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Smartphone Web Apps: No Network – No Productivity
Feb 21st
Even our gracefully fast cellular internet connections in Japan still present one significant roadblock to accessing data through web-based applications: No network – No productivity.
Can a web-app ever replace a native smartphone app? Not likely without significant enhancements in cellular and Wi-Fi infrastructure.
Take Google Apps for example. We all know that Google is a heavy pusher of their web-based applications. With tools like Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar and that OS-killing Chrome, Google in fact does a great job rolling out it’s web app offerings.
Unfortunately though, Google has a hard time pushing the majority of its web apps without a continuously live internet connection.
Apple’s Magical Tablet – Verbal Confirmation In <48 Hours
Jan 26th
Apple fanboys across the globe are ready to blindly plunk down cash on what’s being billed as a technology game changer. Enter…Apple’s magical tablet.
“Apple is holding a “special event” on Jan. 27 to “come see our latest creation,” with invitations being sent out just seconds ago. 10am PST, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco.” –Gizmodo
We’re already guessing this is a touch-screen type computer that looks and feels like an overgrown iPhone.
Will it be called an iSlate? Are you buying one? Two?
Apple’s announcement coming in less than 48 hours.
Apple Is The Best And Microsoft Sucks
Sep 2nd
Macintosh is better than Windows, and Microsoft is run by idiots. Appleʼs software is open source whereas Microsoftʼs software is all closed source and therefore it sucks balls. You wonʼt get any friends when using Windows, whereas youʼll be the most popular person in the world when using Mac. Simply said, Mac is so much better than Windows.
Does U.S. Mobile Carrier AT&T Rule All App Store Applications?
Aug 1st
Earlier this week the internet was abuzz over Apple rejecting the official Google Voice (GV) iPhone app. This story was quickly followed by Apple removing every GV-enabled app already available in the App Store. The official GV app and all previously approved GV-enabled applications appear to have been removed from all international App Stores. Based on many accounts, the culprit behind this dastardly deed is none other than AT&T. Does this mean that AT&T, the U.S. mobile carrier, has veto authority across all U.S. and international App Store applications?
I Refuse to Upgrade to an iPhone 3GS
Jun 28th
A few short weeks ago Apple released the highly anticipated upgrade to their flagship iPhone 3G, apparently aptly dubbed the iPhone 3GS. The “S” is presumably for speed because the updated product is touted as being twice as fast as its predecessor. Even though the new phone is the most advanced mobile phone on the market today, yours truly will be sticking with the trusty iPhone 3G.
Where is the Push Gmail for Mobile Users?
Jun 25th
Being addicted to Google and Apple products is not always the easiest fetish to fulfill. Although both companies are close business partners in some respects, their products do not always interoperate to the degree consumers desire.
Pragmatic Thoughts About Apple’s WWDC Product Releases
Jun 14th
The entire world was sitting on the edge of their seats, anxiously awaiting the fabled Apple World Wide Developers Conference Keynote Speech, a presentation which over the course of the last few years has provided some of the most exciting new Apple product news. Or maybe not? After soaking in the announcements for the past week, it seems there really is nothing truly revolutionary or groundbreaking even though a vast array of consumers seems quite jazzed.
Why I Don’t Buy An i
Jun 12th
I don’t buy iAnythings. Most people are in disbelief at this principle and question how I can refrain from buying such stylish, trendy and ubiquitous gadgets while others simply surmise that I’m trying to be coolly rebellious and anti-establishment. Right. The real story behind my anti-iAnything life principle is simply because the iExperience doesn’t live up to my life expectations.
Dear Safari…
Jun 7th
Tabs, bookmarks, search forms, these are all features that we take for granted when it comes to browsing the web using our favourite web browser. We expect it to work, to be fast, and most important, it shouldn’t bother us with stupid behaviour or messages.
Every major web browser supports tabbed browsing these days, it makes it easier to maintain the websites you are visiting. Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, even Internet Explorer supports tabs. Seeing that the concept of using tabs has been around for a while, you’d think it would be trouble free, too bad you’re wrong. In this case there’s a problem with Apple’s Safari, a problem that could’ve been solved a long time ago as Safari has been supporting tabs since April 2003.
Apple Pulls Head Out of Its Ass, Allows Eucalyptus in App Store
May 26th
Another day, another App Store brouhaha. Late last week the internet erupted in flames after finding out about yet another shining example Apple’s sheer incompetence. The obvious incapable souls managing one of Apple’s greatest assets once again rejected an App Store submission on grounds any normal human would find completely unfathomable. This time eBook reader Eucalyptus was rejected on the grounds that it can search for and download the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, an ancient Indian text about human sexual intercourse.
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