As names go, “phablet” is butt ugly. It represents the clumsy marriage of a tablet and a smartphone, or perhaps just a halfway point between the two. Regardless, the biggest thing the phablet has going for it, so far as the companies who make them are concerned, is the fact that Apple isn’t making one. […]

The media can’t stop telling Apple what to do, even if they don’t know themselves. Just this week, there was an article from a major British IT publication that claimed that Apple is essentially doomed if a genuine cheap iPhone isn’t released post-haste. Or even sooner. In the real world, Apple has said over and […]

In recent days, it has become more and more evident that at least some tech companies, such as Samsung, are engaged in gutter fighting, in part, by faking benchmarks with software tricks. To some, having the gadget that scores better must be a badge of honor. I understand that this phenomenon is particularly evident in […]

No doubt any list of the five or ten worst or best of something-or-other is apt to attract attention. It’s not just on the David Letterman show; tech writers have eagerly embraced this gimmick. There are the ten worst or best apps, smartphones — you get the picture. But since Apple is almost always in the crosshairs, […]