Microsoft frets Google’s Nexus One will suffer Zune’s failure
Another former Apple designer said a team at the company had “spent the past couple of years working on a multitouch version of iWork,” Apple’s answer to Microsoft’s Office software suite. This could indicate that Apple wants the tablet to be a fully functional computer, rather than a more passive device for reading books and watching movies.
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I think there’s a very good chance Apple is going to take the first step toward redefining what a computer is when they introduce their tablet device.
Android doesn’t make sense as a whole. It’s fragmented, poorly executed, the Android Market for apps is a mess, and developers still don’t care about it. There’s not one single good IM program that I could rely on day to day (I don’t use Google Talk), the browser is decent at best. It’s faster now, sure, there’s a 1GHz CPU under its ass, but it’s not intuitive, and there’s always erroneous touch events; when I want to hit something I hit another link, button or app by accident.
The only thing I cannot believe, when it comes to the case of Tiger Woods, is how clueless people are on the subject of men with options and sex … over the entire sweep of history. I’m not saying it’s right, I’m saying it is. Get real, people.
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Ideas are in the air. There are lots of people thinking about—and probably working on—the same thing you are. And one of them is Google. Deal with it.
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Google’s biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL
Google’s biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL
The article theorizes that the most meaningful impact of Google’s Nexus One could be the beginning of the disruption of handset-exlusitivity deals for wireless carriers. This is something Google’s been interested in for a while.
If true, it’d be a nice step towards tearing down the anti-innovation and anti-consumer status quo that currently exists in the U.S. wireless industry.
