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It’s That Time Again… Apple Keynote Today!
Time flies when Apple is working on new products. Today at 1PM EST/10AM PST, El Jobso will be delivering a keynote at WWDC in San Francisco. If you like following along as the details unfold, here are a couple of my favourite live blogs to follow:
My Advice to Adobe – Make Flash Open Source
Steve Jobs threw some wood on the fire with an open letter to Adobe regarding Apple’s position on Flash. El Jobso refers to open platform technologies, such as Webkit and HTML5, as being the future of the web in the mobile space. Meanwhile, Flash, being a closed and proprietary platform, is the wrong the direction for a truly open and free interwebs.
But what if Flash was open source? I know I have the benefit of being an outside blogger with an opinion, and not someone that truly understands the full legal, business/revenue, implications of such a comment, but it seems to make sense doesn’t it? Adobe would be showing Apple, developers and bloggers with opinions that they are serious about the future of Flash as a platform for the web. With the support of the open source community, I think you would see that Flash could run, and run well, on mobile devices. Sure, Flash as we know it today still needs to adapt to the touchscreen and mobile world, but i think it is possible to get there. Opening it up could be the way to make it happen. I think Adobe can either keep going on their current course and possibly spell the end of Flash as we know it, or shock us all and take a different stance. Go on Adobe, take Flash open source, and show the world you’re serious about Flash as a sustainable platform for the future. Otherwise, I think you’re just digging your own grave.
[Update: Just so you know... I'm not exactly a super supporter of open source. I mean I'm not against it, but I'm not one to think that it will create a world full of peace, harmony and kittens.]
Regarding the Recently Revealed Alleged iPhone 4th Generation Device
My two three cents.
First cent: I’ll eat my hat if the device actually ships looking like that. Wide seams on the aluminum ring? Seemingly harder edges? That’s very un-Apple like. My guess is that they are pre-production tools that were used to create those parts. It certainly lacks the polish and refinements that are oh so Apple. But who knows – they really need to make this 4th device stand apart from the previous two generations that have been identical. Hopefully they pull it off well though.
Second cent: It kind of sucks to have seen this so far in advance, if it is in fact real. It really takes away from the usual lead up to the official unveiling. Who am I kidding? Now I really can’t wait!
Fine, Third cent: Rumoured front facing camera is there. Can Apple be the company to finally make mobile video chat main stream? I’m still not sold… I think it may wind up having some other nifty uses rather than just video chatting. What those are… I really don’t know.
I’ll refrain from posting any images… you can check them out at the sites I’ve linked to. [Gizmodo via Engadget]
Bing Available for iPhone, includes Maps and Directions
Posted in iPhone, on December 16th, 2009 by Carlos.
I have a confession to make. I like Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Even though I actually don’t use it often (after all, Google is still my browser’s homepage), I do try Bing out every now and then to see if I can get some different results. There are a few things, including interface, that I think it beats Google at.
Microsoft has released a Bing application for the iPhone that brings a lot of the Bing usability to your mobile device. It has a pretty slick interface, and actually makes searching on the iPhone a little more pleasurable. I still find Google’s interface for the iPhone quite lacking. Aside from the standard items you can search for: websites, images, news – Bing can also act as a replacement for the Maps app on the iPhone. It even taps into the GPS to figure out your current location.
Although it sounds sacrilegious to load up a Microsoft app on your iPhone, I’d actually recommend giving it a shot! It’s not one of my ‘software must haves’ but it certainly is a ‘software should try’! [Bing on the App Store]
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