Kevin Restivo's Tech Blog
Blog URL http://www.kevinrestivo.com
Located Toronto, Ontario Canada
Tags wireless, devices, consumer, handsets, mobiles, apple, research in motion, nokia, microsoft
By day (& sometimes night), I'm a wireless device and applications research analyst with IDC in Toronto. However, this blog is in no way, shape or form affiliated with the company where I'm happily employed.
Latest Blog Posts
- Reasons Google May Yet Create a Branded Smartphone or Device on Nov 19, 2009 in News Items and Commentary
A Google-created and branded smartphone has been rumored for years. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington gave the idea fresh legs on Monday when he suggested the search king would introduce an unlocked smartphone or a VoIP/Web-enabled Web device to the w...
- IDC’s Virtualization Under a Cloud Summit on Oct 25, 2009 in News Items and Commentary cloud computing IDC
The cloud descends in Toronto on Nov. 3rd. That’s when my employer IDC Canada, will help attendees of the Virtualization Under a Cloud – Payoffs and Pain conference better understand one of the tech industry’s hottest topics and growth prospect...
- The Return of Apple’s Steve Jobs: Don’t Cry For Me Cupertino on Oct 25, 2009 in News Items and Commentary Apple David Pogue New York Times Steve Jobs
David Pogue, the talented resident New York Times tech columnist, erstwhile Broadway producer and Mac fan boy, has come up with another entertaining take on one of his favorite topics – Apple. Pogue’s ditty, which will appeal to tech industry fo...
- iPhone on Bell and Telus: Don’t Expect A Cheaper Device on Oct 25, 2009 in News Items and Commentary
Bell and Telus will probably start selling the iPhone on Nov. 4th, the same day the second and third-largest service providers in Canada light up part or all of their brand spanking new jointly-built wireless network in the Great White North. The imp...
- The Wonderful World of Wal-Mart Wireless on Oct 22, 2009 in News Items and Commentary
For all the talk of iPhone and BlackBerry growth in recent weeks, there is still a relatively large group of people that want a basic phone with fixed monthly service costs on a non-contract basis in North America. People of this wireless persuasion...
- Growing iPhone demand a double-edged sword on Oct 17, 2009 in News Items and Commentary
Apple’s the envy of many a company, especially in these recessionary times. Yet its 2009 fiscal year fourth-quarter results, which are slated for a 4PM EST release on Monday, could suffer as a result. Demand for virtually every one of its products...
- Best Buy phone ‘cash for clunkers’ trade-in program worth a look on Oct 13, 2009 in News Items and Commentary
Mobile phone recycling efforts are nothing new. Canadian and U.S. wireless service providers for years have encouraged people to recycle devices no longer in use by tugging on heart strings. Take Rogers Wireless, in Canada, for example. The provider...
