Tag Archive | "Punditry"
Shocking! Rob Enderle, who gets paid by Dell, says the Dell Mini 5 is superior to the iPad
Rob Enderle likes to tout himself as an “inquiry analyst”, a seemingly made up title that he defines as an analyst “paid to stay up to date on current events and identify trends and either explain the trends or make suggestions, tactical and strategic, on how to best take advantage of them.” In his capacity [...]
Continue reading...Is Jason Calacanis on crack?
Monday, February 15, 2010
Hours after Google unleashed Google Buzz into the wild, tech pundit Jason Calacanis penned a moronic article claiming that Google Buzz is brilliant, ground-breaking, and “game-changing brilliant.” In classic Calacanis fashion, he lists out a number of ridiculous arguments in a feeble attempt to back up his assertion. 1. Google Buzz 1.0 is better than [...]
Continue reading...Taking Jason Calacanis to task for being an attention-whore
Monday, February 1, 2010
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Mike Davidson takes talking head Jason Calacanis to task for using his large Twitter following to dupe his readers into thinking that he got his hands on Apple’s iPad before the device was actually announced. If you’re familiar with Calacanis, then you probably already know that he’ll stoop as low as he needs to go [...]
Continue reading...Predicting the iPhone to fail – how everyone got it wrong
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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Terry Gregory from AAPLinvestors has compiled an exhaustive list detailing all of the quotes from all of the naysayers who predicted that the iPhone wouldn’t have a chance. Here’s a sampling of some of the more memorable quotes from the bozos who uttered them. “We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out [...]
Continue reading...The worst iPhone predictions of all-time, courtesy of John C. Dvorak
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Tech pundit John C. Dvorak has somehow parlayed a talent for being wrong into a lucrative career as a tech analyst. Dvorak’s tech predictions are usually laughable, misinformed, and completely off-base. Below are some of his gems regarding the iPhone.
Continue reading...Shocker! Rob Enderle writes non-sensically about Windows 7 and Apple
Friday, October 23, 2009
Just when you think Rob Enderle can’t get any dumber, he goes ahead and surprises you. At least he keeps things interesting, I guess. In his latest piece, Enderle writes how Microsoft “blinded vulnerable Apple with Windows 7″, as usual, it’s filled with the same backwards logic and asinine reasoning that have become dear ole’ [...]
Continue reading...Jim Cramer is way off base on Apple earnings.. AGAIN
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
This isn’t all that surprising really, but take a look at what CNBC talking head Jim Cramer had to say about Apple prior to their earnings announcement yesterday afternoon. “Your game plan next week is to buy Apple on weakness on Tuesday morning,” Jim Cramer said on Friday’s “Mad Money” TV show. He told viewers [...]
Continue reading...David Pogue responds to critics over “conflict of interest” accusations
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Over the past few weeks, New York Times tech journalist David Pogue has been singled out as someone with a conflict of interest to the extent that he makes a living publishing books about tech software like OS X, while at the same time, he’s tasked with objectively reviewing them. Two weeks ago, the Times [...]
Continue reading...Is Dan Lyons slowly turning into Rob Enderle?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Dan Lyons might slowly be morphing into Rob Enderle before our very eyes. In a recent article about Snow Leopard, Lyons writes that things are amok over at Apple, an opinion he bases on “unimpressive reports on the performance of Snow Leopard.” Hmm, last time we checked, Snow Leopard has been getting glowing reviews at [...]
Continue reading...How did this analyst ever get a job?
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter recenty told TG Daily “that Apple is unlikely to launch a game console before 2015,” and that Apple is “way behind Microsoft” when it comes to video games, and that it may never catch up. Wow, 2 words come to mind – No. Shit. Somehow this guy earns a paycheck [...]
Continue reading...Jason Calacanis rants against Apple fanboys [Video]
Monday, August 24, 2009
Our old friend Jason Calacanis is up to his old tricks again. Earlier today, he posted a video rant where he goes off on Apple fanboys. Some of the more interesting quotes include: “Anybody who would go to the genius bar is an idiot.. just re-format you’re hard drive and you’ll be fine” - Umm, [...]
Continue reading...The hypocrisy of Michael Arrington re: Google Voice
Saturday, August 22, 2009
It wasn’t that long ago that TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington implied that Leo Laporte’s positive impressions of the Palm Pre were influenced by the fact that he received a free review unit from Palm to use for a week. How were we to take Laporte seriously, Arrington insinuated, when he was receiving a free demo [...]
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Monday, March 1, 2010
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