So let’s see here. Nokia’s efforts to sell smartphones with the Windows Phone OS have, so far, failed. It’s reported that AT&T invested $150 million to get you to buy a Nokia Lumia 900, the flagship Windows handset, and it failed. Those endlessly irritating ads said that the Lumia 900 was the first smartphone that […]

If you’ve been following all the chatter about the next iPhone, the iPhone 5, the new iPhone, or whatever it’s to be called, you may wonder if Apple has any surprises left. After all, it appears that nearly every possible detail has already been disclosed, from the basic features, to the design. Consider what we […]

According to published reports, someone tweaked the iPhone simulator in Apple’s developer tools to present a resolution of 1136×640, which is the rumored layout of the rumored 4-inch display on the iPhone 5. Supposedly the Home page looked normal, but gained an extra row of icons. If confirmed, this experiment would appear to indicate that […]

Last year, it was early October before Apple staged a media event to roll out the iPhone 4s. Sales the previous quarter were not as high as industry and financial analysts expected, in part because many potential customers were perceived as staying on the sidelines for the refreshed model. That, in fact, is one explanation […]