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iPhone 4 Pre-order Madness

James — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:50:56 +0000

Yesterday marks the first day that Apple started taking pre-orders for the iPhone for the June 24 launch. In less than 24 hours, Apple, Best Buy, AT&T and Radio Shack have all sold out of inventory for the first day launch. Customers pre-ordering now are notified that they will receive their units after July 2. [...]

iPad, the 3-week Impression

James — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:44:49 +0000

In 28 days, Apple has sold over 1 million iPads. That’s more than twice as fast that it took Apple to sell the first million iPhones (it took the iPhone 74 days to hit the same milestone). We have been using the iPad for 3 weeks now, and it’s time to capture some of our [...]

Why the iPad will sell

James — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:36:45 +0000

I have never touched, felt, or even smelled an iPad. But I know the Apple iPad, which is launching this Saturday, is going to sell – here is why. The iPad was announced to lukewarm reception by the techie world. Most folks complained that it’s nothing more than a large iPod Touch, no multi-tasking, and [...]

Windows Phone 7 Rocked the Web

James — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:20:19 +0000

It’s been over 2 weeks since Microsoft officially announced Windows Phone 7 Series to a very enthusiastic reception. It even trended up to the #1 spot on Twitter during launch day. Aside from the fact that we think whoever named the new OS should be fired, there is no denying that Microsoft’s new smartphone OS [...]

Big Day for Microsoft

James — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:24:49 +0000

Tomorrow, Microsoft is widely expected to unveil Windows Phones 7 Series at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This is going to be a very important day for Microsoft as "7" will definitely be a make or break point for the giant in mobile. Up til now, Microsoft has no real response to the competition. Windows [...]

iPad Thoughts: 1 week after announcement

James — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:50:01 +0000

It’s been a week since Apple’s latest product announcement. Reaction to the announcement has been mixed, with many enthusiasts calling the new product a “disappointment”, or even “failure”. We, at SkratchBoard, has an entirely different perspective. We believe that the iPad will cause an inflection in the industry to fundamentally transform the form factor of [...]

Thoughts on Apple’s Q1 2010 Earnings

James — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:28:10 +0000

It’s no secret by now that Apple has had a smashing quarter. Although the headline for many news articles seems to be “Apple earnings grew by 50%”, that statement is not accurate because Apple is now using a different set of accounting rules in reporting their earnings. Regardless, Apple still had a fantastic quarter. iPhone [...]

Nexus One… Yawn.

James — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:55:15 +0000

After all the hype and speculations around Google’s new phone, the company made the official announcements yesterday. There has already been tons of reviews of the new phone, so we won’t repeat that material here. If you are interested, Engadget has an excellent review here. What we are here to talk about is what does [...]

2009 Year in Review

James — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:18:25 +0000

It’s always fun to look back at the predictions that we made a year ago and see how the world really turned out. We are pleased to say that we are correct in 4 out of the 5 predictions that we made. 1. Mobile phones will see their first major form factor breakthrough since the [...]

Best Tech Gift Guides of 2009 Holiday

James — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:56:52 +0000

For all the procrastinators out there who are still not done with your Christmas shopping, we have rounded up the best gift guides online for you to reduce your shopping pains. Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide CNET’s Holiday Tech Guide BGR Holiday Mobile Phone Gift Guide Wired’s GeekDad Gift Guide Ok, go get your last-minute shopping [...]