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
What Is CTIA Telling Us?
March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Technology, Wireless, emerging markets, mobile phones, smartphones
CTIA is in full swing right now. Rather than giving you the blow-by-blow of every product announced (there’s more than a few…duh) I think we should look at the overall picture of what’s going on. Below are a few highlights…let us take these in as we ponder what it all means. Palm announcing their phones [...]
Tags: Android·AT&T·CTIA·CTIA 2010·iPhone·mobile predictions·Palm·Samsung·smart phones·smartphone growth·smartphones·Sprint·Verizon
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
The Rumor of Verizon Offering the iPhone
April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Deals, Gadgets, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones, smartphones
Today’s rumor mill is abuzz about Verizon possibly picking up Apple’s iPhone when AT&T’s exclusive deal runs next year. I must say I’m rather skeptical about this right now. I’m noticing most of the rumors credit the same source and all look the same. It just takes one rumor… So let’s think about this. The [...]
Tags: 3G·4G·Apple iPhone·AT&T·AT&T exclusive iPhone·CDMA·iPhone·LTE·Sprint·Verizon·WiMax
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
What’s Not To Love About Sprint?
April 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Deals, Gadgets, Hardware, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones, smartphones
Recently a friend posted a link to a video of one of the new Sprint commercials to our little newsgroup. This of course put me on a quick little rant of all things groovy about Sprint. This then led to someone commenting “…you went there. We won’t be able to get him to shut up [...]
Tags: 3G·4G·Amazon·Amazon Kindle·AT&T·Clearwire·Ford Sprint deal·iPhone·Kindle·Palm·Palm Pre·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Verizon·WiMax
Will Sprint and Palm Help or Hurt Each Other?
April 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Business, Business Practices, Technology, market share, mobile phones, smartphones
I’m sure by now you’ve all seen my fascination with Sprint Nextel and Palm. I think Sprint has a great network (nice and speedy…nice!) and Palm is an interesting case as they’ve gone from market innovator to laggard and now possibly leader (or at least competitor) again with the Pre. Examined separately, each company has [...]
Tags: Apple iPhone·AT&T·BlackBerry·cellular carriers·iPhone·Palm·Palm Centro·Palm Pre·Smartphone·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Sprint Palm deals·Verizon