As I wrote in Wednesday’s column, the brand spanking new Samsung Galaxy S8 will be able to connect to a regular PC display and input devices. So you have an interesting slant on a 2-in-1 device — perhaps. This will be done courtesy of something called Dex, a dock, costing $150, to which you can connect the […]

The magic words are $71 more. That’s how much the Samsung Galaxy S8 reportedly costs above the price of an iPhone according to published reports. Before I get to its features, this again puts the lie to people who continue to rant about Apple’s alleged high prices for iPhones. When you do such comparisons, it’s important to make […]

In recent years, whenever a new gadget is expected from Apple, many so-called industry analysts will go on at length as to how the products will somehow be unsatisfactory. This despite the fact that Apple has, with a few exceptions, been able to grow revenue year-over-year. So the iPhone 7 was supposed to be little more […]

A few years ago, a certain industry analyst firm suggested that Windows Phone, or whatever Microsoft intended to call it, would be the second most popular mobile platform on the planet by now. Seriously. Obviously somebody spent a little too much time reading Microsoft’s press releases of hope and change and didn’t consider the reality. […]