So Apple reports that, through its first weekend on sale, over five million iPhone 5s were sold. That’s a million more than the iPhone 4s last year, and it sounds pretty good. In fact, it’s a record, but it wasn’t nearly good enough for some industry analysts and investors, as Apple’s stock price has taken […]

I’d like to consider that headline a payback of sorts. Whenever a supposed competitor to an Apple product or service comes along, so-called financial and media analysts will hint of lots of trouble. Apple is a closed ecosystem, a walled garden, and so on and so forth. Any well-financed competitor, and there must be many, […]

On October 18, Apple will release financials for the September quarter. They are expected to be record-breaking, and financial pundits are trying to put forward their best guesses as to what those figures might be. At the same time, estimates are all over the place as to how much Apple gear was sold during that […]

With the proliferation of Android OS gear, it is becoming near impossible to tell one from the other. The situation is very similar to what prevails in the PC industry, and throughout the consumer electronics space, where numerous mostly similar products are released with distinctions that often aren’t obvious without carefully examining a product’s specs. […]