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The recent release of the latest combined Apple [AAPL] iPhone/iPod touch Firmware Update has a lot of users wondering what’s in store for them when they next sync their devices.
TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog, in case you were wondering) has posted a summary of features found in the recently released iPod touch (and iPhone) [...]
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As mentioned earlier, the RIM [RIMM] BlackBerry Storm was scheduled for release today, and it certainly did, amidst a flurry of “you-just-gotta-have-it” TV and radio commercials. Although the product has been in the pipeline as a competitor to Apple’s [AAPL] iPhone 3G for several months, it did not seem to have the kind of public [...]
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According to the Boy Genius Report blog, RIM’s [RIMM] BlackBerry Storm smartphone is coming soon (November 21, 2008) to Verizon [VZ] stores, with a subsidized price of $199 plus qualifying plan and a $50 MIR. Although BGR is claiming that there is a massive supply run for the Storm, it’ll be a first-come, [...]
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The war for the hearts, minds, and hands of the wireless masses continues, this time with a new entrant (actually a duo) vying for an initial foothold (handhold?) in the ever-dynamic market for smartphones. Or, perhaps more accurately, it has taken on a new angle due to the new competitor.
Never mind the Samsung Instinct. Keep [...]
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It’s been in the press for several weeks now… the game-changing BlackBerry device that will premiere on a cellular carrier that has been long shut out of this latest smartphone wave (at least in the U.S.)…
Yep, that’s right: Verizon [VZ] will be getting the initial rights to the BlackBerry Storm, RIM’s [RIMM] shot across Apple’s [...]
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Remember when the news about the T-Mobile [DT] G1 smartphone came out, and the news about the updated (first “official” 1.0) Google [GOOG] Android SDK?
Well, today is the official release date of the G1 to the public.
A lot of reporters and analysts have already said their piece about the G1, so now it’s time for [...]
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Jason Snell (Macworld) managed to get his hands on one of Apple’s [AAPL] new aluminum 13.3″ MacBooks, as well as one of the new 15.4″ MacBook Pros. It seems clear to me, and to him, that this is the first step in consolidating the MacBook and MBP product lines; I’ve wondered why, rather [...]
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“How should I evaluate new products when they are released?”
A common question, especially when budgets are tight and/or when the price tag associated with new things are fairly high.
What I recommend to tech analysts, financial analysts, directors, managers, and advanced consumers is the FFPP System.
FFPP System
“FFPP” is the acronym for: Form-Features-Performance-Price.
These four characteristics, when combined [...]
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The announcement for the next Apple [AAPL] product announcement session appears to be October 14, 2008.
The cryptic, yet suggestive, tagline is: The spotlight turns to notebooks.
Engadget has confirmed that the announcements will solidify the rumors that started before last month’s iPod product announcements that the Apple notebooks, predominantly the MacBooks and MacBook Pros, would [...]
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The Story So Far
In the first part of this three-part story, I discussed the circumstances for the search for my new smartphone.
In the second part, I discussed the major highlights of my investigations into the smartphone options. But I did not finish mentioning all of the devices I checked…
Last Device: Palm Centro
The last device that [...]
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