If I told you that the iPhone 5s is an aging device, you might look at me with a questioning stare. But remember, it was released seven months ago, and that’s positively ancient in the tech business they say. So in the eyes of some who expect the constant march of bigger and better gear […]

If you believe that the stock market provides an accurate reading of a company’s prospects for success, you must think that Apple’s media event was a total failure. Yes, the product introductions were largely predictable and all, what with loads of information being leaked via the supply chain. But that doesn’t mean there were no […]

Some people are stuck in a rut, others are stuck with specs. So when doing comparisons among products in roughly the same category, they will put some numbers up on the screen, pronounce the ones with apparently higher numbers superior, and somehow believe something positive has been accomplished. You can find offenders of this lazy […]

So I unwrapped a spanking new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone the other day. It’s Samsung’s most popular handset, earning iPhone-level sales in the first two weeks on sale, and I had to wonder whether I had a mobile gadget, or a doorway to a magical world with all the publicity it has received. Well, I […]