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    About Mistakes and Non-Mistakes

    July 25th, 2014

    In the course of checking out speculation about whether Apple will release two iPhone 6 configurations at once, or stagger the releases, I came across a curious claim. What sort of claim? Well, that Apple made a mistake releasing the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s at the same time last year? A mistake you say? […]


    The Apple Financials Mixed Bag Report

    July 23rd, 2014

    The earnings season for the June quarter is coming to an end, and, as has been the case in recent years, Apple’s results get high priority in the media coverage. This time, there are different good or not-so-good reactions, more so than I usually see when Apple is in the headlines. So it’s clear that […]


    Newsletter Issue #764: Writing About Apple in Ignorance

    July 20th, 2014

    At the same time that I read a report speculating about the feature set of the rumored iPhone 6, there was yet another headline suggesting that Samsung was poised to introduce a smartphone designed to compete head-on, which may be called Alpha. Of course, this is the way of the tech world. Apple puts out […]


    Yes, the IBM/Apple Deal is Huge!

    July 17th, 2014

    There was a claim today from a usually respected industry analyst, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, that the new marketing deal between Apple and IBM wouldn’t cause a huge surge of iPhone and iPad sales. His logic is that iOS gear is already being tested or deployed in 98% of the Fortune 500 companies, and 92% […]