I think in time, Google’s Android will be to the iPhone what Windows was to the Mac. The iPhone laid out many of the killer mobile device innovations, but its a closed device, a closed carrier relationship, and even a closed application store. Android will take all of those good ideas and put them on every device, with every carrier, and in partnership with every app developer.
A VC on Android
2 September 2008
7 August 2008
App Store shoppers should get to make the choice of whether or not to buy an iPhone app, not Apple. Imagine if Apple chose which music they stocked in the iTunes store based on the company’s taste. No Kanye because Jay-Z is better. No Dylan because it’s too whiney. Of course they don’t do that; they stock a crapload of different music and let the buyer decide. We should deride Apple for that type of behavior, not cheering them on.
Kottke on Apple
23 July 2008
I don’t think Steve and Co realize the potential of loosening the chains they have on developers. True, they don’t want third party applications to damage the iPhone experience (by, say, bogging down the operating system or creating potential security issues for iPhone users). But by not allowing full (read as more) access to the device’s capabilities, they’re encouraging users - at least the most adventurous - to hack away at the machine, and going rogue on them.
WeBreakStuff on the iPhone
11 July 2008
More and more, it’s clear to me that Apple is just as evil as Microsoft, they’re just not as big and powerful (yet)… and they have better taste. Maybe I should give up on issue and just wait for my Android phone at the end of the year. It will be a truly open OS, and I’ll be able to download and run whatever the heck I want.
iBanjo on Apple
2 June 2008
The Kindle is a 1.0 device and has lots of problems. But it’s good enough that you learn to overcome them to get something that will change the way you read. In fact, I think the Kindle is a bigger breakthrough device than the iPhone.
Alsop Louie Partners on The Kindle
18 March 2008
Users want shiny new native applications for their iPhones, and they will get them with the SDK. What they do not want are potential security risks and poor performance — which they would get if the platform was as open as some want it to be.
VentureBeat on iPhone SDK