Archive for the ‘iPhone’ Category

Mixed messages from O2

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Two reports from two unconnected O2 stores agree that they will not be dealing with existing iPhone customers looking to upgrade to iPhone 3G for an estimated two weeks. The stores will only be dealing with new signups. Both of them said (separately) that existing iPhone customers who expressed interest ...

When marketing a new product

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Telling everyone how good you are compared to a competitor is not a good way to start. This is why Venture Capitalists roll their eyes when people claim their new project is going to be "[FaceBook|Google|Office] but better!" The Samsung Instinct adverts are all about "Instinct versus iPhone". This tells you ...

Android Fans think Android FTW! Obviously.

Monday, June 16th, 2008

One of the AndroidGuys speculates on whether Apple rushed out the iPhone 3G in an attempt to pre-empt Android: "I’m going to make a prediction; Apple will find themselves in the unenviable position of fighting for market share. Yes, I know that everyone compares phones to the iPhone and its touch ...

Linux for iPhone. Nahhhh

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Brandon Watts writes for OSWeekly: Since cell phones can’t just run a traditional desktop operating system, all options had to be explored while developing the iPhone, and I was interested in the fact that Apple’s engineers seriously looked at Linux since versions had already been developed that could run on a ...