The iPad is Bad for the Consumer

I’m really confused about why so many people are fawning over the Apple iPad.  I really don’t get it.  It’s an oversized and stunted iPod Touch.  I read silly things like “I’d buy one just to watch movies when I travel.“  Excuse me:  what????  The darn thing has a 4:3 aspect ratio!  We’ve come so [...]

The Cell Phone Ecosystems

I’ve been musing recently about how the cell phone world is split into fairly distinct ecosystems.    I know I’m generalizing (I’m trying to do that to draw some generalizations) but I see the following kinds of breakdowns:

iPhone Users: typically young (or want to be young), hip, and very media savvy.  They tend to be [...]

Why the iPhone is doomed

The hoopla about the Apple iPhone App Store has been well discussed.  I find it hard to imagine investing the time and effort in writing an iPhone application and then *maybe* getting it accepted into the App Store (after some indeterminate wait period) and then hoping that Apple does not change their mind later (stranding [...]

The Future of Phones: Unlocked

I’ve read some this week about the complaints about the new Google Nexus One Android phone.  I got one this past week to test and develop with and have been impressed.  More on that in another post.  Like the Nokia N900 you can only buy it unlocked.  No carrier rebates.  I am tending to think [...]