The videos really do the talking here, but Steve Jobs has thrown down the gauntlet against Flash and indicated that it essentially makes for a broken experience on a mobile device. The first video below is of Flash 10.1 running on a Nexus One and the second is HTML 5 running on an iPad.
Which looks like a broken experience to you?
*post image courtesy of androidphonegeek
I’m sure by now that you are all aware that multitouch has come to a U.S. Android device at long last. This was fast becoming an issue akin to the iPhone not having copy and paste or MMS for the first couple years of its existence. Every interview you saw with a member of the Android team would feature at least a brief grill session on why multitouch (or “specific multitouch implementations” as Erick Tseng put it to Engadget) were missing on U.S. Android devices. Now that we have multitouch the why probably seems less important, but I think the answer has been made crystal clear. Read More…
As a big Google Reader user I was excited to hear about the most recent update to this service. You are no longer restricted to only tracking pages that offer an RSS feed. With the update Google will now create a custom feed of any site you would like to follow and will update the feed when it detects a change. The whole of the interwebs is now available for your tracking pleasure. Read More…
Finally an OS that will make my dream couchputer a reality. All the pieces are falling into place for the CrunchPad or something like it to hit the market and make a killing (well more likely just fill a niche, but don’t kill my buzz).
Right now when I’m sitting on the couch or if I’m puttering about in the kitchen I either keep my BlackBerry or my laptop on me. They each have their failings when trying to meet my needs/wants in either of these situations.