Although Hurricane Sandy wiped out Google’s big New York press-event plans, the company went ahead and announced its new Nexus phone and tablets anyway.
Tablets & Smartphones
Google’s Big Nexus Event: What’s at Stake
If Google announces a Nexus phone and several tablets next week as expected, it’ll be both a major turning point and a test for the company’s Android platform.
Cloud Graphics: Could Your Next Smartphone or PC Use a Virtual GPU?
You’ve probably heard of OnLive, the cloud gaming service that was all the rage a few years ago, but which never really took off and suddenly came apart this August, when the company experienced a near-collapse that culminated in …
New Google Nexus Hardware: Here Comes the Wave?
Back in May, the Wall Street Journal reported that multiple Nexus devices from Google and its hardware partners were coming this fall. Now that the leaves are changing color, new rumors suggest that the Nexus invasion might be …
With Webtop Dead, It’s Time to Rethink Modular Computing
When Motorola announced Webtop in January 2011, I fell for the hype, hard.
Webtop was an accessory that turned Motorola’s Atrix 4G phone into a simple laptop, with a keyboard, trackpad and a full version of Mozilla’s Firefox …
I Chose the iPhone, You Chose an Android Phone — So What?
Readers, let’s have a conversation. First, some basics: I am an industry and market analyst who studies personal technology. I am not a journalist. I write an opinion column here for TIME’s Techland section. I am not a paid …
BlackBerry 10: Good Enough Won’t Be Anywhere Near Good Enough
So help me, I want to be excited about BlackBerry 10, the all-new operating system powering the BlackBerry handsets which are now supposed to show up in the first quarter of 2013.
I was keeping an open mind about it almost a …
5 Dependable iPhone and iPad Apps That Filter Content for Kids
“What is that?” I heard my 7-year-old shriek from his room. I ran in to find him and my younger son watching a video of a woman giving birth. It was shocking to them — and especially shocking to me because I thought we had all …
Why PC Companies Fear Amazon
Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market-intelligence firm in Silicon Valley. He contributes to Big Picture, an opinion column that appears every Monday on Techland.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note II: U.S. Carriers Show the Phablet Some Love
For a product that was supposed to be niche, Samsung’s Galaxy Note II sure has a lot of interest from wireless carriers.
In the United States, the Galaxy Note II will be available by mid-November on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and …
Innovation in a Sea of Sameness
Ben Bajarin is a principal at Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley. He contributes to the “Big Picture” opinion column that appears every week on …
Coming Soon: 15 Interesting Phones, Tablets and Hybrids
The summer tech drought is over and gadget makers have come out swinging with Windows 8 laptop-tablet hybrids, Android tablets and high-powered smartphones. Here’s the most interesting new gear announced at the IFA 2012 show in Berlin.