Posted in Apple, Google, Mobile on Dec 14th, 2007 No Comments »
In a new Forrester report, analysts Benjamin Gray and Robert Whiteley served up 10 reasons why the iPhone isn’t ready for corporate America. Forrester argues, that while Apple will gain some penetration into the road warrior market, it will be primarily a result of osmosis, as some enterprise employees will purchase them and begin demanding [...]
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Just read a report from IDC about the top IT trends they expect to see in 2008. (Click here to see a press release that outlines the key points.) Essentially, the report notes that things like social networking, mobile platforms, online delivery methods, “web gadgets,” and appliances will be finally taken up en masse by [...]
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Posted in Mobile, Random on Dec 7th, 2007 No Comments »
I am warming up more and more to JetBlue. After moving to California and making all my elite status and flyer miles from Continental all but obsolete, JetBlue has been a nice find — roomy seats, satellite TV (which came in handy when watching my Eagles knock the smug grin off Tom Brady’s face, even [...]
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I just read a nice review of the application software market in 2007, published by the 451 Group. While it was a good read, I think it left out a couple important factors that affected, or will affect, the market significantly. While not an application in itself, the iPhone and more importantly the mobile Safari [...]
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Posted in Mobile, Open Source on Nov 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
Telecom giant Verizon announced that they’ll be providing customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless network, wireless devices, software, and applications not offered by the company. While not open source in the traditional sense, I nevertheless found this announcement an interesting play by a bluechip company in an industry known for being severely [...]
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