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Techcrunch is reporting that a $150M venture fund aimed at Blackberry developers, will be launched on Monday (update: it’s now launched). It’s a clear response to the $100M iPhone fund that was recently launched by Apple and Kleiner-Perkins. Taken together, that means that there’s a quarter of a billion dollars of venture capital available for […]
One of my favourite sayings is a quote from Sun’s CEO, Jonathan Schwartz - different isn’t always better, but better’s always different. So, I’m a fan of a lot of the super-innovative work that Apple does. However, their thinking is sometimes different to the point of not making any commercial sense. The iPhone is […]
There’s been some speculation that the forthcoming 3G iPhone may include a new patented Apple technology - a so-called “integrated sensing display”. This is an LCD screen, with image-sensing elements inserted in between the pixels in the LCD panel. The images detected by the many thousands of sensors can be “stitched” together in software to […]
Reports suggest that Apple will announce a 3G version of iPhone in June. Whether there will be any new hardware beyond 3G support (presumably the latest version of HSDPA - ‘cos it needs to be) is unclear. My guess is not. That’s not the big question, though. The big question is whether this new version […]
How does Apple’s iPhone compare with a fake iPhone from China? Check out this video review. It’s pure genius…
[Via Fake Steve Jobs]
I’ve just ordered a new business mobile phone. I needed this to be really great for e-mail on the move and there were only two choices on my short-list: an iPhone; and a Blackberry. I chose a Blackberry, but it wasn’t a clear-cut decision between the two. The iPhone has lots going for it: […]
Interesting news from Sun. Sun’s VP Java Marketing just told The Register that Sun will be making a version of Java for iPhone. It seems that they feel that the iPhone SDK offers enough freedom that they can build a JVM on top of it. Here’s the quote…
We’ve spent the last 24 hours furiously looking […]
Well, Apple’s iPhone software roadmap meeting is over. Did they deliver? In a word - YES! All the commercial and techincal details look great. By using the iPhone SDK, it will be possible to develop truly amazing, magical software applications for iPhone, and it will be easy to distribute these apps too. Importantly, along […]
After looking at Silverlight 2, it seemed to me that Apple might be considering Silverlight for the iPhone. And just now, Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie, live on stage at Mix 08 in Las Vegas dropped a hint that suggested Microsoft may have already done the deal. He said something like - Expect to see Microsoft putting […]
Tomorrow, Apple will release details of the iPhone SDK. This is really crunch time for iPhone. If Apple gets this right, it will be a key part of paving the way for explosive future growth in iPhone sales. If the company gets it wrong, it could signal a future sales slowdown.
What does Apple need to […]