When Google (GOOG) released its Nexus One concept phone last weekend to some of its employees, the blogosphere and industry pundits went on a feeding frenzy: Would Google try and release its own wireless phone and compete directly with its existing carrier customers?
During the hypefest leading up to the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, some overexcited pundits dubbed the device the "Jesus phone." Thanks to the efforts of a clever Italian priest, the iPhone might just have earned that lofty title.
There is no question that PC pundits are eagerly awaiting Apple's supposed new tablet, but what about customers? This is a high-risk game and Apple must know it.
The iPad is too big and lacks communication capabilities, argued the former Apple executive who oversaw the demise of the company's iconic-but-flawed Newton more than a decade ago.