick off our round of answers to your iPhone 4 questions with a tough one -- what's the deal with the phone's diminished reception when you hold it a certain way?

iOS 4: What you need to know

The latest generation of Apple's mobile OS is here, and you have questions about how to upgrade, whether it's going to cost money this time, and what the big deal is. Fortunately, we're ready with answers.

Review: 7 more iPad sleeves

A sleeve protects your iPad inside another bag, such as a backpack, briefcase, or messenger bag. Our latest sleeve reviews cover Sena's Executive iPad Sleeve, Targus's Hughes Leather Portfolio Slipcase for iPad, Acme Made's Skinny Sleeve, Plaid Doctrine's iPad Sleeve, Power Support's Leather Sleeve for iPad, Booq's Boa Skin XS, and Brenthaven's Bill-Fold iPad Sleeve.

iPhone 4: What you need to know

This may be the fourth phone Apple's rolled out in as many years, but there's still plenty of mystery surrounding the newly unveiled iPhone 4. Here's the place for all the answers to your iPhone questions.

AT&T’s new data plans: What you need to know

AT&T will change up its smartphone data plan offerings next week. If you've got questions about how the new options will affect you, then we've got answers.

Review: More iPad bags and packs

Our collection of reviews of iPad bags, packs, and slings grows larger this week. New reviews include Tom Bihn's Synapse, STM's Jacket iPad, Timbuk2's Freestyle Netbook Messenger, Cocoon's Harlem iPad/Netbook Sling, Incase's Travel Kit Plus, Loopbag's Transit iPad Case, Case Logic's Netbook/iPad Attache, and Kensington's Sling Bag.

Review: More iPad zippered sleeves

Zippered sleeves protect your iPad inside another bag, such as a backpack, briefcase, or messenger bag. We've added a number of new reviews of such sleeves.