Category Archives: Apple

Thinking of Buying an Apple HomePod? Don’t.

Posted on 20 February 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

Consider buying an Apple HomePod more of an investment bet than a practical purchase because, right now, it’s a pretty useless device. Like most gaudy objects, HomePod’s aural and aesthetic beauty blinds you of its practical near-worthlessness in comparison to … Continue reading →

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Review of the Apple HomePod

Posted on 19 February 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

Is it the best-sounding and most beautiful smart speaker extant with a lot of potential or an overpriced smart speaker with limited functionality? The ‘net has been bubbling over with one or the other of these wildly divergent assessments of … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Gadgets From CES

Posted on 17 January 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

A list of the gadgets I found at CES that are more practical than future fanciful, more useless than cool, that’d I’d actually buy; from the Huffington Post, which you can read here.

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My CES 2018 Coverage For TWICE Show Daily

Posted on 11 January 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

For the (at least) 30th time, I helped TWICE, the leading trade magazine in the consumer electronics business and publisher of the official CES Show Daily, cover CES.  Here’s some of my coverage: What Does ‘Google Assistant Compatible’ Mean? Pai, … Continue reading →

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Are There Killer Apps for AR and VR?

Posted on 26 December 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

Restless grumblings are rocking the virtual reality (VR) world. Previous rose-colored projections are undergoing hasty revisions as disappointing VR hardware sales reports trickle in. We’re shocked that folks don’t like putting stuff on their heads that completely blind them, forcing … Continue reading →

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VR’s Rocky Road to the Mainstream

Posted on 3 December 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

VR suffers multiple format, ergonomic and technical issues that could delay or even permanently impede its path to the radio-TV-web mainstream. Read more about VR’s Rocky Road to the Mainstream in this blog post.

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Top 10 iPhone X Quirks

Posted on 8 November 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

From the Huffington Post: Top 10 iPhone X Quirks

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iPhone X review roundup: Apple’s most important smartphone yet has arrived

Posted on 31 October 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

iPhone X review roundup: Apple’s most important smartphone yet has arrived For the iPhone’s 10th birthday Apple has binned Touch ID and the Home button in favor of Face ID and a bigger screen — but has the gamble paid … Continue reading →

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Looking to Buy a New Amazon Echo? Wait.

Posted on 16 October 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

A Huffington Post preview of the coming avalanche of smart voice-assistant speakers on the horizon, which you can read here.

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7 Reasons to Buy an Apple Watch Series 3 LTE with a few caveats

Posted on 11 October 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

7 Reasons to Buy an Apple Watch Series 3 LTE with a few caveats

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