According to Gartner (a leading technology research and advisory company) the worldwide smartphone market in sales grew by 42.9 percent year-over-year in Q1, 2013. Gartner pegs the total number of sales at 210 million units driven by the smartphone sales … Continue reading
After six long, agonizing, (did I say long) years, T-Mobile finally began selling the Apple iPhone (the iPhone 5 is the flagship iPhone, of course). T-Mobile is the fourth place carrier in the United States and since offering the iPhone … Continue reading
Don’t feel obligated to buy iPad and iPhone just because it’s world popular and because Steve Jobs was a marketing wizard. The fact of the matter is that many people prefer Android OS or Blackberry units to the flash of … Continue reading
I should present some clear background material. I am PICKY. My wife hates it when I shop for things because I research, read, research, read, research, read….. did I say that I research and read about as many options and … Continue reading
The iOS 6.x jailbreak – dubbed evasi0n – has been announced, and according to a tweet from @planetbeing, one of the hackers working on it, is tentatively scheduled for release next week. The tweet advises that the jailbreak could come out earlier … Continue reading
With the Christmas season just completed, I’m sure many of you received (or bought) one or more cool, new, portable, electronic gadgets… I know I did. The great thing about portable devices is that they are convenient since they are … Continue reading
Last year (2011) the cell phone market was dominated by three companies: Nokia, Samsung, and Apple with ZTE and LG a distant 3rd and 4th. Nokia led with 30% share, Samsung with 10%, Apple with 7%, ZTE and LG each had … Continue reading
I guess he who lives by the sword dies by the sword. In 2010 Sony and Nokia got together and formed a shell company called MobileMedia and transferred ownership of a number of patents to the company (in total MobileMedia has about … Continue reading
Just watching Apple’s latest TV ads showing that the iPad mini can do everything that the iPad can do, you might suspect that the iPad mini would eat into sales of it’s full size brother, the iPad. This assumption is apparently coming … Continue reading
Peter Misek of Jefferies, an investment banking firm, is predicting the iPhone 5S will arrive next summer and will come in a flurry of colors. Misek sent out a note Monday explaining some of his prognostications for the next revision of the … Continue reading