The iPhone Finds Its Voice

The iPhone 4S is one of Apple’s less dramatic updates, but, when combined with the Siri, iOS 5 and iCloud features, it presents an attractive new offering to smartphone users, writes Walt.

New Flipboard: News and Posts Handpicked and Shared

A new second generation of Flipboard allows users to create and share their own handsome digital magazines with a few clicks and without any design talent required, says Walt.
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How Apple Gets All the Good Apps

While Apple never creates apps for other mobile systems or devices, its major mobile-platform foes — Google, Amazon and Microsoft — make many of their apps available for Apple devices.
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A Wristwatch Tells When Phone Calls, Emails Arrive

Walt reviews a new $150 digital wristwatch called Pebble that connects to an iPhone or Android phone wirelessly and displays notifications and previews of calls, texts, and emails.
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A Way to Share Photos, Files And Money in Black & White

Walt reviews Xsync, an iPhone app that uses QR codes to transfer photos, songs, videos and even money.
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A Maps of the World

Walt answers readers’ questions on the new Google Maps for iPhone.

Google Maps for iPhone Returns Better Than Ever

The new iPhone version of Google Maps isn’t just better than Apple Maps, but also better, in most respects, on the iPhone than it is on Android phones.
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How to Do Spreadsheets on a Tablet

Walt Mossberg answers a reader’s question about working with spreadsheets on the Surface RT tablet.

New Address? Addappt Lets Friends Follow All Your Moves.

Walt Mossberg reviews Addappt’s free service and iPhone app that allows certain people in your address book to automatically update your contact information for them.
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iTunes Gets an Upgrade Without Missing a Beat

The new iTunes 11 upgrade makes significant improvements to the world’s most popular computer program for buying and playing music and videos.
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A Scuffed iPhone 5

Walt answers readers’ questions on the iPhone 5 and iOS 6.

The iPhone Takes to the Big Screen

A Laptop for a College Student

Are Macs More Secure?

Taking Dictation

Take a Note: Typing With No Hands

Alternatives to the iPhone

A Droid Phone With a Battery That Outlasts Most Talkers

For iPad and Mobile Devices, a ‘Port’ out of the Norm

Diabetic Tester That Talks to iPhones and Doctors

Year of the Talking Phone and a Cloud That Got Hot

iPhone Battery Drain

Dialing Up 20 Years of Gadget Reviews

iPad as Cellphone?

The iPhone Finds Its Voice

New Apple Software Adds Features to Older Phones