From Omghaute: Spring is here, so that means that it is time to start thinking about switching over the closet for the warmer weather and reassessing our wardrobes once again! This can be a somewhat daunting task for some people, but it doesn’t have to be. I’m trying something new this year and using the TouchCloset iPhone application to help me organize my wardrobe. More »

Since 2007, Apple has refreshed the iPhone in June-July. The Wall Street Journal suggests that Apple has two new models coming, one at the same time frame this summer, and that a fall version is for CDMA carrier Verizon. More »

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Qauntcast estimates that Digg receives just shy of 23 million visits per month –making Digg one of the most viewed websites on the internet. Bloggers know how significantly Digg can boost their traffic if their posts make the front page. To make Digging easier, TapTapTap has an application for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. More »

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Beating the chiefs from Ford, JPMorgan, Netflix, and Oracle (among others), Steve Jobs has been crowned by Barrons as the “Most Respected CEO” in America. During the recession, Apple has soared thanks to Jobs’ ideas and drive. Barrons credits him for Apple’s reinvention beginning in the late 1990s when the company was in financial trouble. More »

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Very publicly, Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt were amateurishly photographed having java at Calafia, whose proprietor is an ex-Google chef. All of the reported animosity between the Apple chief and the Google CEO are apparently overblown… More »

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Geohot (George Hotz), the eminent iPhone jailbreaker and recent Sony PS3 hacker, has achieved a jailbreak method that untethers all tethered iPhone models. He thinks that the hack will work for the iPad too. More »

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In 2009, overall video game sales revenues declined from by $1.1 billion down to $9.9 billion total, but Apple’s share quintupled from 1% to 5%. In the portable gaming breakdown (where it really matters to Apple), Apple’s surge is even more dramatic: from 5% in 2008 to 19% last year. More »

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With Sprint’s new 4G network, mobile surfers can finally access the net at fast speeds. The Overdrive 3G/4G wireless hotspot is a Sprint device that enables up to 5 wireless computers, phones, e-readers, etc. to access 4G rates. Sprint’s commercial features the 3G limited AT&T Apple iPhone… More »

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Legendary Shigeru Miyamoto says that he is devoting lots of energy into educational efforts for the Nintendo DS. Some Japanese students already use the handheld gaming system for learning (pictured above) in the classroom. When the new school year begins, Nintendo will introduce elementary and junior high schools to the DS as an educational tool, although exactly how this process will be implemented has not been documented to the public. More »

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I feel for Jon Rubinstein. His company was the pioneer of the smartphone forerunner, the PDA (although Apple’s Newton started it all). In the late 1990s, Palm was an enviable company, but its failure to transition (successfully) its products to the smartphone market has doomed the once glorious creator of numerous beloved PDAs. More »

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Thus declares InfoWorld, and it is a challenge to refute one of the objections raised by writer Galen Gruman, though I would argue that people who tend to pre-order products sight unseen are generally (and in the iPad’s case), not fools, but just impatient and love to consume. More »

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Microsoft’s Mix10 conference confirms many crucial things about the company’s agenda: it is turning into Apple but is late to the game. Droves of smartphone zealots are excited about Windows Phone 7’s prospects, yet much of what Microsoft is doing already exists, and worst of all, quite a few of the complaints about Apple’s iPhone will not be addressed by WP7. More »

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 presentation today unveiled nothing that has not been widely rumored for months: there will be no multitasking; Microsoft’s Marketplace store is the only way to obtain WM7 apps; HTC HD2 will not be upgraded to WM7. In a nutshell, Microsoft is following the strictly isolationist iPhone instead of open source Android (surprise!). In more cheerful news, Samsung, Asus, and LG all demoed WM7 devices. More »

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A survey by Crowd Science indicates that an alarming number of Blackberry owners “definitely or probably would” switch over to iPhone or Android when they make their next purchases. More »

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Even Bill Gates has, on numerous occasions, expressed admiration of the iPhone, although he forbids himself and his family from owning Apple products (those poor souls). Steve Ballmer uses Windows Mobile smartphones, but many of his employees secretly cherish their iPhones. More »

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