Tag Archives: iPhone

Is crapware invading Android?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

One of the things that fascinates me about the way that the smartphone market is developing is whether it is following a similar path to the PC market. It’s easy to see the conflict between Apple and Google, for example, … Continue reading →

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Is it time for Apple to open up the App Store model?

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

I don’t often link to Daring Fireball, basically because I assume that you’re all reading it anyway. But in his post on Tits and Apps, John perfectly summarises the challenge that faces Apple in maintaining its mindshare with mobile developers: … Continue reading →

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Good luck with making money from Android apps

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Android App Store Is 57% Free Compared to Apple’s 25% – app stores – Gizmodo: App store analytics firm Distimo recently released a bunch of juicy info about the major mobile app stores, and the results are pretty interesting. For … Continue reading →

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HTC Bravo head-to-head with Google Nexus One?

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

When I predicted that Google wouldn’t launch its own phone, one of the reasons I believed it was unlikely was that everything pointed to it being a rebadged HTC Bravo (otherwise known as the HTC Passion). While I was wrong … Continue reading →

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CrunchGear catches the TechCrunch bullshit bug

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Apparently, Apple is now responsible for via killing hardware innovation throughout the industry, at least according to John Biggs. Remember when Apple bought up all the Flash memory? Well, Apple has also cornered the market in touchscreens. A few months … Continue reading →

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Nokia app store passes one million downloads a day mark

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Brand Republic: Nokia‘s Ovi application store is now attracting one million downloads a day around the world, the company has claimed.The store was launched in May last year, allowing the handset manufacturer to join the progress in apps being made … Continue reading →

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The iPad and me

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

There’s a million posts around about the iPad today, and there will be a  million more tomorrow. My reaction is simply that I’ll be buying one, because I’m a geek, and that’s what I do. As for whether it’s good … Continue reading →

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Apple levitates: Financial quarter, by the numbers

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Joe Wilcox goes through Apple’s numbers for the quarter thoroughly (and dispassionately – something that I appreciate when it comes to numbers). What sticks out for me is that Apple has managed a pretty astounding feat: preserving unit sales (or … Continue reading →

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Moodagent – a great tool for playlists

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Once you start to have thousands of songs on your iPod or iPhone, if you’re anything like me you tend to find that you listen to the same few songs over and over again. It’s almost like you’re paralysed by … Continue reading →

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Five things Apple could do to make MobileMe great

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

One thing that hasn’t been talked about in connection with the (presumed) launch of Apple’s tablet on Wednesday is how MobileMe fits into the picture. There’s a good reason for this: MobileMe is one of Apple’s “forgotten products”. Used by … Continue reading →

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