Airlines get ready to test fledging Wi-Fi in flight

Computerworld looks at the status of in-flight Wi-Fi at several carriers that plan to add wireless connectivity on board their planes.

Two steps forward and one big step backing upRob Griffiths ponders one unwelcome change in the new iPhone 2.0 software.
Kerio MailServer supports iPhone ‘push’Kerio MailServer supports the iPhone's new "push" capabilities.

Secrets of Mac trackpad, from iBook to MacBook Air
Depending on which Mac laptop you have, there are up to 10 specialized trackpad functions you can use to make navigating the screen, Mac OS X and various applications faster and easier. Computerworld’s Ryan Faas takes a look at each of them.
Essential mobile gear
As a Macworld editor, I’m often asked what I pack in my laptop bag; here’s a look at the kinds of accessories that are on my must-have on-the-go list, along with some specific examples of them.
Fix and prevent iPhone freezes and crashes
Freezes and crashes are generic iPhone problems that can occur in any iPhone software, from Safari to Maps. In this excerpt from Take Control of Your iPhone, Ted Landau explains how to recover from freezes and crashes and how to avoid them in the first place.
Fitting your files on a MacBook Air
If you’ve ordered a MacBook Air, you’ve got some storage decisions to make. The 80GB of storage that ships with this thin notebook goes against the trend of higher-capacity hard drives. But not to worry—Joe Kissell has some advice on how to make sure all your vital files and applications fit on your new laptop.
Mobile Mac: The portable hotspot
If you travel with colleagues for business trips, or if your multiple-Mac family brings its laptops on vacation, getting Internet access for everyone can be an exercise in configuration frustration. There is an alternative: a cellular router.

Bus-powered hard drives and older Mac laptops
Macworld Lab tests a plethora of older Macs to see how they handle bus-powered USB portable hard drives.
iPhone cases: Incase Fitted Sleeve and Uniea U-Suit
The new iPhones may be on the horizon, but that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about the “old” ones. We take a look at two cases, one from Incase, the other from Uniea.
Review: My Passport Studio portable hard drive
The My Passport Studio is a portable hard drive that’s bus powered—it doesn’t include a power adapter. The drive ships in a Mac-friendly format, and works with Leopard’s built-in disk back up utility, Time Machine.
Review: Little Big Disk Quadra 500GB portable hard drive
LaCie’s Little Big Disk Quadra is a high capacity, portable storage device that can be powered off of a FireWire connection. It will cost you considerably more than a similar capacity desktop drive, but its RAID configuration helps keep the drive competitive with desktop drives in terms of performance.
Review: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 USB modem
The Sierra Wireless Compass 597 is the ultimate cellular data modem combo. The device folds high-speed data access and GPS service into a tiny USB cell modem and pairs it with new Mac OS X software that takes full advantage of the new hardware.

Two steps forward and one big step backing up
Rob Griffiths ponders one unwelcome change in the new iPhone 2.0 software.
Comparing prices: Mac vs. Windows laptops
Think Macs costs more than PCs? PC World’s James A. Martin compares the cost of Mac laptops to their Windows-based equivalents.
The iPhone as money
This week’s iPhone 3G news has Christopher Breen daydreaming of a future where the phone’s ability to know where it is and be able to purchase stuff based on location leads to new possibilities.
Most important WWDC announcement: GPS on iPhone
The Industry Standard argues that GPS, and not 3G connectivity, is the most important news coming out of Monday's keynote.
Computerworld: How the 17-inch MacBook Pro won me over
Computerworld’s Ryan Faas was skeptical about Apple’s largest laptop model. But a little time with the 17-inch MacBook Pro convinced him to rethink his stance.