The latest hotly anticipated "app phone" -- one of those devices that can download thousands of free or cheap add-on programs, or apps -- is the Motorola Droid, which Verizon will offer on Friday.

"Try, try again" is definitely what Motorola, HTC and the BlackBerry folks are up to.

Windows 7 comes out today. And if the programmers at Microsoft have any strength left at all, they are high-fiving.

This week, after many delays, Garmin and AT&T have unveiled a new candidate for the Gadget Combo Hall of Fame: GPS + cell phone.

Here's a case study of two companies' approaches to making the most of widgets -- radio, scores, headlines and other Web goodies wirelessly grabbed from the Internet.