Chasing the Power Curve

I’m really confused about why so many people are fawning over the Apple iPad.  I really don’t get it.  It’s an oversized and stunted iPod Touch.  I read silly things like “I’d buy one just to watch movies when I travel.“  Excuse me:  what????  The darn thing has a 4:3 aspect ratio!  We’ve come so [...]

I’ve been musing recently about how the cell phone world is split into fairly distinct ecosystems.    I know I’m generalizing (I’m trying to do that to draw some generalizations) but I see the following kinds of breakdowns:

iPhone Users: typically young (or want to be young), hip, and very media savvy.  They tend to be heavily [...]