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The Apple iPad, explained to geeks
The Apple iPad, explained to geeks
On the one hand, we will have the smartphones and iPad-esque tablets, aimed at the average consumer. They will do simple things, they will do them well, they will be extremely well connected into the Internet, they will be geared for what a consumer does: consume. Lots and lots of media. ....... On the other hand, we'll have a more traditional PC. It will be geared for content producers, developers and us geeks who need (or think we need) the power and flexibility
·blog.seattlepi.com·
The Apple iPad, explained to geeks
Understand The Web · Ben Ward
Understand The Web · Ben Ward
A single vendor’s benevolent curation of their framework will always outpace the collaborative, interoperable developments of the web ... but the web will always be the canonical source of information and relationships. That’s what it was built for.
·benward.me·
Understand The Web · Ben Ward
ongoing by Tim Bray · Making Money in Mobile
ongoing by Tim Bray · Making Money in Mobile
Depending how you measure it, the mobile platform may already be the widest path from the software developer to the ordinary person. It’s for sure the fastest-growing. So presumably there’s serious software money to be made. But how, exactly?
·tbray.org·
ongoing by Tim Bray · Making Money in Mobile
Daring Fireball: A Rule of Thumb: Pricing Should Be Simple
Daring Fireball: A Rule of Thumb: Pricing Should Be Simple
One thing many companies — in any industry — can learn from Apple is the importance of simple pricing. If you make it easy for people to understand how much they’re paying, and what they’re paying for, it is more likely that they’ll buy it. Or perhaps this is driven more by the converse: if people are confused about how much they have to pay, they’re more likely not to
·daringfireball.net·
Daring Fireball: A Rule of Thumb: Pricing Should Be Simple