Posts tagged “mobile”
The App Store is broken and won't scale. Three easy fixes: allow installation from anywhere via a new link protocol, separate payment registration from app approval, and charge for store listings to fund more reviewers. The hard fix: lock down private API access at the compiler level so manual review becomes optional.
I'm bullish on iPhone and skeptical that Android will ever surpass it in market share. Apple's closed, integrated approach is a feature, not a bug, especially in resource-constrained mobile hardware. Android's openness means overhead, inconsistency, and fragmentation. Geeks will love it; consumers won't care.
Twitter's real competition isn't Friendfeed or Pownce. It's nobody, because nobody else does what Twitter actually does: SMS and XMPP. Twitter isn't a web service, it's a global mobile communications platform accessible to literally every person with a phone. That's not a niche. That's everything.
I got into the Nokia Mosh beta and have a ton of invites to give away. Anyone want one?
Got six Pownce invites to give away. Not sure it beats Twitter without mobile alerts, and I can't figure out how to pronounce it. Get in touch if you want one.
The iPhone keyboard is really very good. I'm faster with it than I ever was at T9. Landscape mode in the browser makes it excellent. Autocorrect handles most punctuation needs. The web experience is so good I find myself using it as a third screen.
My iPhone wishlist: landscape keyboard everywhere, cut-and-paste, better SMS options (send to many, resend, character count), a Windows-compatible calendar app, and a live weather icon. Also finally sorted my wi-fi issue -- turns out HEX and ASCII passwords aren't interchangeable, apparently.
Just got my iPhone and I'm blown away. Tabbed web browsing on a phone nearly broke my brain. The wifi is flaky, the headphones suck, and selfies are basically impossible, but as a portable internet device it's incredible. Worth every penny, maybe twice that.
Facebook Mobile means UK pokes literally vibrate in my pocket, which is strange and delightful. Also had a great weekend: sneak preview of Ratatouille, then an 11-mile bike adventure around San Francisco with some WWDC geeks. Next weekend is Pride. Oh dear.
The iPhone blew my mind. It's OS X in a phone, with multi-touch, wireless internet, camera, and widescreen iPod built in. It's going to crush Motorola, Samsung, and SonyEricsson, and possibly Blackberry too. Nokia is the only real contender. 2007 just got very interesting for mobile.
My Trinidadian number can send but not receive international texts. Use my UK number instead. Also, still hot and sunny.
Survived ten days of hell: moving house while simultaneously launching the new Yahoo! UK and German mobile sites. Nothing revolutionary, but a massive amount of work. Now I can breathe. Go buy some ringtones.
Tried blogging from my phone using Opera Mini. Nearly worked. The browser itself is great, beats my Nokia's built-in browser handily, and installs directly on your phone in minutes. Go try it.
It works.
My phone was off for a week due to O2 being utterly useless. Sorry for the missed texts.
The BBC article on mobile blogging is worth reading for its links to free tools like Manywhere Moblogger, WAPBlog, and KABLOG that let you post from your phone, though they require some server-side setup. There's also a proprietary carrier-focused option called foneblog.
Found a solid free SMS site: TextMessenger.co.uk. Send up to three messages free, then 5p each. Clean interface too.
