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Google’s App Store Achilles Heel, Few Apps -Eventually Few Phones

By | July 21, 2010 | Mobile Nature

Much has been made of the open versus closed environment that is apps on the Android platform and the Apple iOS  platform. One with a seeming Opensource OS, multi handset environment and the other a proprietary operating system bound to a fixed set of devices. These conversations can seem complicated and they are further muddled by […]

Google Follows Microsoft Kin, Ends Nexus One -Lessons Learned?

By | July 19, 2010 | Machine Logic, Mobile Nature

Another smartphone is added to the mobile device graveyard with the Google announcement, “Nexus One changes in availability,” a quick interpretation, the Nexus One will not be available from Google online but will be available through carrier partners, or maybe not. The real memorial is for the web store and Google’s ill fated attempt to match […]

Flash on iPhone? Lookout for Some Crazy Backdoor Juggling

By | October 5, 2009 | Mobile Nature

One of the most conspicuous absences from the iPhone, other than 3rd party VOIP, is the lack of a Flash player and the content it plays. That condition may or may not change in the near future. From day one of the iPhone launch, Adobe has been determined to pry-bar Flash onto the platform but […]

iPhone Apps Pass 2 Billion Downloads

By | September 28, 2009 | Mobile Nature

It is said that customers vote with their feet, if an election was held today, the iPhone App Store might be king of the world. In just under a year and a half, the iPhone and iPod Touch customers have downloaded more than 2,000,000,000 applications from the App Store. The pace of acceleration seems to […]

iPhone in South Korea, Soon To Be In All Major Asian Markets

By | September 26, 2009 | Mobile Nature

The regulatory agency in charge of telecommunications in South Korean has approved Apple’s iPhone for entrance to the country. Two wireless carriers are now in negotiations with Apple to carry the iPhone: SK Telecom Co, Ltd. and KT Corporation. KT Corporation, a former state run monopoly, has 90% of the wireline telephone service and is the […]

Managing iPhone Apps Just Got Easier…

By | September 10, 2009 | Mobile Nature, Shape of Intent

There is a new update for iTunes, version 9, and for the iPhone iOS, version 3.1. There are a myriad of changes to how iTunes works with the iPhone and  iTouch, many are fine tunings and some are conceptually substantial. The iTunes store has a very new look, it is now much brighter and all items […]

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