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Apple’s iPhone Now Ranks 2nd in Business Smartphones

November 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Gadgets, market share, mobile phones, Technology, Wireless

And there you have it…Apple’s iPhone has just overtaken Palm for the number two spot in business for smartphone penetration. We already knew the iPhone was taking the consumer market by storm, but this jump to number two in the enterprise is big news for the people up there in Cupertino. Palm is making it [...]

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The iPhone’s Rise to Greatness, Palm’s Fall From Grace

October 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, Hardware, Inventions, mobile phones, Rant, Rant, Technology, Wireless

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past two years you’ve undoubtedly heard of this iPhone thingy. Some computer company decides to make a phone. Mac fanboys everywhere have been speculating and drooling over the prospects of an Apple-created phone. Pundits everywhere dismissed the notion. Even after its release, it was met with [...]

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Palm Becoming More Irrelevant With Latest OS News

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, mobile phones, Other, Rant, Technology

Why Palm, why?!?! It’s not ground-breaking news, but it is official news at least (rather than the many rumors that were flying around for a while). Palm’s next OS, code-named Nova, is due to come out in the third quarter of 2009. Two thousand NINE!!! Originally slated to come out at the end of 2008 [...]

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Long Overdue Recap of Business & Technology Events

September 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, business ideas, entrepreneurs, Gadgets, Inventions, mobile phones, start-ups, Technology, Wireless

Business and technology moves abound. Yes, I know, it’s been a while since I’ve posted and there’s been quite a few things I wanted to comment on such as Google’s Chrome browser, Best Buy selling the Samsung Instinct, the iPhone vs Instinct debate, and of course T-Mobile’s Android-based phone called the G1. So why have [...]

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Why Palm and Apple Annoy Me

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets

I’ve got the Palm Treo 755p that I use on Sprint’s network. Perhaps you’ve seen me write about it in a previous post here. Sprint’s network is nice and fast and I’ve had no problems with it. I’d love to stay on with them. I also love my Treo. I’ve got loads of apps on [...]

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