Blackberry CEO wants to bring the Blackberry experience to the iPhone. Just say no!

December 22, 2013 by David Johnson

Blackberry's quarterly conference call took place on Friday. I will try to avoid adjectives such as train wreck, or disasterous. But it is difficult to report on it without at least using the word, predictable. On paper, they lost $4.4B. That's more money than they have. Accounting is a funny business. My undestanding of it is that much of that is a non-writedown writedown of unsold inventory, literally, worth nothing. Every phone they build is a liability to the company. Now, they would like to bring that worthless experience to iOS and Android. You can here John Chen: Blackberry CEO, say it in his own words

Everything is an iPhone

December 20, 2013 by David Johnson

Do you remember when Android first came out? Does anybody? The internet has a very short memory, So let this be a reminder; Android was actually in development before the iPhone was introduced. Here is something else you may have forgotten. Android was originally a clone of the Blackberry OS. At the time, the was no iOS to copy. Once the iPhone was unveiled, Google scrapped their Blackberry clone, and started making an iPhone clone.

State of the iPhone for 2013

December 15, 2013 by David Johnson

In terms of new product categories, it has been a rather dull year. When it comes to product updates, it's been a very good year. The MacBooks have had a substantial increase in battery life. Today's MacBook Air can last as long as yesterday's iPad. Speaking of iPads, the iPad Air has taken the tablet category to the pinnacle of what it should be. But what about the iPhone: the flagship of Apple's fleet?

How did the iPhone conquer Japan? Part One

December 12, 2013 by David Johnson

Here's a shocking fact: The iPhone makes up 76% of all new smartphones in Japan. Today, you can read this headline just about everywhere. A few years ago, all the headlines were telling us why the iPhone would fail in Japan. Shortly after the launch, the headlines were about why the iPhone failed in Japan. Now, less than a quarter of the population buys anything other than the iPhone. Is this the story of the greatest turn-around in history, or something more?

Blackberry turned down Justin Bieber's offer to be their brand ambassador

December 08, 2013 by David Johnson

No wonder they’re dead. The clowns running Blackberry literally couldn’t make a good decision to save their corporate lives. They couldn’t recognize a good decision even when it walked up to them and begged to be used. In this case, the good decision was in the form of Justin Bieber. For peanuts, he would have been Blackberries bright-faced, local boy done good, pop-star extraordinaire, international spokesperson. On top of all that, he was a legitimate fan. Now, how much would you pay? If you are Blackberry, you just send that saucy little twerp packing. And that is precisely what they did. Wow!

iPad Joins Scalpel as Surgical Tool

August 22, 2013 by David Johnson

Seeing iPads in doctor's offices and hospitals is nothing new. The iPad is the tablet of choice among physicians. Again, not a surprise. People with the resources to choose whatever devices they desire tend to choose products from Apple. What's new is that the iPad has scrubbed, and moved into the surgical theater.