Tag Archives: Apple

The Travel Buddy PC

Posted on November 19, 2018 by halberenson

There have been a flurry of articles and blog posts lately on the topic of can the iPad Pro replace a PC (Windows or MacOS), and I thought it was time to wade in to the muck. If you’ve read … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Mobile | Tagged Apple, iPad Pro | 4 Comments

Tablets, Phablets, and Phones: Is there change in the wind?

Posted on January 30, 2014 by halberenson

With the exception of Microsoft, most tech companies are posting somewhat disappointing results. Particularly when it comes to sales of tablets and smartphones. Now to some extent I think this is the result of overly aggressive projections by analysts. Or … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone | Tagged Apple, Microsoft, Phablet, smart watch, smartphone, smartwatch, Tablet, wearables | 29 Comments

Apple TV and Xbox 720 to usher in new era of A/V-control interfaces

Posted on April 1, 2013 by halberenson

As a computer guy I’ve always hated the control interfaces that the Consumer Audio/Video (A/V) Equipment companies have put on their components. They just can’t seem to get it right. The Zenith-invented ultrasonic remote control interface dominated the field for over 20 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Home Entertainment, Uncategorized | Tagged Apple, Apple TV, AppleTV, April Fools, FireIR, NG-TCOAS, WiNCE, Xbox 720 | 7 Comments

Is Microsoft the big winner in Apple’s win over Samsung?

Posted on August 27, 2012 by halberenson

Bill Gates would be the first to point out all the cases where Microsoft’s competitors made a key mistake that let Microsoft succeed. Office is perhaps the most notable example, where competitors’ reluctance to support Microsoft Windows took Word and … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone | Tagged Android, Apple, Samsung | 47 Comments

Critics of the Microsoft Surface just don’t get it

Posted on June 25, 2012 by halberenson

The commentaries about the recently unveiled Microsoft Surface Tablet/”Ultrabook”/PC thingies is revealing. Particularly the few from OEM executives, and the larger number from supporters of the status quo. My summary of them: They don’t get “it”. No not the Surface … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Windows | Tagged Apple, Apple Mac, iPad, Microsoft Surface, OS X, Surface | 23 Comments

The Industry loses another Titan

Posted on August 25, 2011 by halberenson

I couldn’t let the day go by without commenting on Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple CEO. But rather than write something totally new I’m going to post two entries I made on Facebook that capture my views of the situation: … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet | Tagged Apple, Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs Resignation | 1 Comment

Bing going Mobile

Posted on May 4, 2011 by halberenson

Yesterday we had the announcement that Bing would become the default Search and Mapping solution for the next generation of RIM’s Blackberry. Over the previous year we’ve seen Microsoft introduce excellent Bing apps for the iPhone and more recently iPad, work … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Google, Microsoft, Mobile, Search | Tagged Android, Apple, Bing, Blackberry, Google, Mobile, Nokia, RIM, Search | 3 Comments

Why Microsoft shouldn’t do a “Kin” Tablet

Posted on March 7, 2011 by halberenson

Hopefully I got you with that “Kin” reference, but it wasn’t just for sensationalism purposes. For the last year every reporter/analyst/blogger out there has been waiting for Microsoft to pull some new Tablet/Slate thing out of its ass and challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows, Windows Phone | Tagged Android, Apple, Microsoft, Slate, Tablet, Windows, Windows Phone 7 | 3 Comments

When are we going to get serious about computer/network security (Part 1)?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by halberenson

I’m going to start a little series of posts to demonstrate that “we” aren’t serious about computer and network security. By “we” I mean everyone from individual users of mobile phones and computers through to the government, telecommunications carriers, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Privacy, Security, Windows | Tagged Apple, Microsoft, Privacy, security | 3 Comments

Is it ‘Game Over’ in Smartphones?

Posted on January 23, 2011 by halberenson

The Smartphone war seems to be shaping up to look very much like an earlier paradigm shift in computing. Sure analogies are imperfect, but let me try this one on you. It was 1983 and the computing industry was in … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Google, Microsoft, Mobile | Tagged Android, Apple, Google, IOS, Microsoft, smartphone, Windows Phone 7 | 2 Comments