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If Ovi Store was as Good as This Video About It…
…Nokia would have kicked Apple’s ass long ago.
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Google stands Alone Before China
It’s all about profit, and I understand where the silence is coming from, but they are missing the long-term picture. [Chinese leaders’] end game is to extract as much technology out of American companies as they can, transfer that to their own companies and, when they feel those companies have reached a level of technical maturity, show the American companies the door.
—Dan Slane, chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission,speaking to Bloomberg about Google’s plan to offer uncensored search data in China and why the information giant stands alone.
Gene Munster tells a Good Story, But is it Believable?
I definitely don’t agree with Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who believes that iPhone will be the dominant mobile platform. Silicon Alley Insider’s Henry Blodget was right to argue that Apple’s mobile phone business would go the same way as the Mac did in the 1980s and 1990s.
I’m With Coco
Conan O’Brien may not last much longer as Tonight Show host, but he has my support. Over at Salon, Mary Elizabeth Williams has written the definitive, sarcastic story on the NBC-Leno-O’Brien affair.
Conan O’Brien Should Out-Fox NBC
NBC’s reasoning for bringing back Jay Leno to late-night TV is baffling. I now understand why TV programming is rife with dumb-ass decisions: The people making them.
AT&T “Testudine Download Speeds”
Evidently, AT&T thought it best not to mention the iconic super-smartphone too much lest its executives be driven offstage by a mob of iPhone users complaining of dropped calls, lousy service, delayed text and voice messages and testudine download speeds.
—John Paczkowski on AT&T’s Consumer Electronics Show event earlier today.
Oddly Together Resumes—What’s Up with That?
Today, after a long hiatus, I resume posting at Oddly Together. I’d like to explain why the interruption, apologize to laid off Microsoft employees about not yet telling their stories and lay out my future blogging plans. The story I tell here shows how something seemingly bad actually can be good. The bad and good go oddly together.
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