The More Things Change…

Originally posted at MediaBizBloggers.com You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. – Steve Jobs Simplify…simplify….simplify. – Henry David Thoreau I read an interesting blog post by Uwe Hook on the biggest challenge facing agencies. Succinctly put, he suggested that keeping up with the overwhelmingly fast pace of change Continue Reading →
Just a day after the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission filed a complaint over Apple’s 4G/LTE marketing in the new iPad, Sweden is considering an investigation of its own. The Swedish Consumer Agency says it has received a number of complaints from iPad buyers about the device’s LTE capabilities—LTS is only available in the US—and is now Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120327_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] In a couple of weeks, AT&T will begin selling the highly-hyped and fairly well anticipated Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Smartphone.  And the really big news is the price point: $99 dollars with the obligatory two-year contract.  It’s 4G, has an 8MP camera and 16Gig of storage, which Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120321_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple’s new iPad sold 3 million units in 3 days. But what if you recently bought your iPad 2, is there anything you can do?  Actually, you have some pretty great options.  My favorite is trading it for a gift card at amazon.com/tradeins.  Just search for the Continue Reading →
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Apple’s one-year iPad product cycle has many existing iPad owners pining for the newest version. Instead of letting your first or second generation iPad become a very beautiful, very expensive paperweight, many companies are offering gift cards and even cash for trade-ins. The amount you will get for your iPad depends on many factors including Continue Reading →
Apple has dismissed claims that the new iPad runs hotter than previous models; it’s not that it doesn’t, but this is what happens when you include a battery that is 70% larger than its last iteration. Reminding customers of these things, Apple has claimed the device operates “well within our thermal specifications,” and customers with Continue Reading →