I have followed everything about the iPhone situation closely, and the message I got from Jobs yesterday matches what I have said for years. It doesn’t matter what the techerati says about a given technology or gadget. Ultimately the only opinion that matters is the consumer’s. Read More »
Archive for July 2010
Mobile music has long failed to gain traction despite a tremendous amount of hype, but recent announcements about cloud-based services have reinvigorated the space. But as carriers and record labels should know, the only certainty in mobile music is that old business models don’t apply. Read More »
Something about Apple’s press conference yesterday just didn’t sit right with me. They seem to be doing the right thing by giving out the free bumper cases, but how they explained why the cases are needed in some instances didn’t quite cover everything. Read More »
Steve Jobs was fractionally more candid than usual at an Apple press conference this morning. He shared some nuggets of wisdom which I feel are universal, regardless of how you may feel about Apple, Jobs and the company’s response to the iPhone 4 debacle. Read More »
Apple CEO Steve Jobs responded to complaints about antenna problems with the new iPhone 4 by saying the issue had been blown out of proportion, but he also offered users free cases that could fix the phone’s reception issues. But will that be enough? Read More »
The Nexus One is the only phone Google has sold directly to consumers, but not for long. It will be missed, but with great phones like the Droid X on the scene the timing is right. App Inventor brings DIY apps to any Android phone. Read More »
Chatroulette introduced new features this week, but the extensive media coverage of the new Channelroulette and Localroulette offerings inevitably led to tons of penis jokes. So what can the site do to succeed? How can it possibly make money, and what needs to be fixed first? Read More »
It’s not quite accurate to call Lien on Me a black comedy; “bleak comedy” seems to apply better. But there’s something strangely engaging about this recession-inspired web series with solid production value — maybe thanks to the jokes about sex toys and suicide. Read More »
Compact Power, a Michigan subsidiary of South Korea’s LG Chem, is starting to look like the player to beat in the competition to supply lithium-ion cells and battery packs for electric vehicles, having bagged deals with General Motors, Eaton and Ford. Read More »
Is the rise of Facebook partly a result of “white flight” away from MySpace? That’s the argument made by sociologist Danah Boyd in a chapter from a recent book based on her research into how teens use social networks, but her case is far from convincing. Read More »
The iPhone 4 will finally be available in white — with shipments of the white model on track for late July. Jobs noted that once on sale, the white model would only be available in limited quantities, with production slowly ramping up as time goes on. Read More »
The tech news has been buzzing with the launch of Google’s App Inventor for it’s Android platform. Despite Apple’s restrictions on third-party development kits — codified in clause 3.3.1 of iPhone’s developer terms — there are toolkits available for iPhone app development, too. Read More »
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