Why Does Dvice Hate Apple?

There are two major tech blogs, Engadget and Gizmodo. Both have passionate fans, and both do quite well financiallly, especially compared to other blogs. So it's no wonder that awhile back, a third "major" blog came onto the scene: Dvice. Comprised partially of writers from other blogs, and financed by the Sci Fi Channel (Sorry, SyFy now) the blog generally tends to be a day late, and covers a fraction of the news of the other two. 

Both Engadget and Gizmodo do a solid job of covering the major Apple events. They both offer coverage that can be critical or praise-filled depending on Apple's news. That's not quite the same as objectivity, but it's what passes for it in the blogosphere. Which brings us back to Dvice. Yesterday, Dvice ran two stories on the iPhone 3.0, or just 50% more than they ran on an update to Microsoft's Surface. The Apple coverage included the headline "Apple introduces more ways to spend money on your iPhone," and from their other post, "Apple announced an update to the iPhone operating system at one of its love feasts in Cupertino today." I don't know, maybe it's just me, but when you promote and follow diligently Surface, which is in the hands of zero customers, and meanwhile neglect a device (when your name is Dvice) that's in the hands of millions of users, that seems like bad business. Perhaps that's why, despite the strong backing, Dvice is a very distant third to the other two blogs.