Macworld’s Jonny Evans reports that “Google has confirmed it has seen 50 times more searches from the iPhone than from any other mobile handset. ‘We thought it was a mistake and made our engineers check the logs again,’ Vic Gundotra, head of Google’s mobile operations told the Financial Times at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.” Evans also indicates that O2 “recently confirmed the iPhone to be driving ‘unheard of data traffic’ on the mobile network.”

“The best recent advance in the mobile telecommunications user space came not from a mobile telecom company but from Apple Inc. — the iPhone.” That, according to David Benjamin (EE Times) was the conclusion reached by a “blue-ribbon panel of human behavior and technology experts at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.” And, Benjamin points out, “Anup Murarka, director of technical marketing for Adobe, cited a study showing that 77 percent of iPhone purchasers described themselves as “very satisfied” with their user experience.”

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If my hunch is correct,” writes Julio Ojeda-Zapata (TwinCities.com), “business-class airliner cabins will be filled with corporate types whipping out their MacBook Airs for work amid admiring glances from seatmates.” MacBook Air, after all, “is one sexy portable,” a laptop that “screams luxury with its extra-bright display (a newfangled light-emitting-diode variant) and a full-size, backlit keyboard that has a great, firm feel.” Ojeda-Zapata suggests that “business types needing ultraportability with style and comfort won’t be able to resist the Air. They can even wedge Windows in there (I did so with no trouble).”

Apple TV remains “a fantastic way for people to get their iTunes-purchased movies, music and TV shows from their computers onto their living room TVs.” And now “what’s even better” about Apple TV Take Two, concludes Jason Chen (Gizmodo) “is that it doesn’t require a computer to function. People can plop down an Apple TV into their homes and rent movies, listen to iTunes music, sync up with their grandchildren’s Flickr or .Mac streams, or just waste an hour surfing YouTube.”

“With its enhanced iTunes video offerings, PC-free operation, and a lower price tag,” John P. Falcone (CNET) concludes that “the updated Apple TV is a compelling Internet-enabled entertainment device for the living room” and awards the product an Excellent 8.0 out of 10 rating.

Mike Wendland (Detroit Free Press) was “impressed but skeptical” at first. But the skepticism quickly passed after he had the opportunity to take MacBook Air out for a flight test. It’s “an absolute delight to look at and to use,” but it’s “the convenience of the MacBook Air that I think has been underreported,” Wendland observes. “For the corporate worker who runs from meeting to meeting, this is the gadget you want. It’s not much bigger than a legal pad in a binder. And, with Wi-Fi now being standard in most of the corporate world, you have full access to your calendar, your address book, e-mail and the Internet, so you’re never out of touch.”

Christopher Breen (macworld.com) takes us on a tour of Apple TV that begins with downloading the software update and ends with the big question—”How’s it look?” To which Breen responds, “Darned good.” After renting Live Free or Die Hard. Breen reports that “ the picture is great on my 42-inch Panasonic plasma display. With a digital audio cable connected to my AV receiver the movie caused the receiver’s 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio light to glow and the resulting sound was bigger than anything I’ve heard come out of the box previously.”

From Breakfast At Tiffany’s to Once to Shakespeare in Love, you’ll find plenty of perfectly romantic titles to rent from iTunes. And now that the Apple TV software update is available, you can browse, choose, and rent your Valentine’s evening movie right from a cozy corner of your sofa. Come see how easy it is to update your Apple TV.

Apple today introduced Aperture 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software. Featuring an improved interface, faster browsing, and enhanced image processing, Aperture 2 delivers more than 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use, and more powerful than ever. Thanks to its new low price of $199, anyone can easily organize, edit, and publish photos like a pro. Owners of previous versions of the software can upgrade to Aperture 2 for just $99.