Back at IBM the joke was that products weren’t released, they escaped. Nokia’s C5-03 is a solid take on the app phone, slab, touch screen universe. It just feels a little old hat at this point. Check out the demo. Also (because I’m trying to add value here, people) note that the demo-er says her [...]
Entries Tagged as 'App Phone'
Nokia App Phone is Released
October 15th, 2010 · No Comments · App Phone, Facebook, Google, Nokia
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Darkhorse Competitor to the iPad — RIM’s “Playbook”
September 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · App Phone, Apple, Completeness of Vision, iPad, Tablet
Anyway, here’s the darkhorse candidate from RIM (Research in Motion), the Blackberry company. I have to say it is really impressive, at least in terms of “completeness of vision.” (my favorite criteria from all the Gartner industry analysis reports.) RIM’s”Playbook” Tablet is really nice looking and will appeal to the corporate market plus plus.
Tags:Android·Apple·Blackberry·Chrome·Completenesss of Vision·iPad·Playbook·RIM·WebOS
Crappy App Hall of Fame: First Member: Best Buy Movie Mode
July 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Advertising, App Phone
Ok, I think it is time that we admit it. There are a lot of horrible apps out there. I think we need to not only admit it but enshrine the crappy apps and promotions in a historical setting. So it is with great pride and only a little irritation that I nominate the first [...]
Tags:Android·Best Buy·Best Buy Movie Mode·Crappy App Hall of Fame·Minionator
What's on your iPhone? — Winter '10 edition
January 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments · App Phone, Stop and Shop, Uncategorized
While I should probably be writing part 3 of my epic series on the App Phone Wars, it doesn’t seem wise to spend much time on that in advance of Apple’s big announce today. And I also need to think about the impact of the new news that the Palm Pre and Pixie will now [...]
App Phones — Who Will Win? Part Two
January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · App Phone, Mobile Applications
I want to quickly get out this post, the Part 2 of my series on who will win the App Phone battle. This battle is only about 4 times more complicated than the Betamax vs. VHS classic, but there are some interesting parallels. Scenario 2 – Apple Wins (here’s the link to Scenario 1 on [...]
