CES 2016 – Stalemate for Wireless charging
I mentioned at the outset that I was interested in studying wireless charging at the show. I came away disappointed. The week before the show, a friend at a Chinese […]
Category Archives: Apple
Sympathy for the Desktop – Playing PC Advocate
I think it is easy to forget how deeply embedded PCs are in the world. I was in a crowded San Francisco cafe last week in the middle of the […]
Intel has 1,000 people working on a chip for iPhone? Of course they do
Late last week Venture Beat reported that “Intel has 1,000 people working on chips for the iPhone.” This prompted a bunch of inbound e-mails and a Twitter conversation. After a […]
The Contortions of the Consumer Electronics Market
There was an interesting analysis from the awesome team at Chipworks (with a good analysis from Ars as well) out last week showing that Apple’s new A9 processor for its […]
Why Did Apple Launch the Upgrade Program? Apple Care is a big part of the answer
Executive Summary: This post went a little out of hand on me, so I want to sum it up here. Why did Apple launch its upgrade plan? My best guess […]
iPhone Purchase Plan Decision Maker – Now With All the Carriers
Over the weekend I took a look at how much the various iPhone purchase plans compare. That was mostly an exercise is trying to decide what I should do next […]
How to Buy an iPhone – Some math behind purchase plans
Signing up for a mobile carrier smartphone plan has reached the most advanced stage of capitalism – like hot dog buns and hot dogs. In the US, when you buy […]
