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Apple Skips Zinc in New Notebook Batteries
Apple: Press Needs to 'Get Over' Steve's Secrecy
The Downside to iPhone Success
Uhm, wasn't your original thesis that "The most widespread iPhone application in 2009 will be a virus." The question is HOW?
Your second stab at that seems to point to "unlocked phones". A 3G iPhone ver2.2 only JUST came out, and how many people will unlock? There's no financial advantage as 99% of iPhones sold must come with a contract. The only unlockers are people who need a different carrier.
Did you actually mean jailbreakers? That's a different group of people you know, and hurts your credibility if you don't know the difference between them. Jailbroken iPhones is also a tiny fraction of iPhones, and still doesn't explain how that could be the vector for the "most widespread iPhone application in 2009 [being] a virus".
If people are thin-skinned, you have to know the context. There have been tons of critical stories saying this or that, which have all been pretty much rubbish. Your commentary is coming after all of that.
Rewriting your story by saying there will be viruses, goes without saying, and is NOT what you wrote initially. Some responses have already pointed out why viruses won't get too far in the official App Store, as that is the largest population of users, your most widespread app being a virus seems highly suspect.
Rate of Consumer Spending Decline Stabilizes - Overall Outlook Remains Grim
Just look at your first chart, I mean without October, you might have seen the leveling off in November, right? What if October said 58% expect to spend less? You could have totally missed it, but we'll never know since you either didn't do a monthly survey, or are choosing to ignore showing it.
Paul, trying getting with the new Millenium and use a modern charting app. The 80s are calling back for their copy of MS Excel.
Amazing how such a HUGE change in consumer sentiment, results in only a tiny percentage change in actual spending.
Rate of Consumer Spending Decline Stabilizes - Overall Outlook Remains Grim
Rate of Consumer Spending Decline Stabilizes - Overall Outlook Remains Grim
MacWorld Step Is Yet Another Positive for Apple
Canaccord Bleak on Handsets, Sets Palm Target at $0
iPhone at Wal-Mart? Steve, Say it Aint So!
Nokia Introduces the N97 Smartphone
Google 'Violates' Apple's Rules - Unwarranted Hysteria Ensues
Nokia's New Product Blurs the Featurephone / Smartphone Divide
When it's a Nokia! There's a disconnect between so-called smart phones, and actual smart phone usage. By every measure, Nokia sells about half of the smart phones in the world, and yet, smart phone usage, as measured by internet access indicates very few people are using it as a smart phone. You wonder if usability plays a role in that. That's why spec lists are virtually useless in assessing the capabilities of a phone, those lists don't tell you how easy or difficult it is to use those so-called features.
Each Time I See Google's Android Pitch I Like It Less and Less
On Google's finance forums, the level of spam is horrific. Try searching for some of Sumer's posts. They are vile, and yet, Google keeps letting this person post. I understand 1st Amendment rights, but this person is seriously deranged. Is anyone monitoring Google's finance forums?
Gmail goes offline every once in a while, with little comment from Google.
Does the fact that everything they release is "beta" give them carte blanche to not provide any customer support?
If they take this hands-off approach to Android apps, they are going to have a big problem.
Apple vs. Microsoft Vista: The Ad Budget Wars
It's only hypocritical if Apple spends that money on advertising while not spending that money on fixing any OS bugs.
Is iPhone Leading the Way in Smartphone Evolution?