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    The Next Apple Event: No Surprises?

    September 1st, 2017

    So have we at all reached the point with Apple where they have a harder time surprising us? I suppose it seems so with all of the speculation about future product announcements. Well, sometimes Apple feeds a few tidbits, I suspect, possibly on background to selected reporters, and possibly in the hints they drop with […]


    Worrying About Features That Don’t Exist

    August 29th, 2017

    Here we go again. Yet another story about an alleged iPhone 8 feature that is just bound to be dangerous. The disconnect is so obvious that you wonder how some so-called responsible publications manage to publish such wacky stories and imagine they make sense. So let’s put this in perspective. The alleged iPhone 8 is […]


    Odds and Ends of Apple Critics Being Wrong

    August 18th, 2017

    In yesterday’s column, I cited stats that indicated that the iPhone 7 was surprisingly successful in the June quarter, with sales slightly above last year, and ahead of every other smartphone on the planet. These are the kinds of numbers that continue to cement Apple’s position in the market. So even though Android rules the […]


    The Alleged iPhone 8 — Imitation Not Innovation?

    March 3rd, 2017

    Last year, we were told that the iPhone 7 would be a subpar upgrade. It would offer a case design quite similar to the iPhone 6s, and that’s all she (or he) wrote. It didn’t matter that the new model was water-resistant, had a better camera (or cameras with the iPhone 7 Plus) and other […]