Marco Arment has some sharp words regarding Twitter’s IPA:
First, it’s interesting to read their definition of “a Defensive Purpose”, [… which leaves] a lot of room for interpretation.
Arment has some good points here. I’m not sure if Twitter’s intent was to be vague, and if it wasn’t, their position should be clarified and loopholes should be removed. I suspect they wanted some room for negotiations and legal purposes, though.
Dieter Bohn:
A trusted source close to Microsoft tells us that is absolutely not the case, that instead there will be no upgrade path from Mango to Apollo. This matches up with a previous report from Mary Jo Foley and explains the particular language Microsoft used when it responded to the story earlier today, saying “We have stated publicly that all apps in our Marketplace today will run on the next version of Windows Phone. Beyond that, we have nothing to share about future releases.”
If this is true, it isn’t going to help their market share, or their reputation amongst users. Furthermore, this creates issues for the saving grace Nokia phones.
Hip hop didn’t invent anything. Hip hop reinvented everything.
Can’t wait for this film. Directed by Ice-T, and featuring seemingly everyone except Jay-Z, it’s sure to be an inside look at the history of the art of rap.
After months and months of poorly-researched, patently ridiculous rumours, Philip Elmer-Dewitt sorts out the clutter:
I can can think of a half dozen explanations for each of Misek’s reasons that have nothing to do with Apple making TVs.
More to the point, there are plenty of very good reasons Apple would not want to get into TV manufacturing business.
Good points here.
Drew Curtis of Fark.com discusses his method for beating a ridiculous patent.
Vlad Savov, of The Verge:
Put in starker terms, they don’t believe that Nokia’s Lumia phones are “good enough” to compete. An executive in charge of mobile phones at one of the big Euro carriers is cited as saying, “no one comes into the store and asks for a Windows Phone,” placing at least some of the blame for the tepid start to Nokia’s reboot on Microsoft’s shoulders.
No amount of advertising can change the total experience of using the phone every day.