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"For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three." – Alice Kahn Asking the Right Questions Every thing I say in this article about Apple is a guess; I have no inside information. As for the rest, all I know is what I’ve read on…

Direct Link: MP3 Version Speculation bubbled up this week that Apple is looking into putting real games on the iPod. Is Apple’s looking to compete with Sony and Nintendo? Or could iPod games be part of a plan to take mobile phones head-on? Ricky Spero gives his analysis in this week’s Context Machine. The Weekly…

Analyst Kirk Yang, who covers technology for Citigroup in Asia Pacific, said during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in Hong Kong that the fabled “iPod with phone functionality is going to be a category killer.” Nathan Layne reported on his comments for Reuters, noting that the convergence of cell phones and MP3…

Research firm Yankee Group has said that the sale of X-rated content for portable devices could be worth US$200 million annually by 2009, fueled in large part by the new video-capable iPod as well as cell phones that can play video. Mike Musgrove, writing for The Washington Post, reported on that development on Tuesday, noting…

While last week’s unveiling of the Motorola iTunes phone elicited many bland reactions — mostly because pundits were expecting something truly revolutionary — Business 2.0’s Matthew Maier believes that “holding off on the iPhone was a smart move for Apple.” Why? He answers: “Because [Apple] let Motorola focus on the hardware design while it remained…

First off, sensation-seekers, I need to correct an error from my previous column ("Behind The Curtain at PC Expo"). I mentioned in passing that IBM didn’t have a booth at PC Expo when in fact, they did. My bad; judging from the map of the show floor, I reckon that I walked behind it several…