Category Archives: iphone

The Kindle presents an Amazon Associates opportunity

Arrington on Techcrunch talks about the possibility of Amazon licensing its Kindle ebook reader hardware specs and trademark to third-party manufacturers: …a licensing program that gave hardware manufacturers the ability to build Kindle clones, along with an incentive to sell … Continue reading

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Why I won't be buying the iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G, finally, will be available in India on August 22nd through Airtel. While I’m excited about the world’s most revolutionary phone meeting the world’s fastest growing market, I’m not buying one for myself. Instead, last month I purchased a … Continue reading

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The iPhone question – and why Arrington is wrong

(This post is a follow-up to “Why did Mowser fail?“) An iPhone in every hand will not ignite a mobile web revolution. That much is certain. Both Michael Arrington and Russell Beattie make this mistake. Perhaps that comes from living … Continue reading

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Misguided iPhone/Safari strategy analysis

More iPhone strategy from Bob Cringely. While he’s spot-on with most of his columns, I don’t agree with his line of thought in this week’s column. In a nutshell, Cringely believes that forcing developers to develop Safari-compliant AJAX applications will … Continue reading

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Scoble is not an idiot…

… but he doesn’t seem to have gotten things bang-on either, with regard to the supposed “closed” nature of the iPhone. Steve Jobs admitted at the D conference that Apple was rather cagey about allowing developers to write third-party apps … Continue reading

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