tvb

On Friday, I dropped by the Apple Store on the Upper West Side of NYC near Lincoln Center to touch the feathery light iPad 2. As I approached and looked through the plate glass storefront, the interior was less than … Continue reading →

Samsung Galaxy Tab I had to gulp when I first heard about the pricing for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab. I’ve since recovered my composure upon learning of the more reasonable carrier offers at around $400 (with a two-year contract) and a … Continue reading →

Magic Trackpad: “Swipe me!” For the record, I do most of my work on a MacBook Pro.  One reason I was able to break the spell cast by Dell and live happily ever after in Steve Jobs land is the … Continue reading →

Fred Wilson, managing partner of Union Square Ventures (Foursquare), recently called Apple an evil company. The reason?  “They believe they know what is best for you and me. And I think that is evil.” It’s a definition of evil I … Continue reading →

Why not see three of the newest smartphones during a hot Saturday in NYC? Since the Apple store on Upper Broadway is a five-minute walk from where the Samsung Galaxy S was receiving visitors in the Time Warner building, we could hop from one air-conditioned venue to another without getting broiled. Along the way we could also check out the Motoria Droid at a cell phone shack. It seemed like a good idea when my friend, let’s call him Dr. Smartphone, suggested it. He was anxious to see how Galaxy’s 4” super AMOLED 800x400 display performed, and I had yet to gaze upon the iPhone 4. Continue reading →

Duct tape: also helps iPhone reception I’m getting a little dizzy reading the opinionating and newsitorials on Apple’s antenna problem in its newest iPhone.  The latest data point that’s being argued about is Consumer Reports’ lab test. The venerable pro-consumer … Continue reading →

Waves of bad news coming out of AT&T recently stand as a reminder of what life would be like if the crown was restored to this former monarch. First there was the iPad security escapade wherein a group of hackers … Continue reading →

AT&T Picturephone It’s been a long standing journalistic practice that when writing about the failure of yet another video phone product, you march out AT&T’s Picturephone launch at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. I believe it’s a pretty safe … Continue reading →

According to tech research firm Gartner, Apple sold over eight million mobile handsets in 1Q 2010 for a 2.7% share of the market and ranks 7th on the leaderboard (hat tip to MacRumors.com). Nokia is in the first spot with … Continue reading →

There is a provision in Apple’s agreement with AT&T that obligates Apple not to include functionality in any Apple phone that enables a customer to use AT&T’s cellular network service to originate or terminate a VoIP session without obtaining AT&T’s … Continue reading →