I have been in online journalism for several years now, surely not that long compared to a lot of the veterans I know, but enough to realize a few observations about the industry. I love journalism, and can’t imagine doing much else anymore, and I solidly believe that the place to be is not in [...]
June 4, 2007
Commentary, feature_articles, Gadgets, Handsets, Internet, iphone, Journalism, magazine, media, media_outlets, newspaper, portability
One of the hardest parts of my job is remembering model numbers of handsets. For a long time, confusing numbering has been the norm, but finally some of the marketing folk that work with handset manufacturers are waking up to the fact that model names, rather than numbers, are the way to go. Samsung are [...]
September 8, 2006
auto-industry, Commentary, handset-manufacturers, Handsets, Marketing, Mobile, Mobile Tech, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Word-of-Mouth
The Be a Good Dad blog has made a very thoughtful response to my Cellphones and Children post, and in fact disagrees with me on one of the points I made. Be a Good Dad contends that SMS text messaging won’t ruin a child’s spelling and grammar skills, and will in actuality help them know [...]
August 24, 2006
Cellphones, Commentary, Family, Firefly, Handsets, Migo, Mobile Tech, Parenting, SMS, Spelling, Text-Messaging
I know I am known for a little Motorola bashing in my time, but what do you expect when you are presented with a company whose business plan is to continually rehash an old handset? After the announcements of the MOTOKRZR K1 and MOTORIZR Z3, I really thought that Motorola was going to give me [...]
August 23, 2006
Handset, Handsets, KRZR, Mobile Tech, Motorola, RAZR, RIZR, Tattoos
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