It seems that Apple’s critics keep using the same playbook. They repeat the same tired old arguments in a desperate hope that, after a while, the dire predictions will somehow come true. Just today, in fact,  I read a piece suggesting that “Apple remains the best company in the world but it’s starting to show […]

On the eve of the release of Apple’s fourth quarter financials, the stock price had been drifting, perhaps because some analysts thought the iPad mini was too expensive. How can Apple dare charge $329 for a product that was in the same category — at least according to their perceptions — as a $199 Amazon […]

So the discussion about the iPad mini, the early release of a fourth generation full-size iPad, the promise of the ultra-thin iMac, Fusion Drives, and other Apple related stuff continues to consume the tech media. As usual, some segments of the media appear to be in way over their heads in trying to assess what’s […]

With Apple confirming a media event for October 23, it is a given that there will be a smaller iPad, and possibly a few other products, such as the long-delayed iMac refresh. In the tradition of the iPhone 5, many of the details of the iPad’s tinier sibling have already leaked, and they mostly point […]