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Why the iPhone won’t dominate in business email…yet
short answer: The keyboard and lack of push email. long answer: While on the road recently, I was forced to use the email functions in the iphone more than I had in the past. The vertical mail keyboard is too narrow for my big hands and often the predictive software slows down the process of [...]
The War over Data and Other Short Stories
After reading and digesting Publishing 2.o’s Scott Karp’s comprehensive piece on the forthcoming war over data, it seems to me there is an obvious component to the “debate” of data ownership that should be considered here: principally that the war will be over as soon as users realize just how much this data is worth [...]
2008 Predictions
Design and user experience will continue thier progression to the front of the classroom when the lecture turns to technology adoption and digital lifestyles. Apple will reap the rewards from this trend due to its product-centric design principles. “Meta” Social networks such as Facebook and MySpace will lose popularity as other more focused niche social [...]
The Real Use of Social Media
All of the recent hype around “meta social networks” like Facebook and Myspace and their experimentation with new and bold forms of advertising belies the fact that advertisers and users are still on an elusive quest for relevance between themselves and what’s available on the web (other users, content, and ads). The quest has [...]
Social Network Backlash continues…
In a recent spate of blog posts there has been a renewed trend toward social networking bashing.1. Jason Calacanis has mentioned that he is facing Facebook “bankruptcy”. In his post, he mentions his friend Robert Seidman’s comment: “I’m curious though, is there anything you feel like you will miss, or miss out on as a [...]
It looks like CBS gets it.
On a spree of acquisitions including LastFM and WallStrip, it looks like CBS is seriously in the game. I cant help but think Quincy Smith is hitting his stride inside CBS. His experience in the world of Silicon Valley VC and New Media financing with Allen and Co, has him well prepped to bring CBS [...]
Of Course Viacom is suing Google!
We knew this was coming. Old Media is scared Sh&%less of new media. They are losing control of their content. The Old Media model is set up with several layers of hands that need feeding each time a piece of content is consumed. This is likely the result of the world of media being dominated [...]
Smartphone Mashup TKO: Apple iPhone: Who doesn’t want one?
If you want a real treat, watch yesterday’s keynote. Sir Steveness is so geeked up about this thing, and its easy to see why. As an Apple Inc (!) fan, I was blown away at the amount of thought and intense ID that went into this phone. As you can read from the multiple smartphone [...]
Smartphone Mashup Update 5 – revised initial criteria: just say no to Verizon
In my initial post on what I think it will take to bring all the right criteria together for a phone that solves all the problems for a market leading smartphone, I wrote the following: Must have QWERTY keyboard for email and text. Must have push email Must have sync tools to PIM on desktop [...]
Smartphone Mashup part 3 — Palm Treo 700p Reviewed
OK, I have to say that so far this phone seems to do it all. It has great voice (prolly because I switched to Verizon) and the Palm OS so far has shown me quite a lot in terms of its ability to manage all the crap I need to manage (mail, contacts, web and [...]
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