Apple Hubris?
A friend of mine was having trouble with his Apple iPhone 4. For some reason, the iPhone no longer recharged. My friend verified that the charger and cable were not defective. After calling Apple support, they agreed the iPhone was defective, and although the warranty had expired, overnighted a new iPhone 4 for $149 +the […]
The New MacBook Pro
Microsoft this week displayed a stark contrast in their marketing strategy versus Apple. With great fanfare Microsoft announced their new tablet computer called the Surface. CNET described it as an “attempted market freeze” (See Microsoft attempts market freeze with Surface preview). The reason for the CNET commentary is that the Surface was announced with fanfare, […]
Apple MacBook Pro
The new Apple MacBook Pro is just too much to resist, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it. The retina display will light up 5.1 million pixels on the screen, exceeding HDTVs by a couple of million pixels. The solid state storage, 16GB of memory, and the input-output upgrade should make it […]
Back from Florida
The weather was so nice, it was difficult to leave and come home. I feel very fortunate to have been able to spend a bit more time in Florida this winter. Thanks to FaceTime, Skype, Polycom, iMessage, email, and the web, it was easy to participate in board meetings remotely. I was even able to […]
Kindle Update
Thanks to Mary Keough, over at IBM, for reading my post and correcting me on the weight of the Kindle Touch. I was thinking of the new $79 Kindle when I said six ounces. I weighed four devices this morning to make sure I got this right. Here is what I found. I have to […]
