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What Apple could learn from Palm's webOS {Engadget}
Jan 15th 2009 3:49PM Up until this week, there was absolutely no reason to believe Apple would approve a Gmail app (duplicates functionality, donchaknow), so why bother?
What Apple could learn from Palm's webOS {Engadget}
Jan 15th 2009 3:47PM The quality of Sprint's network is heavily location-dependent. Every test I've seen that lauds Sprint and its 3G network tested it in large urban areas (NYC, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, LA). Where I live, however, Sprint doesn't even cover the suburbs adequately, much less the more rural areas. AT&T and Verizon are far better. A cursory perusal of Sprint's coverage maps suggest that many areas of the country are similar. Not everyone lives in the urban core, despite what tech bloggers seem to think.
Palm Pre: everything you ever wanted to know {Engadget}
Jan 13th 2009 5:08PM Will the box include an upgrade to provide Sprint coverage in the places I need to use it?
Stats: 99 cent apps aren't selling any better {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Dec 12th 2008 10:19AM They say they have some more graphs breaking down the various price points, which will be used in a future post, so you can all just calm down a little bit.
Analyst Roundup: Morgan Stanley pooh-poohs, iPhone sales looking bright {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Dec 11th 2008 3:17PM Munster actually says each Wal-mart store would have to sell 1,284 units in order for Wal-Mart as a whole to sell as many iPhones as all the Apple Stores combined. He does go on to say that this is doable, but I don't read it as a prediction that that's what the Wal-Mart channel will actually sell.
iPhone mail all over the place {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Dec 10th 2008 9:14AM That would be an acceptable solution if the iPhone mail app automatically checked IMAP subfolders for new messages. It doesn't, so if you automatically filter your Gmail into work and personal labels, you'd never know that you have a new message until you manually open the folder. That's my biggest pet peeve about the app, actually - why does it only automatically check the inbox?
Walmart iPhone probably happening, probably not for $99 {Engadget}
Dec 8th 2008 11:09AM That's right - nobody buys iPods anymore, all because Wal-Mart has carried them for the last few years. I've never heard a single person say they like the iPod Touch ($227.88, $297.88 and $397.88 at your local Wal-Mart).
SkyFire: Access full web content on a mobile web browser {Download Squad}
Jan 28th 2008 11:02AM I'm not sure I'd worry too much about their servers. As of November, Opera Mini had 26 million users and was serving a billion pages a month, and I've certainly never noticed a problem. Skyfire would require far less infrastructure.
Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile is game changing, does Flash {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 28th 2008 10:16AM Who called it an iPhone killer? Pocket IE killer, sure. Opera Mobile/Mini killer, maybe. Why do we now insist that every product kill another one, and call it a failure if it doesn't? If it improves my Windows Mobile experience, that's a Good Thing, even if it doesn't destroy a product that competes in an entirely different market and appeals to entirely different customers.
Also, if you're worried about someone being able to monitor your browser usage, you probably shouldn't be using a product that relies on proxy servers. That applies to Opera Mini, too.
The Sierra Club proposes video game and TV tax {Engadget}
Jan 22nd 2008 11:53AM No, in theory it remains a bad idea. Given the elasticity of demand for luxury electronics goods, 1% isn't going to cut it. Try 50%. Increasing taxes to discourage "improper" behavior is ineffective at best. As for your health care argument, the relationship between gaming and obesity is really tenuous. But if you're going to propose a game tax because you shouldn't have to pay for my health care, make sure to add a cheeseburger tax, smoker tax, genetic-predisposition-to-cancer tax and a whole bunch of other taxes.
