The title to this May 9 story, suggests another Apple bashing: “Is Apple’s dominance of Mobile Development on the Wane?” It appears to be an old editorial trick, the classic alarmist headline, because the article itself goes on to answer in the negative: Apple is the logical choice for mobile development today Where is market...
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Forbes: Android is shipping more phones but Apple is still the logical choice for mobile development
Using the T-Mobile 4G Mobile Hotspot
Several months ago, I purchased the T-Mobile 4G HotSpot to use when traveling. Since that time, I’ve had the opportunity to use the device and service on a few trips so I thought I’d provide a quick overview of the results of using it in real-life. First, the T-Mobile 4G HotSpot is a ZTE...
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Ad shows how out of touch they are
It took some of us a while to even figure out what point Microsoft’s new Windows 7 Phone ads were trying to make. Eventually I figured out they’re supposed to be telling us that the reason people lose themselves in their mobile phone is because it’s too slow – if the phone were only faster,...
Google Android – I’m critical because I love
I recently attended an event for Android developers. One thing that surprised me was how much developers tended to be aligned in either the Google or Apple camps. In this case, it was mostly an anti-Apple camp. I understand this – there are a lot of reasons to be annoyed at Apple. However, a...
Skype grossly over hyped, even with the Verizon deal
Ok, short and sweet here. The recent hype about Skype, and in particular surrounding the Verizon deal has been blown WAY out of proportion, IMHO. It’s time to set perspective here. First, Skype was supposed to have killed off traditional telecom by now. Last I checked, that hasn’t happened (still a trillion dollar business). ...
Followup to Nexus One and my “right stuff” comment
The NY Times has an article about Google’s (lack of) tech. support for the Nexus one phone entitled Hey Google, Anybody Home? The NYT reiterates some of points I’ve made here before, including in my prior post about Nexus One. Google’s celebrated algorithms may power the Web’s most popular search engine, but they have...
Nexus One – Another $500 unlocked smartphone – Ho Hum
Google finally officially launched their own, much anticipated, mobile phone. Okay, so it’s Google, so it will make a bit of a splash, but for now at least, it is a mostly inconsequential moment. When the news was finally broken that the event was about the Nexus One, nobody in the audience applauded–it seems...
The Droids have their sights on iPhone
In the early days of the iPhone, I can recall conversations with executives and strategists of other mobile device manufacturers (who shall remain nameless). At the time, I remember how these companies almost discounted the iPhone. We can understand why. Here they are, with many years of experience in the industry, large market shares,...
Good example of why Apple was able to beat the wireless operators
PC World reports: AT&T Wireless CEO Hints at ‘Managing’ iPhone Data Usage saying that AT&T is overwhelmed by the data usage of iPhone users and may have to do something about it. iPhone users apparently consume 13 times the data of “the average smartphone customer.” Yeah. You know why? Because the iPhone provides a...
Why most iPhone users are not jumping ship
I’ve been meaning to write this post, long before TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington threw a tantrum and “Quit The iPhone” and before, Steven Frank, the well know Mac developer, who co-founded Panic, wrote on his blog “The iPhone ecosystem is toxic, and I can’t participate any more until it is fixed.” He says he...
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