Posts tagged consumer
Have Apple Miced an Opportunity?
Oct 20th
In today’s Apple update, there’s one element for me that’s far more exciting than the others and yet at the same time, really disappointing. The new Magic Mouse.
Sure, iMac users can now woosh around and no longer have to live in jealousy of their MacBook brothers and let’s not understate how nice that will be for them. But if you’re going to play around with the core interface elements, why stop there?
Does Android Dream of Electric Waves?
Sep 18th
Since its announcement two years ago, Google's Android platform has had a bit of an underwhelming start, at least until the last few months when the new HTC Hero handsets seem to have provided a proper backdrop to do it justice.
The platform itself has been bouncing along its Cupcake development branch and the 1.5 update offered a bevy of new improvements in much the same way that companies traditionally do. However, when it comes to features that place it noticeably head and shoulders above the competition, Android has been rather lacking.
Perhaps Flash is a killer feature for some but it's not the revolution one might hope for.
Google Wave, on the other hand, could be. More >
Thoughts falling far from the tree?
Jun 10th
With thousands of millions of downloads zinging their way to the 17 million iPhones out there in the wild, it'd be hard to argue that Apple aren't on to something with the App Store.
But I think there's a clear and greater opportunity on the horizon. More >
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