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• What exactly is an iPhone application?

  Scoble mentions 3 new iPhone apps today from Newsgator, Bloglines, and Google. It's interesting that companies keep saying they are doing "iPhone development", when really these are nothing more than sites skinned to look more natural on the iPhone. The iPhone is the only mobile phone that gets special versions made for it, which is especially curious to me considering one of its big selling points is the full-featured Safari and a better browsing experience in general. My initial take is that these companies are just trying to ride the coattails of the amazing iPhone marketing. Mashable says "NewsGator hasn’t been so hyped in recent months, and all I ever hear about is Google Reader." Is it just an easy press release when you have nothing else interesting to announce? Or do these special versions really make a difference? (I don't have an iPhone... so isn't an entirely rhetorical question). Posted Jul 24 2007, 10:28 PM by Tim with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Technology, Software Development, Rants, Gadgets, Things that amuse me, Marketing, Apple, Programming

• The Lost Mac Ads

  Perhaps in light of the Apple ads that don't make sense , Best Week Ever unveiled the Lost Mac ads this week featuring Christian Finnegan and Nick Kroll. PC: "Right, but a podcast about your favorite hoodies and independent films won't help you pay for that vacation." Mac: "No, that's what my trust fund is for. But that's a pretty sweet idea for a podcast." And if Microsoft is going to continue to use really long names for software programs, it should take some lessons from this PC. Tags: Apple , Mac , OSX , Microsoft , Windows , Advertising , Apple Ads , Ads , Get A Mac , Best Week Ever Posted Jul 09 2006, 07:47 AM by Tim with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Technology, Rants, Gadgets, Things that amuse me, Business

• How not to steal a Sidekick

  Too funny . See, the problem with a Sidekick is that the information is all stored on T-Mobile's servers. In other words, if you steal it and take a bunch of pictures, they are available through the T-Mobile website. And, of course, those pictures get posted on the Internet. Posted Jun 08 2006, 10:44 PM by Tim with | with no comments Filed under: Technology, Security, Gadgets, Things that amuse me, Privacy

• An Apple Tablet? Old news!

  Scoble passes along a story about a possible Apple tablet . Bah, this is old news. According to CNet, there's been an Apple Tablet for awhile. Of course, it looks an awful lot like the Toshiba! Posted Jan 24 2005, 06:27 PM by Tim with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Technology, Gadgets, Things that amuse me, Tablet PC, Apple