iOS 5 is alive, packing a raft of new features — you no longer need to plug your iPhone or iPad into your computer to sync and update. Software updates will now be beamed to your phone automatically over the air, and you can sync your stuff to iTunes over Wi-Fi, so you may never …

Unless you were sleeping under rock a yesterday, you heard that iOS 5 is official and coming to an iDevice near you this fall. (Here’s a brief tour of what’s inside.) Although CNET’s Kent German thinks Apple took only “baby steps” with the new OS, I think there’s a lot to like. In fact, at the risk of sounding like …

Welcome to the 411, my column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have similar queries, too. At times, I might solicit answers from readers if I’m stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at [email protected]. If you …

The HTC ChaCha has finally been called to the dancefloor, and is slinking down the stairs with its gorgeous partner, the Three network. We’ve known for several months that Three would offer the Facebook-centric smart phone in June, and the network has started swinging its snake-like hips sooner rather than later. It’s available free on £20 per month contracts, or …

Perhaps in response to Apple’s little iCloud announcement yesterday, Microsoft posted new details about a couple of features coming to its cloud-based SkyDrive storage service with the Windows Phone Mango update. This includes: The option to share photos stored on SkyDrive via e-mail, text, and IM and the ability to upload videos to the cloud. Previously, Microsoft revealed that the …

Sony Ericsson has just taken the wraps off its new Experience Pack, a hardware and software bundle designed specifically for the Xperia Play. The kit features the DK300 multimedia dock; a pair of cables (pocket USB, audio); and up to three games from Gameloft. In addition to charging the Xperia Play, the dock turns the phone into a desktop radio, …

It’s been a busy day for Apple, packing loads of nifty new features into new software for just about every kind of Apple device going. iPhones, iPads, iPods, iMacs and MacBooks all have a host of new features in iOS 5, iCloud and Mac OS X Lion, so we’ve rounded up all everything you need to know about the new …

AT&T may need to knock on a few doors and place a few calls to get back nearly a billion dollars it payed to states and other governments on behalf of its wireless customers. That’s one of the requirements of a class-action settlement approved last week over taxes the company is alleged to have levied improperly for wireless data. Lawyers …

Apple According to tech blogger Robert Scoble, as reported by TechCrunch, despite Apple not announcing a major voice activation upgrade during WWDC, the technology will still be included in the public iOS 5 release. Voice integration has been a major part of iOS 5 rumors all spring and according to TechCrunch: “At least three of our original sources on this …

Apple’s trio of productivity apps, collectively known as iWork, is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch. Keynote, Pages and Numbers have been available on the iPad, another iOSdevice, since last year, but they’ve now been tweaked to work on smaller screens.  iWork for the iPhone and iPod touch fully utilises multi-touch gestures for all the panning and zooming you’ll have to do when navigating large documents. A ‘smart …