The iPhone is quickly becoming less a phone and more a computer.

Today, for example, I updated one of the several hundred programs available on the App store. (The iPhone will routinely let you know when a program has a new edition available.) I accepted the update and, halfway through the process, the iPhone froze in place. I tapped the screen. I held down the reset button. I even grabbed a bent paper clip and ejected the SIM card. Nothing.

The best medicine is a hard reset. Hold the reset button (at the very top of the phone) and the home key (the square button right below the touchscreen) for a few second. The phone *will* shut down. The Apple icon will appear and, hopefully, it will begin as new. In my case, my computer finally recognized the iPhone - which it wouldn't do initially - which enabled me to do a restore, available under the iPhone Summary on the iTunes menu.

FYI: My iPhone froze during downloading the "Movies" app. While indie and novice publishers bring more innovation to the machine, we can also expect many, many more errors.