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Great graphic constructed by Mobile Phone Tracker coming to us via Nicholas Jackson of The Atlantic. We were surprised that only $7.00 goes to Foxconn to manufacture each unit. Here are some of Jackson’s favorite “facts and figures” of the…

For Amazon, they are always willing to introduce loss leaders to build volume. I anticipate they will be successful here yet again. That is a wonderful story for their Kindle book sales, music sales, video sales and for their App store…

Android’s adoption is all about upgrades and not about switching. I see this as a land grab right now. The operating systems that can grab as much share as possible while people are upgrading from cheapie phones to inexpensive Smartphones…

I see the Apple’s iCloud as a very compelling product. When iTunes Match goes live, I will pay the $25 to use it – and so will many others.

Here’s an interesting conversation about social media and Internet and technology companies' adjustment to it.

Here's David Letterman with the ten reasons Apple needs to track your every move.

I say fragmentation doesn't matter. Consumers are going to buy what is available and for offer. Distribution trumps ease of use. Ask Apple about Macintosh. And ask Microsoft about Windows. Market share trumps technological superiority too.…

As I was thinking about the competitive landscape for e-Commerce and Amazon's foray into the streaming music scene, it occurred to me that Amazon has a huge data mining opportunity here and that this will almost certainly raise privacy…

Amazon just dropped a bomb on the technology world in the form of a cross-platform cloud music player. This is at once a game-changing move in the Internet storage and backup world dominated by players like EMC, in the Internet Music world…

This thing is pretty cool. Steve Jobs definitely is staying ahead of the pack with the new iPad. It's the same price as the old one but with a dual processor ad faster graphics, dual cameras and all the bells and whistles. Here's a spec…