Wayne Rash

The Apple iPad gives the impression of being invincible. If you believe Apple’s propaganda and the clamor of the iPad partisans, the one true religion is the iPad, and its prophet is written in the “Book of Jobs.” The truth is, the iPad’s overwhelming market share has nowhere to go but down. This does not […]

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab landed in stores with a lot of fanfare, and a lot of speculation as to whether this device will be the long anticipated “iPad Killer,” and if it is, to what degree. So having spent time looking at these devices (along with some others) let me say right up front that it’s […]

Verizon Wireless’s announcement that it’s releasing a new Android smartphone that will sell for less than $50 ups the competition in ways that Apple can’t meet. As Clint Boulton points out in his story, the low price point will bring these devices to customers who would never before have been iPhone buyers. But Verizon isn’t […]

Windows Phone 7, which launched on GSM networks in the U.S. and elsewhere on November 8, is raising questions as to its intended market. On the surface, it appears to be a consumer device, what with its “Hub” orientation and focus on social networking and movie-friendly design. But there appears to be some depth to […]

The Army diesel mechanic sniffed, dismissing my mention of the iPad as a non-serious question. “That thing would never last,” she said, “Things get dirty here. We drop things, and we expect them to last.” The tone in her voice made it clear that the idea of using an Apple iPad to do what she […]

T-Mobile has just announced that it’s going to start calling its HSPA+ service in the United States a 4G service. The reasoning is that it’s really fast (faster than Sprint’s 4G) and that it has the ability to eventually meet the 4G speed requirements. Sprint, of course, started the whole thing by announcing its WiMax […]

You’d think this would be an easy story to write. You start off with a leading paragraph that says, basically, that everybody is suing everybody else. You could describe it as a sort of a rugby scrum, but with suits and briefcases. And believe it or not, it seems there are even more players than […]

T-Mobile delivers the G2-the successor to the original “Google phone,” the G1-with a full complement of quad-band GSM, tri-band 3G, Bluetooth and WiFi radios that enable voice calling over WiFi and, network coverage permitting, access to T-Mobile’s speedy HSPA+ 3G digital network. The device, which runs Android version 2.2, sports nearly every feature available on […]

T-Mobile Ships the HTC G2 with Android 2.2 and High Speed HSPA+ by Wayne Rash The Face of the G2 The T-Mobile G2 Android phone from HTC carries on the clean lines of the G1 that helped launch the Android mobile OS. The device runs Android 2.2. Shown here is the default home screen, however, […]

Today’s round of breathless Android phone excitement comes from rumors that Samsung and Google will announce the Google Nexus Two Android phone on Nov. 8. The rumors are by no means substantiated, although they come from sources, Gizmodo as well as eWEEK’s Clint Boulton, that have been reliable in the past. But right now there’s […]

Apple executives are attempting to comfort customers dismayed by Oct. 27 news reports that the eagerly awaited white iPhone will be delayed until spring. Apple is claiming that production of a phone with white plastic proved significantly more challenging than production of the same phone with black plastic. For reasons that remain obscure, iPhone fanciers […]

When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told an audience at the Gartner Symposium / IT Expo that the company’s riskiest bet was the next version of Windows, he caused a great deal of consternation – especially since he declined to elaborate. Former chief architect Ray Ozzie, a couple of days after leaving Microsoft, added his thoughts […]