Editor’s Note: Hours after I wrote the article below, Apple sent out one of its famous media invitations, announcing a special event to be held in San Francisco on March 2nd. As usual, the illustration in the invitation provides a broad hint at what it’s all about. In this case, the date is slightly peeled […]

It wasn’t so many years ago that Apple’s Mac market share was a mere blip compared to the Windows PC. Some suggested it was mostly noise, and very little signal, but that’s also when the tech pundit of the week suggested Apple was dying any day now. For the past 19 quarters, Apple’s sales growth […]

You just know that there will be a new version of the iPad this year, and barring some unforeseen corporate disaster at Apple, that expectation will come true. The same can be said about an iPhone 5, although how each of these products will be actually labeled is open to question. Beyond those simple certainties, […]

The more I read about the expected avalanche of iPad killers, the more I’m surprised about the miracle Apple has wrought. For a company that is credited — or accused — of charging premium prices for luxury gadgets, the iPad is emerging as a surprisingly cheap contender. Consider the expectations before the iPad was launched. […]