31st March 10
The company Bug Labs is building a modular set of hardware devices which can be plugged in to each other to create a larger set with a number of features. However, I don’t think this is where the future lies.
Instead, what is needed is a generic, open protocol for transparent interconnection and data transfer between various hardware devices, regardless of the manufacturer or the included modules. The best way to achieve that is wireless communication, so the only required module should be a WiFi controller.
With this, we could connect our iPad to our microwave oven, or our car alarm to our Twitter account, and with the right software they would communicate perfectly, enhancing each other.
11th February 10
They’re more and more taking already existing and established products (email, Twitter, online maps…) and making them better and easier to use. The difference is that Apple designs their products, while Google engineers theirs.
2nd February 10
When we look at Apple’s past successes, we see a recurring theme: each time Apple made a hit when they entered an existing market with a product that was more elegant and fun to use than most of the current players. That happened with the Apple ][, then the original Macintosh and of course the MacOS X revival; that also happened with the iPod and of course the iPhone.
On the other hand, each time Apple launched something new, going into new territories, their product was received poorly and it failed. Just remember Lisa, Newton and AppleTV (the latter is arguably not a failure, but has not been a raging success either).
31st January 10
- The iPad will motivate other manufacturers to produce similar devices. They will mostly be generic, PC-compatible computers in (more or less) cool-designed cases (although none will match iPad in production quality).
- Most techies will prefer those generic devices over iPads (apart from those in for a really hard challenge, who will try to make iPad run Linux or othe generic OS).
- On the other hand, iPad will become nowhere near a success of iPod and iPhone.
28th January 10
With all the iFad going around, I keep thinking about the ideal tablet PC. What are the features I would need and like to use all day and which would make me retire my laptop?
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21st January 10
I did blogging, and was left wanting (too much hassle, too much flexibility)… I did microblogging, and was left wanting (140 characters are to few to say anything really)… Now I’m going for the middle ground. We’ll see what happens next.
