Just this week, Consumer Reports posted an online review covering the iPad 2, and a small number of also-rans in the tablet PC world. This report was meant as an upgrade to an article that appeared in the May 2011 newsstand issue, which was prepared before the iPad 2 was available to evaluate. The conclusion […]

After the tragic earthquake and tsunami occurred in Japan, some tech analysts were suggesting that Apple might be in deep trouble building their trend-setting gadgets. Some of the parts, such as batteries, were all or partly sourced in Japan. The supply chain was disrupted, thus Apple couldn’t possibly meet customer demand. This resulted in a temporary […]

Quite often there’s a disconnect between the subjects the media deems popular and what regular people really care about. I know, having worked for traditional news services, that it’s extremely easy to fall into this trap, but I hope that I can use my perspective to avoid it where possible. So, for example, there’s the […]

It seems pretty clear to me that AT&T has a serious problem. They clearly didn’t plan for the onslaught of data consumption on the part of newly-minted owners of iPhones and other smartphones over the past few years. Problems are legion. In some larger cities, iPhone users report frequent disconnects, assuming they’re able to get […]