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With Fabulous Gorilla Glass, Why Does Corning Stock Lose Value?

September 25, 2012

Corning is a fascinating company and recently the news about how they collaborated with Steve Jobs to build the glass for the first iPhone became public, making them that much more interesting. Believe it or not but the ancestor of the now famous Gorilla Glass in the iPhone and hundreds of other devices was invented in 1952 and by accident. The product was waiting decades looking for a market and the company started to experiment with it just before Steve Jobs came knocking.

Tom Keating alerted me to a fascinating article done by Wired which gives you all the details of how the glass is made and its evolution.

The challenge for the company seems to be getting ahead of itself. After all the famous Future Made of Glass video was made for potential investors over a year-and-a-half ago and since that time the company has seen its stock price drop by about 50%.

I am not going into the financial analysis of the company in this space but I do find it incredible that Corning can see its market capitalization decrease so greatly at a time when the world can't get enough glass covered gadgets.

Posted in 4G, Amazon, Apple, Blackberry, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Technology, Wireless

iPhone 5 Screen Not Wider, Brighter Instead

September 25, 2012

I may be the most vociferous person out there saying the iPhone 5 should be wider than it is but just because Apple decided to "Think Different" it doesn't mean the screen on its new flagship phone isn't much better than its replacement.
According to Displaymate, the iPhone 5 screen is far superior to just about anything else on the market when it comes to accurately displaying colors and minimizing screen reflection. Specifically the company says:

Screen Reflectance on the iPhone 5 has decreased substantially – the iPhone 4 has 52 percent brighter reflections than the iPhone 5. This means you won’t be distracted as much by reflections that appear on the screen. The iPhone 5 has among the lowest Reflectance values we have ever measured on a Mobile device.
The iPhone 5 has the highest Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light for any Mobile device we have ever tested, and it’s 57 percent higher than the iPhone 4.

Posted in 4G, Android, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, ITEXPO, Technology, Wireless

Funniest iPhone 5 Videos

September 24, 2012

Some of the funniest videos related to the iPhone 5 have to be Jimmy Kimmel showing people an iPhone 4S and marveling at how fascinated people were.

It sort of reminds us of the Samsung ads which make fun of the people in the Apple lines for being dim.

Without a doubt this person in line takes the cake as being the least informed about the new device and it makes you wonder, exactly who is paying her credit card bill.

And this my friends is the genius of Apple and its marketing machine... People want the newest phone from the company and don't even know why.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Apple, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Verizon

See an Ultrabook with Touch and Sensor Tech

September 21, 2012

Although this video from Intel is a few months old it shows developers how they can develop touch and sensor based applications for Metro and desktop mode on the company's new Ivy Bridge-based Windows 8 Ultrabooks. Perhaps most interesting is the accelerometer demo which seems clunky on a laptop but one imagines with a removable keyboard this feature will be as useful as it is on tablets and smartphones.

I watched with some interest the ability to specify objects on the screen for pinching and zooming - I suppose Apple's attorney's may have some comments on the matter for Intel.

Posted in Apple, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Microsoft, Technology, Ultrabook, Wireless

Will the $35 Aakash Tablet Transform the World?

September 21, 2012

The iPhone 5 is selling at retail stores today to millions of people who are obviously wealthy. After all an unlocked 64GB model which is unlocked runs $849! Some people are so bent out of shape about how much money Apple is making from the launch of this phone, they are protesting.

While most of the world is focusing on Apple, what may be interesting to note is in India there is a new and usable tablet which starts at just $35. As Gary Kim points out, the DataWind Aakash UbiSlate 7Ci is a super-cheap tablet that will attempt to connect every student in India to the Internet.

The tablet has a 7.5 inch display, a front facing camera and surfs the web about as fast as an iPhone - probably not as fast as the iPhone 5 though.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Amazon, Android, Apple, Broadband, Consumer Electronics, Google, Technology

Galaxy S3 Ad Mocks iPhone 5 Lines

September 21, 2012

Samsung continues to mock Apple fans waiting in line for features Samsung phones already have. And in other cases for features they will still have to wait for.

Take a look below:

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Amazon, Apple, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Technology, Verizon, Wireless

Will Corporate Welfare Slow International Trade?

September 20, 2012

Nortel’s bankruptcy some years back was due to a host of reasons including price competition from the likes of ZTE and Huawei. Consider that while the world’s telecom equipment manufacturers were acquiring companies during a growing telecom bubble, these two stood back and focused more on imitating the best technology they could find instead of making inflated purchases in the billions of dollars.

But China is a communist/capitalist mish mosh and as such national interests can drive it to do whatever it takes to win in international markets. This is why EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht is pushing a trade case against these telecom giants who are said to be receiving state subsidies in order to undercut European rivals.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Broadband, Consumer Electronics, Financial, Gadget, Technology, Wireless

Now it's Occupy Apple?

September 20, 2012

Some of the Occupy Wall Street crowd has turned its attention to Apple and its roll out of the iPhone 5. After all, this evil company decided to take on the two largest phone makers non-US based Nokia and RIM, and make them irrelevant in less than half a decade. Moreover, these disciples of Satan from Cupertino had the gall to have their stock increase by hundreds of billions of dollars and in the process help hundreds of thousands of investors including people holding IRAs, 401Ks, and those who benefit from pension funds like school teachers, firefighters, policemen and legions of other union and non-union workers.

One occupy protester, Shiloh Coral (above) said it best when she explained that instead of enriching Apple and the consumer culture it benefits from, we should invest in education and helping low-income families.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Amazon, Apple, Broadband, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Technology, Verizon, Wireless, iPad

Is Apple's New Lightning Connector a Dead End?

September 13, 2012

Apple fans will view the introduction of the new Apple Lightning Connector with mixed emotions because while the new plug enables their gadgets to continue the march towards minuteness, all existing Apple plugs and accessories have been rendered moot. If you are a hotel chain with thousands of alarm clocks and treadmills which have the old Apple connectors in place you have a huge choice to make… Do you upgrade the devices or provide adapters at $29 apiece? The Wall Street Journal has an article today which details how a hotel chain called NYLO just upgraded its hotel rooms with almost 600 iPhone-dock clock radios which are now potentially obsolete.

One company taking advantage of the situation is Jawbone who has a creative new video out showing how the dock is dead.

Posted in 4G, Android, Apple, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Microsoft, Technology, Wireless

The iPhone 5 is Missing This Crucial Feature

September 12, 2012

I am just going to come out and say it – the iPhone 5 is yet another incremental upgrade to the iPhone line of products. Yes, Apple deserves great credit for making smartphones ubiquitous – they have turned mobile devices into web-surfing gadgets and so much more. But this doesn’t mean that Apple is innovating as fast as it could be.

In fact, TMC writers have discussed with me in private that Apple may be purposely holding back on their phone upgrades to ensure people will keep buying new devices on a regular cycle.

Posted in 4G, Amazon, Android, Apple, Broadband, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Facebook, Google, IP Communications, Open Source, Technology, Video, Wireless, iPad

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