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Life with a computing companion – the iPad

August 3, 2010
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It’s been over a week since I got the BSNL 3G SIM Card to work on the iPad. So has it really been the ‘magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price’, as advertised? The price part first- since I got it in India through a US-visiting friend of friend, I was OK in the [...]

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Apple & Consumer Reports: of PR losses and gains

July 14, 2010
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Mention ‘iPhone 4′ now to anyone and chances are the response will be ‘faulty phone’. Apple’s detractors have always perceived the brand to be low on utility/value and high on aesthetics. This whole antenna problem falls right into their waiting hands. Given the propensity of Apple fanboys to come to the defense of Apple every [...]

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‘So what do you use an iPad for?’

July 13, 2010
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I got an iPad 3G recently. Yeah, I know what you must be thinking. ‘What a waste of money! What use is it in India? It’s just an expensive toy’. Well, perception is reality – especially for Apple products in India. The perception is not entirely uncalled for since its utility was not clear to [...]

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Future Apple products: what the launch could be

June 29, 2010
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Apple product launches have come to have a predictable nature. First the rumours, then the product leaks, pre-launch hype, launch hype and so on. Why read the same things over & over again? To save you time, herewith the likely sequence of events in future Apple launches: Phase 1 Rumours of a revolutionary new product [...]

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iPhone 4 India pricing: the million dollar question

June 9, 2010
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When I saw the leaked iPhone pictures over at Gizmodo, I thought the controls on the side and the sharp edges made it look like a Nokia phone. And then I saw the launch pictures and the features. Now just the pictures and the GUI of iPhone 4 makes my current iPhone 3G look dated. [...]

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Of CEO emails, Steve Jobs and doing the right things

May 16, 2010
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Of late, people writing to Steve Jobs have received a reply – mostly terse one liners. A personal reply from a CEO like Steve Jobs is a high and it provides for great publicity. Especially for tech blogs. The latest one is an email debate of sorts between Ryan Tate of Gawker and Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs delivered a ‘F$%^& you!’ statement to Gawker.

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The iPod revolution: what next?

May 11, 2010
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What next for the iPod? It has morphed into an internet device so the original, classic mp3-player is no longer as attractive as it was. It shows in the numbers – Apple sold 10.89 million iPods during the quarter ending March’10, representing a one percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.

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Blackberry India: love what they are doing

March 28, 2010
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As an Apple fan, what Blackberry is doing in India in marketing terms, makes me jealous. While Blackberry has pretty much taped up the senior manager market for years now, their latest efforts are guaranteed to attract younger new users and strengthen their position even more. At the heart of it is a great product [...]

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What apps can do: iPhone – Family Travel

March 1, 2010
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Apple continues to push the diverse apps as the differentiator – until the Android and Ovi markets catch up, at least. There are two new ones: First Steps and Family Travel. I was intrigued by the sheer  usefulness of some of these apps – I mean, switching off the lights at home remotely from your [...]

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