by Erik Kain on January 30, 2012
[Updated below.] Samsung will release its tablet-smartphone hybrid, the Galaxy Note, on February 19th. For subscribers the massive smartphone will only set you back $299 with a two-year contract. But will consumers buy up the massive smartphones? A 5.3″ touch screen has many advantages, but it has one pretty big disadvantage, too: it might be [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 11, 2012
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) showed up at in to issue a stark warning: we’re running out of time to stop legislation aimed at cracking down on copyright infringement. That legislation – the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect IP Act in the Senate – is intended to [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 11, 2012
Singer unveils the mRobo Ultra Bass portable speaker and dancing robot at the TOSY Robotics booth at the 2012 CES in . All the CES naysayers need to just go home and stop complaining that nothing big was going down at CES this year. No major innovations at CES these days? Nothing worth tweeting home [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 10, 2012
With only 2% smartphone market share versus and Android’s combined 82%, is going to have a tough time edging its way into the mobile market. But that hasn’t stopped the software giant or its partners from trying. Stephen Elop, CEO of Finnish phone manufacturer , gave a speech touting the company’s decision to use Windows [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 9, 2012
is set to launch some serious smartphone contenders in 2012. ‘s Windows Phone operating system will be at the heart of these new devices. Will this shake up the smartphone market or is it too late for ? What struggles and obstacles does face in its attempt to edge into the mobile market? The promise [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 8, 2012
The rave reviews for the latest iteration of ‘s Windows Phone aren’t the only reason will do better in the smart phone industry than it did in the MP3 player market. Whereas the Zune never really offered anything substantially different from the iPod and never pushed any real boundaries, ‘s latest push into the mobile [...]
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While some of the murmurings leading up to next weeks Consumer Electronics Show are good, for the most part tech journalists and techno-seers are warning that CES is in decline. Will the conference debut any big hits this year or will it crash and burn in its own fiery hype? Maybe hype is part of [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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