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Mediocrity Rules! Why the iPhone’s Crummy Camera Is Flickr’s Favorite.

Peter Kafka in Media on August 18, 2009 at 3:28 pm PT

Flickr is one of the Web’s most popular photo-sharing sites. Flickr users’ camera of choice? The iPhone–even though the image isn’t great, the flash is nonexistent, and the only way to zoom is to move your hand closer.

New iPhone Is Better Model–Or Just Get OS 3.0

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on June 17, 2009 at 10:00 am PT

Apple’s new iPhone 3G S and OS 3.0 offer plenty of new features. But the software may be enough of a boost to keep many users from buying the new model, Walt Mossberg writes.

myTouch? Seriously?

John Paczkowski in News on June 17, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

T-Mobile’s follow-up to the G1 is finally on its way to market. The carrier is expected to announce details of its second Android-based handset next week with an eye toward launching it later this summer. Called the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, the device is similar in design to the HTC Magic, an Android device currently sold by Vodafone UK.