Tech Sanity Check

Archive: 01-2012

• Five future technologies I can't wait for

  If you think the past two decades have been amazing for tech, wait until you see what’s next. See the five hottest technologies that are on the way.

  Posted by Jason Hiner | January 23, 2012, 7:00 PM PST

• Top trends of CES 2012: Geek pundits speak out

  In evaluating the most important stuff at CES 2012 I got an assist from Leo Laporte, Veronica Belmont, and other smart geek commentators.

  Posted by Jason Hiner | January 17, 2012, 11:29 AM PST

• Ultrabooks: A new era for PCs or Wintel innovation bankruptcy?

  For the first time in years, PCs grabbed the spotlight at CES 2012. Ultrabooks were everywhere, but was it an innovation win or an innovation failure?

  Posted by Jason Hiner | January 14, 2012, 10:32 AM PST

• Windows Phone: The Hail Mary pass is now in the air

  Windows Phone had a big CES with major announcements from Nokia, HTC, and AT&T. It’s now do-or-die for Microsoft in mobile. Learn why.

  Posted by Jason Hiner | January 11, 2012, 3:38 PM PST

• Tablets: What Amazon and Apple know that all the CES tablet peddlers are still missing

  Tablets are everywhere again at CES 2012, but none of them combine the two big reasons why Apple and Amazon tablets have succeeded.

  Posted by Jason Hiner | January 10, 2012, 11:56 AM PST

• Why Android tablets failed: A postmortem

  Android tablets were expected to give the Apple iPad fierce competition in 2011. It never happened. Here’s why Android tablets flopped.

  Posted by Jason Hiner | January 5, 2012, 10:56 AM PST

• The three biggest tech blunders destined to happen in 2012

  Learn the three big blunders that we’re destined to see from Google, Apple, and Microsoft in 2012.

  Posted by Jason Hiner | January 3, 2012, 12:59 PM PST