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TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: What's ahead for 2012?

by Steven Sande (Jan 4th, 2012)

With this episode of TUAW TV Live, the show goes into its third full year of production. As with every new year, there's a lot of speculation on what new trends and products we'll see from our friends in Cupertino. Today on TUAW TV Live, I may or may not have a co-host (he hasn't responded yet), ...

Analysts predict big iPhone sales as press event nears

by Dave Caolo (Oct 3rd, 2011)

Apple will reveal its new iPhone tomorrow and analysts are already predicting a buying frenzy. These are predictions, of course, but there's no denying the anticipation felt by many Apple fans. The first comes from Janney Capital Markets analyst Bill Choi, who brandishes a huge number about. He ...

TUAW predictions for WWDC 2011

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 6th, 2011)

With Steve Jobs' WWDC 2011 keynote just a few hours away, we already know a lot more about the content of this year's WWDC keynote than in years past. But, it's always fun to dust off the old crystal ball and see what WWDC will bring us this week. Without further ado, here's what some of our ...

Newspaper thinktank predicted the iPad in 1994

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 28th, 2011)

It's not often (well, ever) that I consider the possibility someone might be from the future, but maybe Roger Fidler was. In 2007 the Paleofuture blog pointed to the video below, where Fidler and his team at Knight-Ridder describe an electronic newspaper running on what might as well be an ...

Michael Dell: Android tablets will overtake iPad

by Dana Franklin (Apr 25th, 2011)

Michael Dell is bullish on Android tablets [registration required]. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal published today, the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Dell Inc. predicted Android tablets would one day overtake Apple's iPad as the leading platform in the tablet market. ...

Two years after Fred Wilson dumped AAPL...

by Chris Ward (Apr 9th, 2011)

We all make predictions that don't turn out as planned. For example, this morning I said I'd have a few beers, enjoy a barbeque in the sun with friends and perhaps go to the cinema tonight. Turns out I have two daughters under the age of 3, so there went my day. But at least I'm not kicking ...

Gartner says Microsoft will surpass Apple in mobile by 2015

by Mel Martin (Apr 7th, 2011)

That's the prediction from analysts at Gartner today. In a new report, Gartner's experts say the Microsoft-Nokia partnership will give Windows the number 2 spot in 2015, with a 20 percent market share after the Android OS grabs 48.8 percent of the smartphone market. Gartner predicts Apple will ...

Up to 20% of iPad owners expected to upgrade

by Dana Franklin (Mar 11th, 2011)

Mike Abramsky, a technology analyst for RBC Capital Markets, predicts up to 20% of the original iPad's buyers will upgrade to the iPad 2 over the next 12 months. But Abramsky suggests the number of customers upgrading to iPad 2 will be eclipsed by buyers new to the platform. With over 15 million ...

iPad 2: Our last second guesses

by Erica Sadun (Mar 2nd, 2011)

At TUAW, we love predictions, especially when we have few solid facts to rely on and rumors galore to work with. Here's what we're predicting for today's announcement. As always, we'll revisit our guesses after the fact and score our team for accuracy. Dana Franklin: I expect to see the iPad ...

Talkcast tonight, 7 PM PT/10 PM ET: Crystal Ball Edition!

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 9th, 2011)

It is time! This week we have plenty to discuss, including the Mac App Store's debut and the white Verizon iPhone confirmation. As such, this calls for a freshly-baked batch of random speculation, so tonight I'll be hosting live from my House Of Crackpot Theories. We might even have a few developers ...

Citibank: Apple could pull in $2 billion in App Store revenues in 2011

by Mike Schramm (Jan 3rd, 2011)

Right before the year switched over, Citibank released its "US Internet Stock 2011 Playbook," and in there was an interesting prediction about the App Store. Despite what seems like constantly falling prices and the rise of "freemium" apps, Citibank expects Apple to pull in $2 billion in gross app ...

TUAW TV Live: The end-of-year panel discussion

by Steven Sande (Dec 29th, 2010)

The holidays are still here. You're at home, stuck with the relatives for the next few days, and you'd like to do something fun. Why not join a group of TUAW bloggers for an hour of discussion and laughs? Every Wednesday afternoon I host TUAW TV Live, which (as the name implies) is a live one-hour ...

The cracked crystal ball -- how the TUAW blogger predictions fared

by Steven Sande (Oct 22nd, 2010)

Shortly before the Back to the Mac event on Wednesday, TUAW blogger Michael Grothaus compiled a list of predictions from the rest of the blogging staff. I thought it would be fun to go through the predictions and score our ability to foresee the future, giving each correct prediction a +1 score and ...

iPads complement primary computers, threaten secondary ones

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 22nd, 2010)

Here's a bit of news that you might have already figured out for yourself. Your primary computer doesn't need to feel threatened by your iPad. Sure, your Mac (or PC) probably felt a little uneasy when you brought that slim, trim, shiny, and lets not forget - magical - little number into your home, ...

Analyst: iPad to sell 28m in 2011, impacting PC market

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 13th, 2010)

Both All Things D and AppleInsider report that, according to the analyst Maynard Um at UBS Investment research, the iPad is having a negative impact on the PC market. In a note to his clients, the analyst Um says, "Sales of traditional notebooks appear to be feeling pressure from the iPad, causing a ...