Category Archives: iPhone

The competitive advantage Apple holds over Google isn’t iOS5 or iCloud

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

I followed the Apple WWDC 2011 conference yesterday via the live blogging service of Engadget and Twitter (wasn’t in SF at the time). You can find an overview of all things announced here. The expectations were high upfront. Everyone seems to expect … Continue reading →

Posted in Android Mobile OS, Apple, Google, iOS5, iPad, iPhone | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

About the open versus closed debate: Advice to Jobs and Rubin

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

Steve Jobs seems to be on a crusade to defend his iOS platform against Google’s Android. The Google camp is using the open versus closed argument. Steve decides to reclaim that discussion by introducing the fragmented versus integrated argument. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Android Mobile OS, Apple, Google, iPad, iPhone, Mobile | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

My new mobile venture

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

[disclosure: this post is about my new mobile venture, so it may be a bit subjective here and there ] Its been really quiet over here lately. Entirely my fault, I have been extremely busy starting up a new venture. … Continue reading →

Posted in Android Mobile OS, API, Facebook, iPhone, Mobile, PinkelStar, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Apple fanboy (or not)

Posted on April 9, 2010 by

[disclosure: the post below contains my personal thoughts about Apple. Don't take anything I say for granted, form your own opinion ] The past days (maybe weeks) Apple is dominating tech news with their iPad launch, their iPhone 4.0 SDK, … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Why Google will win: entrapment in the iPhone is a failing long-term strategy

Posted on October 20, 2009 by

Entrapment can be an effective strategy when you are building up a business. Marketers tend to call that customer lock-in. From the perspective of the business this sounds like a great thing to do. Hook the customer to your business … Continue reading →

Posted in Android Mobile OS, Apple, human behavior, iPhone | Tagged , , , , , | 16 Comments

Why the iPhone will never be the biggest money generating platform

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

Tomi Ahonen has written a very long post about the history of mobile phone development  in Europe and the United States. Tomi is a well known authority in the Mobile space and is the author of the well known Communities … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, Facebook, iPhone, Mobile Internet | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Are you enslaved by your mobile device? Take this test!

Posted on February 13, 2009 by

We are all becoming slaves of our communication habits. With our mobile devices as the new high priests, we hail the prayer of information and we are bonded by blackberry and iPhone. You do not recognize yourself in this description? … Continue reading →

Posted in addiction, Blackberry, human behavior, iPhone, Mobile, social interaction | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

How User Interfaces can make or break a new service

Posted on June 6, 2008 by

Small Update: Just saw that Joshua Porter wrote a nice post in which he states that design (not just UI) is becoming increasingly important. Ties in nicely with this post One of the most difficult things to get right as … Continue reading →

Posted in Beta releases, Flock, Friendfeed, iPhone, Minggl, Twitter, UI Design, User Interface as a success factor, web 2.0, Wixi | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Solving the mobile equation (yet again)

Posted on February 15, 2008 by

The past few days I have watched a lot of people writing about Mobile Internet.  Not surprising as one of the most important mobile conferences is taking place in Barcelona right now and a lot of companies are using that … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Google, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile Internet, Mobile World Congress, OneConnect, Vodafone, Yahoo | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Freedom to the people

Posted on December 7, 2007 by

We are nearing the end of 2007 so human nature forces me to look back and forth, thinking about things that happened and things to come. I am by no means a good trend or technology predictor, but here’s my … Continue reading →

Posted in Android Mobile OS, Beacon, business model, Facebook, freedom, Google, iPhone, Mobile Internet, OpenSocial, social networks, Uncategorized, web 2.0, web 3.0 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

We need a revolution in Mobile UI thinking

Posted on December 4, 2007 by

A few days ago I was fiddling around with my mobile phone (a Nokia N95) and it occurred to me (yet again) that the current mobile phone user interface just doesn’t work for me. Yes, the screens have become much … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, e-mail, iPhone, Jaiku, MMS, Mobile, Mobile Internet, Nokia N95, remote control of life, revolution, Twitter, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Who will free the iPhone customer?

Posted on November 12, 2007 by

What is the deal with Steve Jobs, who is protecting his iPhone from being used the way users really like it, their own way? Apple not only launches it exclusively with certain partners, telling all you morons that don’t happen … Continue reading →

Posted in Android Mobile OS, Apple, freedom, Google, iPhone, Mobile Internet, Steve Jobs | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Mark Zuckerberg: When in doubt, follow the money

Posted on November 2, 2007 by

It is the day after the OpenSocial announcements Google has made. I like it already. The scooping part of such events isn’t nearly as interesting as the period afterwards when everyone starts analysing and speculating. It is from these brainwaves … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Google, iPhone, Mark Zuckerberg, on-line advertisement, OpenSocial, Orkut, Toni Ahonen, Uncategorized, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments