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Microsoft Took My Advice And Did Even Better
It’s time for me to gloat. This lowly blogger, sitting on the “high perch” of his blog, once suggested to Microsoft that they buy Barnes & Nobles, specifically, for its ereader and ebooks business. Here were the 3 reasons cited 11 months ago. 1. Barnes & Noble has over 700 [...]
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Spec Resurrected?
Unapolegetic Apple fan MG Siegler declared Spec Dead back in Novermber 2011. I, sort of, agree with that sentiment. Yes, Spec is useless unless it serves some useful purpose in terms of user experience and functionality. It is actually even worse – higher specs that don’t serve any useful purpose actually drains resources like battery, [...]
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Windows Phone Lovefest
On Sunday I wrote about the suicidal nature of the subsidies that carriers are giving to iPhone, and why it might be in their best interest to end it. I think the end of subsidies will come sooner or later, could be as early as next year. Now, Brian X Chen of the Bits Blog [...]
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A Subsidy That Could Kill the Carriers
It will be an understatement to say that the U.S mobile market is one of the most important ones in the world – for its size, ability of the customers to pay for more expensive services, and the faster device refresh cycles. In the U.S, carriers typically subsidize the handsets heavily to cajole their new [...]
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New Supply of Lumia Coming Daily – Nokia
Source: Nokia US Facebook Page
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Windows 8 Metro UI demonstrated, on iPad
It is a $25 remote desktop client for iPad, made by Splashtop. It is one of the better demos of Metro UI I have come across. Via: The Verge
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Nokia & The Shortage of Good Analysts.
Two days after its reentry into the U.S market with the launch of its premier Windows Phone, Lumia 900, Nokia reminded investors that all is not well just yet at Espoo. Analysts eager to pass judgement without analysis were quick to pounce on the opportunity – to rain on Nokia’s parade – a seemingly successful [...]
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Steve Jobs Was a Real Life Howard Roark
He inspired people like no other entrepreneur before him. Here are a few of his words that inspires me: “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment [...]
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Let’s Talk Apple
Much anticipated Apple’s “Let’s talk iPhone” event popped faster than one could poke a cheap balloon with a pin. Expectations were high. Incredible rumors were floating around that had the Apple fanboys in a tizzy – like an all new magical edge-to-edge glass iPhone 5 with wider screen and NFC, a cheaper iPhone 4S for [...]
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Googorola/Motoroid and Patent Trolling
News came this morning that Google is acquiring Motorola Mobility for a hefty $12.5 billion. Motorola Mobility which focuses its efforts on mobile phones and tablet computers is a spin off from Motorola. Here is the story from Bloomberg: Google Inc. (GOOG), maker of the Android mobile-phone software, agreed to buy smartphone maker Motorola Mobility [...]
