Sunday Tidbits: After a bit of a lull – Apple says Game On!, Sharanya, Mie, and Fusion!

A quick round of Sunday tidbits and links for you… 1) T’would appear that Apple is waking up from its rather sleepy mobile photo lull and is declaring game on to the newly minted Microsoft Mobile (entity formerly known as Nokia Device and Services)…

Tidbits :: Sunday, December 19, 2010

Mobile: Tech Crunch on Guest post: Symbian OS – one of the most successful failures in tech history Qt Developer Blogs on Experimental packages for Symbian development on Linux Qt Mobile Development Online Training O’Reilly on HTML5 Mobile Web Development Sarah Parameter on Designing…

Over the Air Updates, Too Much Kit, & Mobile UX

Forgive me for last night’s storytelling rant/praise about Over the Air updating of one’s mobile / smartphone. But one point that I would like to pick out from the story’s threading is that of ease of use for the customer. Many in the mobile…

Over the Air Full OS Updates, or Why I love Maemo (Soon to be Meego)

The ability to update one’s mobile phone / device is an excellent service that a handset manufacturer or operating system can offer a customer as it not only extends the life of the mobile but it also expands and builds on the array of…

Mobile in 2015 and Charlie Stross on Apple and the Cloud

If you don’t already read it, I recommend putting Charlie’s Diary in your feed / RSS reader, as Mr. Stross is erudite and can pin any bug through the carapace with wit & speed. Mr. Stross recently tackled “The real reason why Steve Jobs…

My Initial Thoughts on the iPad After Observing it in the Wild

Until yesterday the only thing that has been intriguing to me about the iPad is the ability to create drawings and digital paintings mostly due to James’s posts on iPad Creative, so screen size would be paramount. After watching Valdis Krebs and Shawn Joyner…

A Tale of Two Leaks

Mon 04.26.10 – I find the tale of the two leaks of the last week to be very instructive of the respective companies, countries, & cultures of which they occurred. Leak #1: The ((**GASP**)) iPhone Leak. OMG! The iPhone 4 has been leaked. The…