While this morning’s event fails to generate the excitement of Apple’s annual iPhone announcement at its WWDC event in June, the unveiling of the new iPhone OS is perhaps a better indication of what to expect from Apple’s smartphone in 2010 than the hardware reveals. So, based on what you saw this morning, will you …

A set of Cool Feet will run you $12.95. BlueLounge On its Web site, BlueLounge has a quote from Albert Einstein that says, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but simpler.” Well, when it comes to accessories, the company’s Cool Feet ($12.95) product, which was initially designed to raise a laptop just enough to “allow a constant cooling …

The Wave was the first handset to be announced with Samsung’s new operating system for not-so-smart phones, Bada. With four new Bada phones leaked at a developers’ conference in Russia, as reported by PhoneReport.info, the Wave looks like it will be the crest of the Bada swell. The four phones seem like they’ll be cheaper than the Wave, which has a stunning …

Before many tech journalists even had a moment to sleep from the nonstop iPad coverage, Apple sent out a notice that it would be updating the world on iPhone OS 4. One anticipated feature is an option for a global in-box. You’re probably going to see a lot of predictions for the upcoming release. In the meantime, here are the …

Even though Sprint was one the first carriers in the country to offer a femtocell solution to its customers, its Airave device was not able to support 3G service. So while your voice calls would improve, your data signal would be the same as before. (The Airave does provide coverage for the 1x network, however.) Now it seems that Sprint …

What iPhone OS 4 feature do you want the most?answers Tomorrow’s the big day: At 10 a.m. (PT) Thursday, Apple will give the world a sneak peek at iPhone OS 4. Exciting, no? Earlier today, CNET’s Erica Ogg offered her take on what’s in store for OS 4, including both expected additions like multitasking and longshots like Flash support. Once …

MetroPCS announced Tuesday a new feature that will deliver text messages of your voice mail messages straight to your cell phone. When a caller leaves a voice mail, the message will be converted to text format and sent to your messaging in-box. Users still can access the audio version of the message in the normal manner, but they’ll also get …

Both Microsoft and Apple have events coming up in the next week. Apple will have its iPhone OS 4 announcement on Thursday and Microsoft will reveal why “it’s time to share” next Monday. Plus we dish about new Android phones (the HTC Incredible anyone?), cheaper Palms, what we think about cell phone radiation, and more. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed …

The whole Blu-ray format’s been a mess from the very beginning. We can’t, therefore, quite suppress a derisory smirk at the announcement of two new Blu-ray disc specifications, neither of which will work with your current player: BDXL and IH-BD. BDXL discs will more than double the existing 50GB capacity of Blu-ray discs. Write-once BDXL discs will allow up to 128GB of data to be stored, …

Last December, just as I returned from covering the first flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Seattle, I learned that a longtime friend was diagnosed with brain cancer. He had collapsed that day at work and was in the hospital awaiting immediate removal of his tumor. Needless to say, it was a distressing few days, but the surgery was …