2008 will be the year of iPhone competitors rivaling the user experience introduced by Apple Inc on mobile handsets.
The interesting part is that there are several new comers in the Open Source segment. Linux seems to dominate the field, while taking different approaches, the goal seems the same; Establishing solid alternatives to Windows Mobile and Symbian. Continue reading ‘Finally User Experience rules mobile development’
Personally I find the recent clarification from Google on the gPhone a huge relief. Google simply (or not) wants to give all handsets the power of iPhone when it comes to OS and extensibility. Although the boring big play stupid:
What will customers get on an Android-powered phone that they can’t get on their current devices? New content? New applications?
Will the system be secure enough to prevent viruses, hacking and other potential problems? * What safeguards will be in place to protect customer’s privacy?
The news story that Apple will pass Microsoft in revenues by 2010 broke to day through an analysis from 10layers. The numbers show that while Microsoft has had a linear growth in revenue over the last years, Apple has had an exponential growth.
The Apple success is largely due to its killer gadget iPod that now has about 60% market share.
Apple has developed into a gadget giant with focus on user interface on one hand and outstanding designed hardware on the other. That is simply the best way to keep your focus on the customer. Continue reading ‘Apple’s Winning Formula.’
As you may recall I posed the question how much Apple would pay for www.iphone.com. Since that the people behind the name have been busy making the site active and made the site relevant to the name. The site now brings you to “The Internet Phone Company” and actually offers services relevant to the name. Allthough the first page is only an image of the actual site you’ll be brought to if you click it.
The traffic boost is obvious. Check out this graph from Alexa:
The owners of iphone.com is obviously utilizing the iPhone hype as much as they can (before they’re cashed out by Apple Inc).
As a “proud” owner of a Qtek 8310 WM5 phone I must say that Mr. Ballmer should be a little careful in ridiculing the iPhone. Having Microsoft in your phone is not exactly trouble free. I’ve already switched from XP to OSX on my computer and have really enjoyed the ride. Things just work! The days of struggling with a computer that just slows down as registries and startup-folder gets cramped is over. No more arbitrary crashes, viruses, worms, spyware and crap that just kneeles the machine at the end of the day.
I’m sorry but I have the exact same experience with my Windows Mobile. It starts out fairly well, but just keeps on protesting as the going gets tough. Give me an iPhone tomorrow please! Never mind the “high” cost. Give me a browser that works and a media-player that just playes the stuff I have on my phone. Never mind that I have to use iTunes.
A new visit to the iPhone website shows that Apple has added the Apple logo ahead of iPhone. This may be a sure sign that they are preparing to separate the Apple iPhone trademark from the Cisco iPhone trademark.
Gizmodo has an interesting discussion going on the odds on the Cisco/Apple lawsuit. Go check it out to see whose favored! Personally I still have some problem with the way Apple is doing this. I get the sence that Apple’s approach is that market power overrules business ethics. Trademark protection is Apple’s speciality but shouldn’t be a one-way street as pointed out in the Cisco blog.
Cisco didn’t agree with Apple after all! They are now filing a law suit against Apple for infringement on their trademark. This is highly unprofessional of Apple.
“Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco’s iPhone name,” said Mark Chandler, senior vice president and general counsel, Cisco. “There is no doubt that Apple’s new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission.
The battle is on. What will the price tag be? Either they rename the thing, agree with Cisco or …..
