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    Newsletter Issue #668: Apple Derangement Syndrome is in Full Force

    September 17th, 2012

    With the iPhone 5, Apple fulfilled most of the hopes and dreams of fans of the company by most any standard. It is at the same time larger, lighter and thinner, and that’s the sort of contradiction that required careful attention to the design details to achieve. It is also predictably faster, and has most […]


    PC Makers Still Can’t Understand Simple

    August 30th, 2012

    While the IFA trade show plays out in Berlin this week, you have to wonder just what great innovations will be on display from the PC and smartphone makers. In case you don’t follow the tech world too closely, IFA is the European equivalent of America’s Consumer Electronics Show, so you can expect loads of […]


    The Apple TV Report: The Media Catches Up with the Night Owl

    August 17th, 2012

    It has been easy to speculate as to just what Apple plans to do with Apple TV. Today, it’s a simple set top box that delivers iTunes contact, AirPlay mirrored content, and a handful of third-party providers, such as Netflix and, very recently, Hulu Plus. But, with sales at roughly 1.3 million units in the […]


    Microsoft Continues to Fade into Obscurity

    August 16th, 2012

    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 […]