Tag Archives: Wi-Fi

Contact Lenses

A printed circuit board inside a mobile phone

Back this morning with a quick thought I had while reading about eMarketer‘s new study on trends in mobile. As an aside, it seems as if there isn’t anything disruptive (like the introduction of the iPhone was) in near future but that current trends will continue and accelerate.
But that’s not what struck me. One thing I noticed was the term “smart phone“. That’s part of what, in my opinion, has caused the acceptance and use by markets of this channel to have been delayed until recently: thinking about these things as phones. Continue reading

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The Kid on the Bike

Image representing Apple as depicted in CrunchBase
Image via CrunchBase

I know I usually write about food on Fridays, but I think I”ll wait on my food post until next week. Instead, I want to give you a couple of things that this press statement brought to mind: Continue reading

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Take the Money

George Washington

Image by Nick Humphries via Flickr

I had something unusual happen to me the other day.  I wanted to spend a few hundred dollars with a wireless company and they wouldn’t take my money.  This was not some kind of weird currency I minted myself either – just hard-earned, good old American greenbacks.  So while I kind-sorta get what they’re thinking, I really don’t understand the logic. Continue reading

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