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• The Cell Phone Wars

  Slate has an interesting comparison of Apple’s very closed model with the iPhone and Google’s very open model with Android: In the two months since the App Store's launch, Apple has rejected several programs for seemingly arbitrary reasons that it... Posted Sep 26 2008, 11:47 AM by pthurrott with | with 89 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Windows Mobile, Internet, Smartphone, Mobile, Cloud computing, Developer

• The MobileMe disaster continues: Now it's not 'Exchange for the rest of us' anymore

  I just received the following note that Apple sent to its sales force. In it, the company says that it will no longer use the "Exchange for the rest of us" slogan because MobileMe, unlike Exchange, does not really use push technology. This whole... Posted Jul 17 2008, 11:34 AM by pthurrott with | with 120 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, XP, iPod, Internet, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Cloud computing, Vista

• Apple MobileMe ... PC vs. Mac

  Apple’s MobileMe isn’t just a warmed over PC- and iPhone-compatible version of .Mac. It’s important for two reasons: Apple is jumping headfirst into the cloud computing market. (And confounding pundits who predicted they’d partner with Google.) Apple... Posted Jun 09 2008, 10:44 PM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, XP, iPod, Internet, Mobile, Cloud computing, Vista

• Mozilla Messenging

  Mozilla has set up its new site for Thunderbird, called Mozilla Messenging : Email and similar communication tools are a fundamental part of the online experience. We think they could be much better than they are today. What if... Getting lots of email... Posted Feb 19 2008, 10:32 AM by pthurrott with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Internet, Cloud computing

• Google For iPhone: Android’s Beta-Test?

  Google Blogoscoped has what I take to be a very insightful look into Google's recent gains on the iPhone: I’ve been surprised by Google’s rapid redesign of its mobile services to support the iPhone: In less than 6 months, Google has created custom... Posted Dec 20 2007, 04:09 PM by pthurrott with | with 60 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Internet, Google, Cloud computing

• Google significantly improves its iPhone Web application

  The Google Mobile Blog has the scoop on some amazing changes to Google's Web app for the iPhone (what you see when you visit www.google.com on Apple's device): I set out to create an application that would preload my favorite Google products and... Posted Dec 05 2007, 11:03 AM by pthurrott with | with 46 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Internet, Google, Cloud computing

• Firefox Mobile

  Finally, Mozilla is waking up to the opportunities of mobile computing with the sort-of-because-it-happened-in-a-blog-post announcement of the company's plans for this space: People ask us all the time about what Mozilla's going to do about the... Posted Oct 15 2007, 07:45 AM by pthurrott with | with no comments Filed under: iPhone, Windows Mobile, Internet, Alt. Windows, Internet Explorer, Mobile

• The iPhone is not a UMPC, sorry

  The Apple Blog engages in a bit of wishful thinking : Microsoft had their chance at defining a market. They pushed for the creation of the Ultramobile PCs (“UMPCs”). The Windows-based mini-tablets have not found their market. However, the Apple iPhone... Posted Sep 24 2007, 09:37 AM by pthurrott with | with no comments Filed under: iPhone, Apple, Mac, Internet, Alt. Windows, Digital media