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Motorola: Detwiler Sees Xoom Struggling

Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on March 2, 2011 at 1:50 pm PT

Analysts at Detwiler Fenton this morning write that Motorola Mobility’s “Xoom” tablet, which went on sale last week at Verizon Communications’ Verizon Wireless, may be having a rough first go of it.

An iPhone 4 Review Roundup

John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 22, 2010 at 3:09 pm PT

“This is really hot,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said of the iPhone 4 when he unveiled it at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month. And the pundits seem to agree. The first reviews of the device began rolling in Tuesday afternoon and they are largely glowing. After the jump, excerpts from a few of them.

An iPad Review Roundup

John Paczkowski in News on March 31, 2010 at 6:31 pm PT

A handful of iPad reviews published online moments ago and they’re largely positive–with some expected caveats about its lack of a camera and support for Flash and multitasking. Consensus seems to be that Apple has a great shot at creating a new category of device with the iPad. After the jump, excerpts from eight early reviews.

BoomTown Visits Geeks in Mexico

Kara Swisher in News on February 25, 2010 at 1:37 am PT

Inexplicably, BoomTown has been invited to Mexico to give a keynote speech for the Simposium Internacional de Sistemas Computacionales y Tecnologías de Información, or SISCTI 35. That translates to the International Symposium of Computer Systems and Information Technology–or, more simply put, a bunch of nerds in Mexico who want to know all about the iPad.

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A David Pogue Keynote

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on February 11, 2010 at 10:55 am PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Mount Techmore: Pogue, Baig, Levy and Mossberg at Apple Event

Kara Swisher in News on September 9, 2009 at 11:11 pm PT

BoomTown could not resist posting this photo for posterity’s sake, taken by All Things Digital Webmaster and master photog Adam Tow. It pictures a quartet of the tech media’s heavy hitters, all attending at the Apple event in San Francisco today.

Hello Kitty–A Snow Leopard Review Roundup

John Paczkowski in News on August 28, 2009 at 11:44 am PT

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the latest iteration of Apple’s operating system, arrived at market today–about a month earlier than originally anticipated. And while it doesn’t really deliver the GUI enhancements we’ve come to expect from Apple and some incompatibilities are riling people up, Snow Leopard’s under-the-hood improvements and price point appear to have struck a chord with critics. After the jump, a selection of early reviews.

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Pogue's Productivity Secrets Really Revealed

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on June 19, 2009 at 10:47 am PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)