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Will Android fragmentation destroy the platform?

via engadget.com

I've said many times before, that I think the answer to this questions is YES. I'm not anti-android, i just foresee the challenges that prevented widespread linux adoption or the difficulties that make releasing *good* versions of Windows so seemingly unlikely.
If I had purchased a Droid I would have been pissed when the Nexus (os 2.1) came out right after, and I'd be even more pissed when Google started offering cool new apps that didn't run on my brand new Droid.
As a mobile app developer, you have to seriously consider this fragmentation before you invest time and money in developing your application. This fragmentation means a fragmentation of your customer base.

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Posted March 7, 2010
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Aperture 3 Faces Matches Me With the Fiery Gates of Hell

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Posted February 15, 2010
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Mom This Posts For You

Before getting my mom a white MacBook last year, I would not have called her a member of the digital elite.  She's never been scared of computers (she got me my first, an Apple //c, and used it almost as much as I did) but she is not quite hacking the gibson.  However, seems that since the macbook, things started getting weird:  
Last night, when i spoke to her on the phone she said "I love Facebook!" and "I've been reading your blog".  

She has been on Facebook for at least a month and has not ONCE written anything horrifyingly embarrassing on my wall.  It is a brave new world. 

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Posted February 12, 2010
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Google Maps Advertising

Targeted and powerful stuff.

*via iPhone

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Posted February 11, 2010
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Panelfly | Revolutionizing Mobile Comics | iPad

via panelfly.com

killer app!

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Posted February 9, 2010
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Charlie Rose on The iPad, With David Carr, Michael Arrington and Walter Mossberg

via youtube.com

Interesting take on the iPad from the uber pundits.

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Posted February 6, 2010
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Biggest Threat to the iPad

The biggest threat to the TamPad (thank you Stephen Colbert) could be a similar device running ChromeOS at half the price. But the problem for Google there is that today 1) there is no ChromeOS and 2) there is no Google tablet.

Apple is adept at re-inventing a category and then staying one (or more) steps ahead of the "mee too" followers. As an example Google's Nexus one is probably the best Android phone you can get, but few seem to think its a real threat to the iphone. Maybe the Nexus Two, but by then there will already be a 4th gen iPhone. Notice I didn't mention the HP Slate.

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Posted January 29, 2010
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Remember When: Microsoft Invests 150MM in Apple (1997)

Hearing the news that Apple posted revenue of $15.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion got me thinking back when Steve first returned to an Apple that was in dire straights, and the big news was that that Microsoft (embroiled in anti-trust lawsuits) was investing 150MM in Apple.  Apple was also about 3% of the PC market share.  And now apple posts PROFIT in one quarter at 22 times that amount.  

STEVE JOBS, Co-Founder, Apple Computer: The era of setting this up as a competition between Apple and Microsoft is over, as far as I'm concerned. This is about getting Apple healthy, and this is about Apple being able to make incredibly great contributions to the industry to get healthy and prosper again. (applause)

MARGARET WARNER: There were gasps and some boos from the crowd at Jobs' announcement. Then Microsoft chairman Bill Gates appeared on a huge screen via satellite.

BILL GATES, CEO, Microsoft Corp.: Some of the most exciting work that I've done in my career--and it's been the work that I've done with Steve on the Macintosh. We're very excited about the new release we're building. This is called Mac Office 98.

 

 

*VIA way back http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/cyberspace/july-dec97/apple_8-6a.html#

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Posted January 26, 2010
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Will This Save Publishing? Time Inc. Tablet Mockup

via macrumors.com

Clearly produced in flash with what looks nearly like a cardboard cutout of a hand, this mockup of a tablet and interaction version of of Sports Illustrated is "Coming in 2010".
My normal distrust of "design prototypes" is tempered by the many rumors of Apple's tablet, it's release next year, and the fact that nothing you see in this mockup is beyond the technical capability of an iPod Touch with a 10" screen. Add to that that Time Inc. boldly claims it is coming next year.
I'm particularly interested in the form factor. I read a surprising amount of junk on my iPhone and it does that quite well, but a full color reader at this size would satisfy all but one of 'e-reading' needs (tech books, full color, etc). That last thing is to let me keep my reader powered ON during takeoff and landing.

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Posted December 9, 2009
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Mr. Jobs - Does General Purpose mean Tablet?

“I’m sure there will always be dedicated devices, and they may have a few advantages in doing just one thing,” he said. “But I think the general-purpose devices will win the day. Because I think people just probably aren’t willing to pay for a dedicated device.”

He said that Apple doesn’t see e-books as a big market at this point, and pointed out that Amazon.com, for example, doesn’t ever say how many Kindles it sells. “Usually, if they sell a lot of something, you want to tell everybody.”

via bits.blogs.nytimes.com

Maybe I'm reading between the lines a bit here - but Job's recent pot-shot at Amazon's Kindle makes me think that Steve has been thinking a lot about his top-secret new tablet-like device that may or may never be released and why it would be a superior reader to a Kindle.
I do love my Kindle, mainly because its easy on the eyes and i only charge it ever couple of weeks. So in that way, its a great digital replacement for *most* of the books i read. I still end up buying big old heavy computer books because reading them on an Kindle sucks and I'm not paying $450 for the huge Kindle DX.
If (or when) Apple releases a tablet computer, I'm guessing it will have some functionality that makes it a very good reader (probably not 2 weeks battery life). If so, I'll still use the kindle to read books, but I'll very much enjoy going digital for all my 10lb tech books.

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Posted September 17, 2009
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