Archives for June 2007
Now that “real people” have iPhones in their hands, the reviews and hands-on videos are coming in. The truth is - they’re a little mixed. Up until now, we’ve had only a handful of favoured journalists review the phone; journalists that Apple knew would be enthusiastic about their products […]
Here’s some developer perspective I’ve been given from someone using the latest build of Leopard - the next version of Mac OS X:
3-D Dock - Who cares?
Coverflow - A bit confusing
Quick Look - Close to magic, very impressed with this feature
Overall performance - lots of things speeded up. Spaces, Spotlight and Stacks all very quick
Java […]
In a published e-mail exchange with the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg, Steve Jobs reveals something hugely important. That is, he shows he understands that iPhone is not like iPod as regards the importance of software. Job says,
I will say that the iPhone is the most sophisticated software platform ever created for a […]
Well, the first reports are in. While it’s not perfect, the initial conclusions are that the iPhone does raise the bar for mobile handsets. As I said the day that the first iPhone was announced, it looked like it might be a game changer. Of course, it’s not perfect. The […]
I’ve written before about internet television - so-called IPTV. My previous posts have been about the technology for delivering traditional “big media” TV shows over the Net, e.g. via P2P. However, there’s actually something more interesting happening in the IPTV space - and that’s the new breed of TV shows made exclusively for […]
You might not be aware of this, but people spend real money on virtual objects. Virtual pets, virtual coins, virtual flowers etc. How much do they spend? The answer, according to Susan Wu of Charles River Ventures is $1.5B (USD) a year.
Many people find this hard to believe. Those […]
Historically, touchscreens have essentially been a failure in mobile devices. They simply don’t work as well as devices with hardware buttons. As everyone knows, however, this hasn’t stopped Apple betting their mobile phone platform on touch.
It’s now just a little over a week until we find out if Apple has managed to do […]
The Times newspaper reports that Yahoo! and News Corp. are in discussions for Yahoo! to give up 25% of its equity, worth $9B at today’s prices, in return for MySpace. Well, they should know - after all, News Corp. owns The Times.
What’s amazing about this is that the paper appears to suggest that […]
Nokia’s CTO just said (on June 18 2007) that Nokia believes that - sensors and touch will be the next big things…
No shit! I wonder how they worked that one out! Now, I don’t want to swear two blog entries in a row… but… Fuck me! Sometimes I wonder about people, I […]
With the departure of Yahoo! CEO, Terry Semel yesterday, there has been lots of speculation about the type of person Yahoo! should hire as a new permanent CEO (people have assumed the co-founder Jerry Yang is an interim chief). An advertising executive? A media guru? I think the answer […]