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  • The Enterprise, The iPhone, and the Role of Silverlight

    With its recent announcement to support ActiveSync on the iPhone , Apple is clearly going after the enterprise user. The problem, as Colin puts it, is that the decisions that consumers make decisions on a radically different set of criteria than organizations . Lack of Exchange support was surely holding...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-27-2008

  • T-Mobile doesn't know how to treat its customers

    It looks like T-Mobile dropped their data plan from $29.99/mo to $19.99/mo. I originally thought this was related to the new unlimited rate plans and losing the Starbucks account , but it was actually back in September (on my birthday no less). I must have missed it at the time, given that whole wedding...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-24-2008

  • Verizon to open up its network and devices

    Verizon, a company traditionally known for being ultra-controlling with its network and devices on its network, is opening its network in 2008. As Om puts it, "given Verizon’s track record of tight-control of its network including the user interface, this is a huge announcement : akin to Mikhail...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 11-27-2007

  • 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...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 07-24-2007

  • The iPhone is a game-changer

    I recently wrote a piece for the TechDirt Insight Community about the impact of the iPhone and how the other carriers and device manufacturers can respond to the iPhone. I've come to realize that the iPhone has indeed changed the game, but maybe not for the obvious reasons. Yes, the iPhone is "making...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 07-05-2007

  • A look at Apple and Microsoft strategies

    I've been thinking about some of the interesting strategic decisions that Microsoft has made lately. I already discussed their curious IP licensing strategy , and their choices with Zune and Windows Media Player have me similarly baffled. In many ways, these moves have been something I expect more from...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-01-2007

  • Podcast support in Windows Media Player 11

    There is one other issue I need to deal with before I can totally switch to Windows Media Player 11 - podcast support. Microsoft made the head-scratching decision not to include native podcast support - one area where iTunes really excelled. Someone wrote a plugin over the summer , but it doesn't work...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 12-28-2006

  • Another ironic Mac commercial

    We already know some of the ads in the Get-A-Mac campaign don't exactly make sense . The latest, "Counselor", seems particularly ironic to me. In the ad, the Mac says that the PC "is a wizard with numbers and dresses like a gentleman". The PC is able to say that the Mac is "better with creative stuff...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 10-19-2006

  • The Broadcast Flag and TiVO

    The EFF already defeated the Broadcast Flag once, but it's one of those things that Hollywood is not going to let go of. I noticed on Dave's site that DRM support was added to TiVO last year . This DRM allows content owners to specify how and whether TiVO users can record a flagged show: they either...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 08-24-2006

  • 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...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 07-09-2006
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