I Stole the HTC Incredible for $99. OMG.
Wow, talk about luck, apparently I caught a discount that barely existed for hours. I’ve long waited for a decent smartphone available @ Verizon, be it the iPhone, Nexus One or whatever else … so raving reviews of the HTC Incredible certainly did not leave me cold. Still somewhat hesitating, I started to look for [...]
iPhone vs. Droid
I found the following comparison between the iPhone and the Droid ads hilarious. Especially, the following Droid bullets: It is fast and it despises aesthetics. It is packaged inside missiles launched by stealth jets. (*) It is a robot and should mostly be handled by other robots. Droid is to be used with robotic hands [...]
Google’s Disruption Leads to Commoditization
Bill Gurly wrote up a great piece on Google’s disruption in the navigation market. It is a great read to understand the impact Google’s new navigation ‘feature’ will have in that market. That’s right; Google will pay you to use their mobile OS. I like to call this the “less than free” business model. This [...]
Mobile OS: Is Google Pulling a Microsoft Against Apple?
In the Desktop Operating System space, we all know what happened between Apple and Microsoft. While Apple tied their OS to their hardware, MS succeeded taking more of an open approach letting any device manufacturers bundle their OS. This resulted in an entire eco-system giving them greater distribution and eventually a monopoly. Though many believe [...]
