Tag: mobile

Frink on Android

a programming language made for measurements on a device with lots of sensors, fun.

Nokia searching for CEO

lol. explaining away the nokia demise by an apologist. including ludicrous meego claims.

Android Mindshare

android now has #1 mindshare among developers. now they only need to move a few 100M devices.

Apple Vertical Integration

with SoC vendors falling over themselves to show apple their roadmaps, it is quite easy for apple to create much better SoC themselves. the article is +5 insightful.

Symbian Is Over

I can’t continue to support a manufacturer who puts out such craptastic ‘flagships’ as the N97, and who expects me to use services that even most of Nokia’s own employees don’t use.

Global Services

There are over 2B literate, mobile phone subscribers in the developing world, many living on less than $5 a day. Corporations pay people to accomplish millions of simple text-based tasks. txteagle enables these tasks to be completed via text message by ordinary people around the globe.

between harnessing slacker energy and txteagle, we have not even scratched the surface of outsourcing. if you are an anti-outsourcing douchetard, it is time to dig in your heels. you won’t like the future.

Pocket Planetarium

sky maps is extremely awesome. i will be playing with this at kitt peak next week for sure.

Iphone App Attrition

For free applications, only 20% of users return to use the app the first day after they download it, and then it quickly drops off from there. By 30 days out, less than 5% are using the app. The chart for paid apps shows a slightly steeper fall-off rate. So there is a very brief window of time to capture people’s attention and potential revenues.

because most mobile apps suck. who needs an app to quote bible verses? the barcode scanning apps, on the other hand.

Tagging The Real World

more augmented reality apps hit phones.

iPhone stagnation

asserts that apple has run out of innovation on the iphone, and will see its margins crushed by all the sleeping giants it awoke. it has not released any refresh in almost a year.