Apple iPad Observations From A Skeptic Who Got One For Free
So I got an iPad the other day. From a client, for testing purposes. Thank you client! Incidentally, readers of this here blog may recall my issues with the Apple eco-system, which is why it’s somewhat ironic that I should end up with an iPad. It’s certainly not something I was planning on purchasing for [...]
Sayonara, iPhone: Why I’m Switching to Android
In which Fake Steve Jobs likens Steve Jobs to Howard Hughes: Steve Jobs has created his own precious little walled garden. He’s looking more and more like Howard Hughes, holed up in his penthouse, making sure he doesn’t come in contact with any germs.
Smokescreen Real-Time Converts Flash To HTML5
Smokescreen is a new open-source project: Smokescreen is a new open-source project aimed at converting Flash to JavaScript/HTML5 to run where it previously couldn’t and better interoperate with webpages where it previously could. With Smokescreen you can reach new platforms without learning any new tools; your Flash is automatically converted to JavaScript/HTML5. Based on the [...]
Apple takes aim at Adobe… or Android?
Ars Technica weighs in on iPhone 4s section 3.3.1 which bans Adobes upcoming Flash wrapper for iPhone apps: Apple’s current—and in our opinion, objectionable—position is now close to the complete opposite of its initial stance. From promoting openness and standards, the company is now pushing for an ever more locked-down and restricted platform. It’s bad [...]
Googles iPad Optimized Websites [Updated]
The Google Mobile Blog: Here at Google we’re really excited about the promise of tablet computers, which will be great for browsing the web and using apps. We’ve been working hard to optimize our services for the new format – larger touchscreens, increased portability, rich sensors – and we’d like to share some information about our [...]
How Eric Schmidt Lost His Mistress, His Partner And Steve Jobs
From a piece on Valleywag: Schmidt’s mobile phone rang on the highway between Reno and Burning Man’s movable city in Black Rock Desert. It was Jobs, angry. The call then dropped; bad signal, middle of nowhere. The disconnect couldn’t be blamed on a flaky iPhone connection: Schmidt had long ago given up on the Apple [...]
Open Letter To Steve Jobs Concerning The HTC Lawsuits
Wil Shipley: Enforcing patents is wrong. You’ve famously taken and built on ideas from your competitors, as have I, as we should, as great artists do. Why is what HTC has done worse? Whether an idea was patented doesn’t change the morality of copying it, it only changes the ability to sue. [...] I always [...]