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Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Android 4.0 not quite a super duo
ANDY IHNATKO: Samsung’s new Galaxy Nexus smartphone has a lot to admire - full features, elegant design and blazing 4G capability. And Android 4.0 - Ice Cream Sandwich - is certainly an improvement in OS. Yet niether can be called a great leap forward.
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First impressions with iPhone 4s - and the transformational Siri
ANDY IHNATKO: While a full review is in the offing, it only took a couple of hours to see that Siri is even more amazing than we thought and the the photo taking function on iPhone 4s makes this more like a phone attached to a camera than the other way around.
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Has Blackberry finally found its final straw - unreliability?
ANDY IHNATKO: Blackberry’s high-level meltdown cause its global dependents to go three days without service - or any meaningful communication from RIM - just as Apple’s iPhone 4s and the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S II hit the market. Hardly a recipe for success from a realing company.
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The good, bad and ugly of Apple’s iOS 5 update and iCloud
This week’s iOS update is much like this week’s update to the iPhone. A quick glance might not convince you that Apple’s changed much of anything. And yet this is probably the most fundamental shift Apple has made to the iPhone and the iPad since …
RIP Steve Jobs — a man who truly changed the world
ANDY IHNATKO: Yesterday, I lived in a world with a Steve Jobs in it. Tonight, I don’t. That’s truly how I feel right now. To adapt a line from “My Favorite Year”: “I need Steve Jobses as big as I can get them.” The world can say the same.
Told ya so: iPhone 4s is not revolutionary, but didn’t need to be
ANDY IHNATKO: The rollout of new products and services from Apple was nothing too surprising Tuesday. But what the presentation showed more than anything is solid progression rather than innovation.
Andy Ihnatko’s Twitter updates from the Apple iPhone announcement
Predicting Apple’s iPhone announcement
ANDY IHNATKO: Speculating on what Apple will announce Tuesday at its media event is a pointless exercise in futility based off the secretive company’s history. Bah! Let’s start guessing anyway. A new iPhone, iOS5, new iPods, and upgraded Apple TV and iCloud will all make an appearance in new CEO Tim Cook’s coming out party.
Amazon Kindle Fire explodes onto tablet scene
ANDY IHNATKO: The prognosticators were mostly right about what Amazon would be offering in its new lineup of Kindle devices, including its foray into the tablet wars with the Fire. The question remains, though, whether the $199 7-inch tablet will fire up the competition or explode in popularity.
Will Amazon Kindle Fire up tablet market on Apple iPad?
ANDY IHNATKO: Is Amazon set to announce its iPad killer? We’ll all know Wednesday, but one thing’s for sure - there will be some Kindle news.
A new iPhone? The rumors surrounding Apple’s big event
ANDY IHNATKO: What might we expect to see Apple reveal at the Oct. 4 special iPhone-related media event on the corporate campus in Cupertino Calif.? Here are the rumors, and what’s likely to happen:
Facebook changes were critical - future Mark Zuckerberg says so
ANDY IHNATKO: The two major moves that Facebook made on Thursday were critical to the survival of the company, and they’re making those moves at the best time.
The next great OS could be . . . a touched-up Windows 8?
ANDY IHNATKO: Windows 8 is first of all, beautiful. it’s also clever, powerful and a stunning solution for mobile and desktop hardware. Stunning enough to make Apple take notice. Only one problem: so far it’s only a developer demo and there’s plenty of time for Microsoft to gum up the works before the final version hits shelves.
A personal VPN won’t save you from the Internet, but it doesn’t hurt
ANDY IHNATKO: We live in a wireless Web world - always logging on to any number of foreign and suspect networks to get our fix. How do you know who’s running that Starbucks hookup? For that matter, how secure is your home network? Using a Virtual Private Network won’t protect your from all the evil the Internet has to muster, but it will at least clean up how you connect.
Post-Hurricane Irene disaster advice for your technology preparedness
ANDY IHNATKO: Sitting in the dark after Irene blew up the East Coast served as a reminder that being prepared for disaster includes reviewing your technology needs.
Steve Jobs’ resignation unlikely to change Apple in near future
ANDY IHNATKO: Steve Jobs’ resignation as CEO of Apple is unlikely to have any great impact on the company for at least a couple of years.
H-P’s TouchPad, WebOS killed — and Apple is the main suspect
ANDY IHNATKO: When Hewlett-Packard pulled the plug on WebOS and all of its hardware business, including the TouchPad Tablet just two months into release, many bad words escaped Andy’s keyboard. And he’d not even one of the 25,000 poor fools who bought a TouchPad.
Google buying Motorola Mobility should build a better Android
ANDY IHNATKO: Motorola Mobility was bought by Google for $12.5 billion in cash. But what does that mean in the mobile phone, Android market now that Google will control the whole experience in at least one line of phones? Better selection for the consumer at the very least.
Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt make it worth that Mac upgrade
ANDY IHNATKO: Apple has applied two new, basic technologies across the entire line. Intel’s next-generation Sandy Bridge CPUs are now in every Mac, not just the “pro” models. And everything now ships with Thunderbolt, a new high-speed peripheral interface. In general, this is very good news.
Apple OS X 10.7 Lion roars with futuristic, and maddening, upgrades
ANDY IHNATKO: Apple’s long-awaited upgrade to its main operating system – OS X version 10.7, or Lion – offers a wealth of ideas to make your computing experience easier and more streamlined.