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This space has gradually morphed into
a soapbox touting Apple, for which no apology is offered. On
the other hand, I think readers are entitled to know that I recognize
my own bias, see it as a strength, and hope others are strengthened
thereby. That said, my comments are not directed toward
stock valuation. Buyers and sellers of securites do so for reasons
best known to them. Each lives in his/her own microenvironment.

Rather,
my thoughts are shared with folks facing a purchase decision
as to Apple products. My hope is to clarify some issues, sometimes
from a higher, over-arching perspective; sometimes, from the
perspective of where the rubber meets the road: user to
user.

Some
corporate, business (enterprise?) customers have had their ear to the ground,
seeking to avoid what they fear may be 'old school' second guessing.
Fortunately, for several reasons those days are largely behind
us: Apple products are proven in business use. They are also
proven in educational use, whence many of tomorrow's new users
-- and co-workers --will come.

Here's a little fresh music to enjoy, Reuben Barbour

Philip Elmer-DeWitt: "Android is a mess, say developers" (4/4/11)
There
has been a debate about Android vs. iOS and how it is for developers:
"But the survey also suggests that programmers writing for
Android are finding the ecosystem to be every bit as perilous
as (Marco) Arment predicted

I
have been referring to Android as a multi-headed hydra of a platform.
Perhaps the new key word, perhaps coined here, is Androigynous.

Android apps for BlackBerry? Not so much, says Dan Frommer: (3/25/11)
They
employ a "virtual machine" to emulate Android and therein
support some older applications; 2.3, not 3.0. Not optimized
for screen size. He continues: "The Android apps could run
poorly on the PlayBook. " He says RIM is doing this to "be
able to say that the PlayBook can technically support tens of
thousands of Android apps. (Even though they're not designed
to run on tablets.) " BUT FIRST, you will need to install
a new App Player, developers "will have to create and submit
new, PlayBook-ready versions of the apps. (Will they? Most probably
won't even buy a PlayBook to test them on.) " Thereafter
RIM will have to test/approve all this and…"then they
might not even work well."

His conclusion, mildly tongue in cheek:
"Sure sounds like a great system. We can't wait to try it
out."

Toni
Sacconaghi
gets it exactly right on Android fragmentation.

highlights of his 2/14/2011 offering, app developer survey:
"There
has been much debate about whether the OS and device diversity
within Android is manageable…. Our survey found some clear
evidence for fragmentation both in terms of OS versions, and
in terms of hardware."
"Fragmentation
on Android appears to be an issue, with developers building two
versions of apps on Android vs. one for the iPhone, which we
don't see going away in the near future. The proliferation …
could lead to user disappointment and drive device homogenization
in the future."
"Most
Android developers code only to the common functionality that
exists across different handsets."
"…its fragmentation does pose some challenges
for developers."
"Blackberry
also suffers from fragmentation as many of its handsets (until
very recently) did not come with touch screens, which increased
the costs of both developing for, and porting apps to, this OS."
Why
is the latest Android OS not fully deployed: "because the
device manufacturers must first modify and test any customizations,
such as the user interface that they built to differentiate their
devices from the competition." Once that is done "it
must be further approved by the carrier to ensure that it won't
disrupt the network or the user experience."
"Even after adjusting for iPad-specific apps,
iOS still added about 2x the number of apps as Android last year."
"…we
do worry that the smorgasbord of Android devices could ultimately
trigger disappointment among users or drive homogenization of
devices."
"Apple
remains our top pick to start 2011...."
** On March
4, 2011, Tom Krazit wrote:

"One of the
more poorly kept secrets about Android development is that developers
can find it challenging to support the wide variety of screen
sizes and resolutions that Google’s hardware partners use
on their phones, not to mention the breakneck speed at which
Google releases new versions." To address this issue, Google
has now created and released "anti-fragmentation tools,"
which are ostensibly designed to get all flavors or Android on
the same page.

CNN tells us they blanked out the faces in the
photograph in the Lara Logan story because
they didn't want to get the facts wrong: "We made
a network-wide editorial decision to blur the faces of those
around Logan because we didn't know if those in the photograph
were involved in the attack or not."

Really?
Their blog carried reports of the demise of Gabrielle Giffords. So
much for fact checking. (see 2:23 pm ET entry) The AP didn't
make the same mistake, but they relied on an old faithful: journalistic
standards. And The Huffington Post didn't
do so well either, but they have mostly cleaned up their website.

on the subject of "new rules" for app-related
purchases: it ain't what you think: Apple has simply said that
what you can do by navigating outside the context of the app
(what some have jealoulsy called a 'walled garden') should be
an available option within the app with a simple, single-click
capability. Have you ever ordered from Amazon because it was
easy: one click, stay on the site, you've got free delivery,
and whamo, you have done your deal?

Very similar. It's about a level playing field.
I don't get all the commotion.

Might was well break a little news myself.
ketchum, you still around?
How can Tim Rutten be so right?
Kudos to Rupert Murdoch and the team for The Daily
Oh, and AOL (buying The Huffington Post) must be hard up for eyeballs.
I predict they are less sticky than hoped.
Hwang Chang-gyu: The reason we couldn't make a
smart phone like iPhone is that we don't know how to shoot ahead.
take your click: how do you want to google?
B A G
Oprah, on her iPad:
"I never knew I needed it, and now it's hard to live without it."
"That iPad can do things you didn't imagine."

Oprah and MC Hammer on their iPads:

Winfrey:“I hear you love your iPad as much as I do. Is it not an incredible invention?”
Hammer: “It’s the best, the best, iPad changes everything. It’s unbelievable.”

a great iPad piece

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Kudos to Conan: O'Brien's new show won't
be on just any cable news network.

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btw, thanks for the comments on the posts.

& yes, I may be available to write for a fee
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not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that
was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession
in the world and one that demanded the best that l could bring
to it.
Rose Kennedy (1890-1995)

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This space has gradually morphed into a soapbox touting Apple, for which no apology is offered. On the other hand, I think readers are entitled to know that I recognize my own bias, see it as a strength, and hope others are strengthened thereby. That said, my comments are not directed toward stock valuation. Buyers and sellers of securites do so for reasons best known to them. Each lives in his/her own microenvironment. Rather, my thoughts are shared with folks facing a purchase decision as to Apple products. My hope is to clarify some issues, sometimes from a higher, over-arching perspective; sometimes, from the perspective of where the rubber meets the road: user to user. Some corporate, business (enterprise?) customers have had their ear to the ground, seeking to avoid what they fear may be 'old school' second guessing. Fortunately, for several reasons those days are largely behind us: Apple products are proven in business use. They are also proven in educational use, whence many of tomorrow's new users -- and co-workers --will come.


Here's a little fresh music to enjoy, Reuben Barbour

Philip Elmer-DeWitt: "Android is a mess, say developers" (4/4/11)

There has been a debate about Android vs. iOS and how it is for developers: "But the survey also suggests that programmers writing for Android are finding the ecosystem to be every bit as perilous as (Marco) Arment predicted






I have been referring to Android as a multi-headed hydra of a platform. Perhaps the new key word, perhaps coined here, is Androigynous.

Android apps for BlackBerry? Not so much, says Dan Frommer: (3/25/11)

They employ a "virtual machine" to emulate Android and therein support some older applications; 2.3, not 3.0. Not optimized for screen size. He continues: "The Android apps could run poorly on the PlayBook. " He says RIM is doing this to "be able to say that the PlayBook can technically support tens of thousands of Android apps. (Even though they're not designed to run on tablets.) " BUT FIRST, you will need to install a new App Player, developers "will have to create and submit new, PlayBook-ready versions of the apps. (Will they? Most probably won't even buy a PlayBook to test them on.) " Thereafter RIM will have to test/approve all this and…"then they might not even work well."


His conclusion, mildly tongue in cheek: "Sure sounds like a great system. We can't wait to try it out."

	Michael Josephson, thank you for this:
I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that l could bring to it.
	Rose Kennedy (1890-1995)