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Here comes Windows Phone 7, a radio interview

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

I talked to WGN-AM 720′s Greg Jarrett about Microsoft’s prospects with Windows Phone 7, which will hit AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile stores in November.

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Run away from new Nike iPhone app. Try these instead

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Nike lost the innovation edge as plenty of other apps (often free) have the same features: GPS-based route maps, workout results, times, distance, and the ability to share your results with others.

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Wine Spectator’s new iPhone app late to party

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Welcome, Wine Spectator, and thanks for the free app. But here’s the problem: the app, called VintageChart+ By Wine Spectator, can be tough to find. Hundreds of apps include topics relating to wine. Basically, the app store is swimming in wine apps.

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Back to school apps for the iPad and iPhone

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Better, a number of these back-to-school education app lists come from teachers or involved parents. Indeed, there are a number of app lists for teachers to help prepare for the coming school year.

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Three tipping points leading to mobile explosion

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

A guest post by Andrew Crestodina,  Strategic Director, Orbit Media Studios Inc. As usual, times are changing.  But there is one change that is about to reach its inflection point: mobile computing.  New research shows we’re about to reach critical mass on several mega-trends.  So as a follow up to our post on Mobile Marketing [...]

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Why get a bumper when cool iPhone 4 cases are available?

Friday, July 30, 2010

Of the iPhone 4 cases available now, most are priced at less than $30. The iPhone 4 bumper, now free, cost $30 before Apple admitted its antenna woes.

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Why I’ve tired of running a ‘jailbroken’ iPhone

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

I’ve been operating a jailbroken iPhone for more than a year and I’m sick of it.

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Apple, Google dominate smartphone market; others hurting

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

If we are buying so many smartphones these days, why is the phone industry smarting so much? In a year marked by the re-emergence of Motorola and design savvy of HTC, we are witnessing notable hardware departures from Microsoft and, gasp, Google.

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Self-promo alert! Chicago Tonight and the iPhone 4 troubles

Friday, July 16, 2010

After Apple announced a press conference for Friday, Chicago Tonight, a staple of public TV station Channel 11, asked if I could come on the show to talk about the iPhone 4′s faulty antenna.

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Apple needs proper grasp on iPhone 4′s PR problem

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

The biggest problem with the iPhone 4′s antenna isn’t whether it’s faulty or fine, it’s Apple.

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Is there a BlackBerry in your future? Why?

Thursday, July 1, 2010

The momentum has swung so strongly toward Apple’s iPhone and a host of truly compelling Android-based smartphones (Motorola Droid X, HTC Incredible, HTC Evo), that the only reason many BlackBerry users stick with the device is because they don’t like using touch-screen keyboards.

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iPhone App shows where movies were filmed in Chicago

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The Movies Filmed in Chicago app includes 197 filming locations covering 290 movie scenes.

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A giant talking head discusses the iPhone 4

Friday, June 25, 2010

Here’s a clip of a talk-back I conducted with Chicago’s CLTV News about the frenzy Apple creates surrounding product launches. It’s the first time I did a TV interview via Skype. We may need to adjust a few settings.

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The iPhone 4 debuts today but year belongs to Google

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Even if you consider the iPhone 4 the best smartphone on the market, 2010 will be remembered as the year that Android broke through and reached its own level of critical acclaim.

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Motorola Droid X adds to familiar Android story

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Droid X, a new smartphone from Motorola and Verizon Wireless, is big, sexy and packed with features.

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