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AT&T Churn Rate Insanely Low
Gary Kim does a great job explaining in an articlethat Customers will put up with a a lot of imperfection in service quality as evidenced by the 1% churn rate of AT&T versus the industry average of 3%. One wonders...
Apple, iPhone, AT&T and Cloud Computing in Latest TMC Videos
I am looking forward to shooting over 80 videos this week in San Jose. In the mean time here are a few of the most recent videos I was involved with in the TMC Newsroom this past week. The first...
HDTV Buying Tips
If you are looking for an HDTV you want to be sure youtake many different items into consideration such as manufacturer specifications, product reviews, return policies, etc. As one coworker reminded me today - be sure the TV you purchase...
Plantronics Savi W430 Designed for Performance and Your Inner-Geek
When advising entrepreneurs how best to explain their products to customers to minimize the barrier to adoption, I often say focus on the solutions your product or service provides. At the end of the day, we all have problems and...
D-Link, Much More Than the $99 Router Guys
Let's face it, it's an exciting time to be in the consumer electronics and technology business as consumers and businesses are buying better and faster devices while simultaneously upgrading their bandwidth connections including routing and switching technology. One of the...
Rich's iPad is Very Cold
Wow - it took a while but the iPad 3G the team ordered for me is slowly making it to Connecticut. In theory it will be here tomorrow - in time for me to totally forget all the other things...
Amazon's Kindle Embraces Facebook and Twitter
The e-reader which really popularized the category is under attack from the iPad and is fighting back - will these social media updates make a difference or is it too little too late? When it comes to the tablet/e-book reader...
Our WiFi Future
For years, the tech industry tried to kill Ethernet with newer and more innovative technologies but Ethernet kept evolving to meet and exceed the challenge. In fact now the replacement of T1s and T3s with Ethernet is common. Although not...
iPad: Fake Steve Jobs Says You're Welcome
A very funny thank you and you're welcome from Fake Steve Jobs really captures some of the hilarity of hundreds of thousands of people lining up to buy a device they don't need. BTW, count me in... At some point...
Windows Phone 7 is Really Version 3.0?
For years, Microsoft products have been known to be pretty poor until version three came around - at which point they were pretty good. Based upon the early comments about Windows Phone 7, this update seems to be the...
Is Wow Mobile Doomed Already?
Peter Radizeski of RAD-INFO thinks Wow Mobile is doomed. To be fair, Peter is cynical but then again, he is right most of the time. In this case he thinks a MLM, get-rich scheme which sells mobile service has no...
Tools I Used at ITEXPO East 2010
I used a slew of technology at the show but two products are worth special mention. The first is the Flip Mino HD video recorder which excelled in low-light conditions and allowed me to take rapid and high-quality videos of...
iPhone Thrashes Droid at Gaming?
One of games my family loves to play on the iPhone is Trace and like many games, you need a very sensitive and steady touch to play it well. As gaming becomes a more important function on mobile devices it...
Most Tablets Will Fail
Hi all, here a small dose of reality. I know the world is tablet-crazyand all and I hate to be the one breaking up the party but in reality those of us over 18, remember how tech works. Most of...
Nexus One: A $350 Penalty so you can Access AT&T?
Two years ago I discussed how Sharper Image could change the way cellphones are sold in the US - they offered an array of unlocked phones and the retailer seemed like the right kind of outlet to make the change...
Apples iTablet Confirmed - Why it May Ruin Tech
Some of the most exciting news for all of technology has to be the official introduction of a new product category at Apple - the tablet. After all, the iPod and iPhone were responsible for billions of dollars in new...
Think Smartphones Need More Memory? Just Wait.
Luca Filigheddu complains about memory limitations of the Blackberry platform and goes on to explain how the App World experience provided by the maker of these devices is a joke. He does correctly point out however that compared to an...
News From Oracle, RIM, Google, Apple, Twitter and More
TMC Had its Holiday party last night but that didn't stop an amazing amount of interesting news from happening in the last 12-18 hours or so. I've got lots of opinion and analysis to share on many of the happenings....
Pandora Radio Doubles Users
Digital media continues to grow and as it does, the habits of consumption continue to change. Consider that Pandora Media has doubled its number of registered users this year to 40 million and about one third of its three-million daily...
Android-Based iPod Competitor Wanted
I have noticed a trend in the market consisting of people telling me they are waiting for an Android-based iPod competitor which works with WiFi and has a microphone. While many contemplate the Google business model for their new Nexus...
Fake Steve Jobs Suggests an AT&T Flash Mob
AT&T has told its users they use too much data - they are actively looking for ways of limiting their usage. One idea being thrown around is usage-based pricing. Forget for a minute that years back, carriers worldwide were trying...
TeliaSonera 4G Screams at 80 Mbps
TeliaSonera allows 20-80 Mbps download speeds on a 4G-based LTE network allowing a theoretical 4 simultaneous HDTV streams at maximum throughput! If you live or visit the central parts of Stockholm or Oslo you can now get blazing fast wireless...
Droid Ads Say iPhone is Girly
Verizon's Droid ads pit the new phone against the Apple iPhone - comparing their manly device to one they infer is girly. To determine which phone has the most testosterone I put both phones through their paces. The verdict? Well,...
Nuance Dragon Dictation for iPhone Launched
The free program for Apple's iPhone is dead easy to use and the accuracy is OK as you can see from this blog entry below. Interestingly I said it worked quite well below but as you can see it need...
Video Streaming: The Future of Communications
I have mentioned in the past that the future of the web will be live video streams on social networking sites. I expect 2-4 video streams at a minimum from people who can't seem to share enough information about themselves....
