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Apple forced to drop iPhone ad in the UK

So I got a bunch of email about this this morning, and it’s certainly noteworthy. I’m an iPhone user and I have to say, I really love the device despite some obvious flaws, but it’s also about a million times better than the competition, so it’s unclear what my problem is. Anyway, in usual Apple fashion...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-26-2008
iPhone 3G does not capture 17 percent of the US market for cell phones

It’s interesting to me how people contort Apple market share figures to make them look better than they really are. If Apple’s market share of, say, the PC industry isn’t high enough, we’ll just use the US figures without mentioning that’s what happening. Still not high enough? We’ll use a nebulous and...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-07-2008
You know MobileMe is a piece of junk when ... (Updated)

This one reads like a Jeff Foxworthy (of "you know you're a redneck when..." fame) joke. As in, you know MobileMe is a piece of @#$% when even Walter Mossberg, the world's most prominent support of Apple products, can't find anything good to say about it . I look back, smiling,...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-24-2008
Verizon CEO comments on iPhone, Jobs

Predictably (and, in this case, deservedly), some inflammatory comments made by Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg to the Financial Times have gotten a lot of iCabal press in the past few days: Verizon is the second-largest US telecoms company, and the fifth-largest in the world. He reserves his most acerbic...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-28-2008
Seven iPhone Disappointments

Brian Caulfield from Forbes obviously didn't get the memo from the iCabal that iPhone criticism is not allowed. That said, he hits most, but misses some: Imperfections [with the iPhone 3G] still lurk, in spite of Chairman Steve Jobs' maniacal attention to detail. Even before its release, there...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-20-2008
Today's Apple PR: iPhone 3G, Mobile Me

Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G Apple today introduced the new iPhone 3G, combining all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-09-2008
iPhone loses US market share in Q1 2008 ... the real story

According to IDC, the Apple iPhone actually lost ground in the first quarter of 2008 in the US: Research in Motion's BlackBerry increased its share of the U.S. smartphone market in the first quarter while Apple's iPhone lost ground, according to a report from IDC. According to the report RIM's...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-31-2008
Put Windows Live on your Windows Mobile phone

The Windows Vista Blog is promoting (a new release of?) Windows Live for Windows Mobile: Windows Live for Windows Mobile is now available to download for your Windows Mobile phone. Windows Live for Windows Mobile lets Windows Mobile users sync their email from Windows Live Hotmail as well as their Windows...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-14-2008

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