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Come on Lenovo, you can do better than this

August 22, 2011

It’s not even out yet, and already the Lenovo IdeaPad — the Chinese manufacturer’s attempt to crack the tablet market — is getting something of a savaging: The IdeaPad K1 has been in development in one form or another for a year and a half, yet it still isn’t ready. And even if it had [...]

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The unedifying arrogance of PC journalists

April 28, 2011

Barry Collins is angry. Specifically, Barry is almost splenetic about what he sees as “Apple’s unedifying arrogance” in its response to the brouhaha over the database which your iPhone carries of locations. In particular, Barry is vexed over what he sees as Apple’s slipperiness over whether it’s tracking your location, describing its explanation as… “at [...]

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Sometimes John Gruber just hits the spot perfectly

April 27, 2011

John Gruber arguing against the silliness that is Henry “Fraud, you say?” Blodget’s latest nonsense: “Keep in mind that Apple’s penalty for losing the PC war in the 1990s is that it is now the most profitable PC maker in the world.” Exactly.

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Which Android tablet is actually selling like hot cakes?

April 26, 2011

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Goes on Sale for $399, Sells Out Immediately “This mirrors the Tranformer’s success in the UK where its first three production runs have already sold out. Either Asus didn’t anticipate high demand and lowballed their stock, or the Eee Pad Transformer is the perfect example of what can happen when you [...]

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Apple is dead in the water, redux

April 26, 2011

Charles Arthur, reporting for The Guardian on an IDC/Appcelerator survey of developers: “App developer interest is shifting back toward Apple as fragmentation and “tepid” interest in current Android tablets chips away at Google’s recent gains in momentum, according to a new survey of more than 2,700 developers around the world. In the survey, 91% of developers said [...]

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So what does that location database on your phone really do?

April 21, 2011

Jim Smith, who knows a thing or two about mobile, pokes around in the controversial consolidated.db database on the iPhone and comes up with this: “I’m pretty certain that consolidated.db is used to seed the assisted GPS used for iOS location servers. If you open the map, or check in via FourSquare, it will look [...]

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The iPad’s lack of a file system

April 10, 2011

Don Reisinger on why the tablet won’t replace the laptop: “The operating systems lack worthwhile file systems, a more robust interface and all the other things that people will find in the operating systems running on notebooks.” I’m not sure what Don means by “a more robust interface”, but I think he’s wrong about the [...]

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Compare and contrast

March 12, 2011

Compare… “The Glendale Galleria store in California sold out of all their iPad 2s within 45 minutes of opening their doors (thanks, Michael K.). According to multiple reports via Twitter, users were unable to choose the model they wanted.” and contrast… “Jefferies analyst Peter Misek on Friday argued that earnings estimates for Motorola Mobility are [...]

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When is “the best price” for customers not “the best price” for customers?

March 1, 2011

The Sage Gruber’s contortions to position Apple’s subscription pricing scam as “good for consumers” are getting so wild that he’ll be a high-level yoga master before you know it: “Why not allow developers and publishers to set their own prices for in-app subscriptions? One reason: Apple wants its customers to get the best price — [...]

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Apple 2011 = Microsoft ’97

February 18, 2011

Brilliant comment from “Chucky” on a post from from Michael Tsai: Microsoft in 1997 had a very specific corporate strategy. They had a temporary situation of great market leverage. And rather than concentrating on making better products for their users, they began to concentrate on two objectives: 1 Using their leverage to avoid the rise [...]

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