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I take it you’ve read the Steve Jobs essay discussing Flash yesterday. It’s a well-written piece, despite some smoke and mirrors in the discussions about “open vs closed” systems that most people will see right through. The bottom line, however, was crystal clear, and we already knew it: he has no intention whatsoever of allowing [...]
I’m sure you’ve seen the Gizmodo scoop – the full details of what seems to be the next Apple iPhone. I haven’t included a photograph here (you can see lots at the previous link), because there seems to be some uncertainty over whether this phone was obtained legally or not. Nevertheless, the details of the [...]
Google is currently locked in a battle with Apple. Both companies are fighting to produce the most compelling smart phone platform for consumers, businesses, developers and advertisers. Apple has iPhone; Google has Android. Currently, Apple has the more compelling offering in almost all areas. The Android team is working hard to catch up, and overtake [...]
You know, I admire Steve Jobs as an entrepreneur. Sometimes, though, his comments really do errr… to use a gentle, old-fashioned British phrase… “take the biscuit!” Recently, in one of Steve’s e-mails to a customer who had queried what the customer thought was a bad decision by Apple, Steve responded,
We’ve been there before, and intermediate [...]
You may, or may not, have followed recent developments in terms of new rules that Apple is imposing on developers for creating apps for the iPhone. If you haven’t, I recommend getting up to speed by reading John Gruber’s post on the topic. Steve Jobs called that post “insightful”; so it’s safe to say it’s [...]
I’m sure it hasn’t escaped your notice that, this weekend, Apple released the iPad to stores in the United States. As usual, there’s been a huge amount of coverage in the press; and Apple itself released the first day sales results so we can all see how well the launch went. There were 300,000 iPads [...]
Following yesterday’s Oracle / Sun announcement, the integration planning process will be starting almost immediately. Teams at both Oracle and Sun will be tasked with figuring out how to combine the two companies. What, though, is the new vision for the combined operation? The vision should inform the integration planning process; and help people figure [...]
There’s no doubt about it. From a hardware/OS design perspective (e.g. gesture-based, multi-touch user interfaces) and a business model perspective (e.g. app stores that put all developers on a level playing field), Apple’s iPhone continues to set the agenda in mobile. However, both Palm’s senior management, and Palm’s investors believe that, with the Pre, they [...]
In recent days, I’ve seen commentary suggesting that, within a short space of time, Android mobile phones will outsell Apple iPhones. I have to ask – why? If you ask the average person on the street, “Have you heard of iPhone?” the answer will be, “Yes”. Conversely, if you ask them, “Have you heard of [...]
In the next few weeks, Sun Microsystems will launch JavaFX Mobile. For handset makers and network operators, this represents a huge opportunity to transform the mobile software industry. It’s an opportunity the industry should be jumping at – it might just be its savior. However, there’s a few things that will have to happen for [...]