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    Consumer Reports Continues to Lose Credibility

    October 17th, 2013

    Well, the mainstream media has reviewed the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, and given them high ratings. Not perfect, but very good, which puts them among the best smartphones on the planet. But not all the reviews you have read are credible, let alone accurate. Take Consumer Reports, which still believes that the iPhone 4 […]


    Did Samsung Bamboozle Consumer Reports?

    May 23rd, 2013

    Although the iPhone 5 has received favorable reviews from Consumer Reports, several other models, from HTC, LG, and now Samsung, rate slightly better. While CR is entitled to its conclusions, I wonder if the surfeit of sometimes useless features on the Galaxy S4 has overwhelmed the magazine’s testers and granted the product a higher rating […]


    T-Mobile: A Major Change? Not Exactly

    March 27th, 2013

    If you believe T-Mobile’s hype machine, they are doing away with the traditional wireless carrier contract. Instead of being saddled with a two-year contract and early termination fees if you quit early, the handset will be unbundled from your cellular plan. So you will get a lower price, sort of. Now it’s true that T-Mobile […]


    Should Apple Become Aggressive About Media Falsehoods?

    March 5th, 2013

    On Monday, Apple’s stock price remained in negative territory, falling faster than the market as a whole. You have to think the company must be in bad shape for such a thing to happen. But when you read reports that Apple reported record revenues last year, that Mac sales reportedly increased 31% in the U.S. […]