“Let’s see how the competition goes…”
Just to beat a dead horse, after seeing the post noting Apple’s iPhone business now brings in more revenue than all of Microsoft’s businesses combined, Jason Hiner reminded me of Steve Ballmer’s classic 2007 video laughing off the iPhone announcement (above).
CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: Enough with the giant phones!
The iPhone takes a lot of flack from tech blogs for maintaining their smaller screen size, but I like the ability to use my phone using only one hand and being able to reach over 90% of the screen using only my thumb. I think the UI designers at Apple already know these advantages though…
All these huge new phones are giving me a bad case of “smartphone thumb.”
The screen on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a stunning 4.65 inches across the diagonal, compared to 3.5 inches for the iPhone (see above). Though more is often better, there has got to be a limit, right? My thumb could…
Two generations of AI collide…
Siri VS Furby (by awarehead)
Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support
via understatementblog:
The announcement that Nexus One users won’t be getting upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich led some to justifiably question Google’s support of their devices. I look at it a little differently: Nexus One owners are lucky. I’ve been researching the history of OS updates on Android phones…
When Is it OK to Talk to Your Phone?
Not always. Use this etiquette guide to help you decide when it’s appropriate (or not) to use voice recognition services like Siri in public.
What Photo sharing app should you use? at least, according to Alexia Tsotis
On the heels of David Pogue hitting his wife with an iPhone
via joshsternberg:
Dan Lyons reports:
Pogue has been dating Nicki Dugan, a vice president at OutCast Agency, a San Francisco PR firm that represents top tech companies such as Amazon, Facebook, Cisco, Netflix, and Yahoo, since last year. (On April 24, things between them had grown serious enough that Dugan announced their relationship on her Facebook page.)
During the time they’ve been involved, Pogue has written articles about OutCast clients and their competitors without disclosing his personal connection to a senior staffer at the firm.
Writing about a friend’s/family member’s company seems par for the course w/tech writers at major publications.
