The iPad is out and there are plenty of nay-sayers out there bemoaning the fact it doesn’t do this or it doesn’t have that. Many predict that this will be the product that sinks Apple’s boat (how they figure that is beyond me. Isn’t Apple now worth more than Wal-Mart?) and have a whole slew [...]
The iPad Is Not A Bust – A Quick Look At Apple History
April 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Hardware, Inventions, Inventions, Technology
Tags: Apple·Apple critics·Apple history·Apple iPad·Apple successes·iMac·iPad·iPad failure·iPad success·iPhone·iPod
Samsung Moment Update – Part 2
April 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Android, Samsung, Technology, iPhone, smartphones
Updating the Samsung Moment shall be continued here. I’ve noticed a number of people looking for help with this issue. Two topics/issues here…the software update and the OS update. First we’ll discuss the OS (Android) update since it’s quick and easy. There is none yet. However…the good news is that there are several reports that [...]
Tags: Adroid 2.1·Apple·Apple iPhone·CL14 update·iPhone·Samsung Moment·Samsung Moment update·Sprint
More iPad Predictions
April 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Gadgets, Hardware, Inventions, Inventions, Technology
I’ve got some iPad predictions for you. I know, I know, why don’t I just go ahead and jump on the iPad bandwagon like everyone else? Hell, this post will probably get lost in the bazillion iPad articles out there already but at least the loyal readers of Chia Town will get to ponder the [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple iPad·Apple predictions·Apple stock·iPad predictions·iPod
Updating the Samsung Moment
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Technology, Wireless, market share, mobile phones, smartphones
Updating the Samsung Moment’s software. Egads…and this is why Apple continues to be successful. They just make things easy to do. I bring this up as I had just finished updating the software for my Android phone. First, some background. I’ve got a Samsung Moment running on Sprint’s network. Love it! Love Sprint’s network, love [...]
Tags: Android·Apple·Apple iPhone·Google Android·iPhone·Samsung Moment·smart phone·Smartphone
Palm’s Pre is Great But…
June 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Practices, Rant, Technology, market share, mobile phones, smartphones
By now I’m sure you all know the Palm Pre is finally out on the shelves. It’s been reported to have sold 100,000 units on the first weekend with sellouts at many locations. Not bad…not bad. Mere mortals have finally had a chance to get their hands on them and play with them. I too [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·AT&T·bad business decisions·competitive advantage·iPhone·iPhone 3GS·Palm·Palm Pre·Palm Treo·smartphones·Sprint·Treo·Treo 755p
It’s Official! Palm Pre To Be Released June 6
May 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones, smartphones
It’s official! No more rumors or speculation as to when the Palm Pre will be released. Sprint will begin selling the Palm Pre on June 6th. It’s about time! The details of such glorious event are as follows When: June 6, 2009 Where: Sprint stores, Sprint.com, Best Buy, Radio Shack, some Wal-Mart stores Cost: $199.99 [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·BlackBerry·iPhone·Palm·Palm Pre·plan upgrades·Pre·Pre release date·Research in Motion·RIM·SERO·Simply Everything·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·WWDC
Twitter Twitter Twitter
May 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Technology, Web Services
Twitter? What’s that? For most of the faithful Chia Town readers Twitter is old news. Oddly enough Twitter is still not known by some and not understood by others. This post will be mostly for people that have heard about Twitter, know what it is (a quick way to send quick updates as to what [...]
Tags: Apple·Google·Nambu·social networking·TweetDeck·tweets·Twitter·twitter etiquette·Twitter usefulness
AT&T Must Be Afraid of the Palm Pre
April 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Business, Gadgets, Technology, Wireless, smartphones
Ha! You’ve gotta love it. I just read this article on Engadget. Based on this leak of an AT&T internal document I’d say AT&T execs are fearing the release of the Palm Pre. They put out this little memo to their peeps pretty much saying the iPhone is vastly superior to the Pre. That’s fine…I [...]
Tags: 3G·Apple·Apple iPhone·AT&T·iPhone·network coverage·Palm·Palm Pre·Palm Treo·smartphones·Sprint
Think Small And Go Big
April 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, Mergers/Acquisitions, Revenue Models, business ideas, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups
Many of us dream of going big. It was just announced that Oracle is buying Sun for $7.4 billion. Gee, wouldn’t it be nice to sell off your company for a few BILLION dollars? We keep seeing news blurb after news blurb about companies recording record profits (Exxon Mobile anyone?) or being bought for billions [...]
Tags: angel funding·Apple·entrepreneurs·Exxon Mobile·Facebook·funding·Mac·Microsoft·new business·new solutions·new ventures·Oracle·successful business·Sun·venture capital·Yahoo
My Take on Apple’s Safari 4 Public Beta
February 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Reviews, Software, Technology
Being the dork that I am I just had to download Apple’s Safari 4 public beta release yesterday. I’ve already got a few “good for you Apple” and a couple “why…why would you do that?” items with just one day’s worth of use but my initial reaction is “I like it!” First off, Apple claims [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple Safari·Firefox·Safari 4·Safari 4 public beta·Safari 4 review