On the Open Sourcing of the iPhone [updated]
William Hurley, author of the Evil Genius blog, recently published a post, titled Five Reasons Apple Should Open Source The iPhone. Despite the title, however, he never actually directly argues that...
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MS Retail: UR Doin’ it Wrong!
Microsoft has recently announced that they will be entering the retail space with their own stores. Clearly they feel a need to compete with Apple’s success in their retail endeavors. But, in a seeming...
View ArticleA Perfect 10 (potentially… down the line)
So Courtney Gaines, of the Telegraph’s “Gadget Inspectors” gadget reviews series rates the HTC G1 (the first Google phone) with a a 10/10 rating, citing capabilities that are theoretically possible in...
View ArticleOpen Letter to LiveScribe: Please Sync With iPhone
Dear LiveScribe Product Managers: I really love my Pulse smart pen. One of the most valuable affordances it’s provided me is the peace of mind I have, knowing everything I’ve written is safely backed...
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The Macheist Controversy
There has recently been quite a bit of controversy over Macheist, arguing that it’s unfair to the participating developers, largely due to the “steep discount” at which these (largely great) apps are...
View ArticleWindows 7′s Exciting New Feature: It Runs Windows XP
Troubled times are here for Microsoft; truly troubled times. I’m not referring to their first reported decline in quarterly earnings, and I’m not even talking about the repeated extension of the...
View ArticlePalm Pre-Fucking Themselves?
TechCrunch is reporting that Palm is already creating a second WebOS device, code named Pixie, that will be a “low end” version of its upcoming (and as-yet unreleased) Pre. From the post: The Pixie...
View ArticleApple Launches A Revolution… and Then Gets Overtaken?
At least, that’s what Richard Wray and Bobbie Johnson of the Guardian conclude: … while Apple caused a revolution [with the iPhone], it is unlikely to become dominant in the market. It has sold just...
View ArticlePlaying Hard Means Risking the Occasional Foul
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch published a post Friday, titled The Truth: What’s Really Going On With Apple, Google, AT&T And The FCC. It is—in my opinion—a fairly insightful piece,...
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