Web Apps vs. Native Apps
Brin: [Native and web apps] are likely to converge in the future. And not the too distant future; http://j.mp/aDPwcJ
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Gerrit Eicker
eReaders Comparison
An eReaders comparison table: iPad vs. Kindle and Kindle DX, Nook, Sony Daily Edition, Que; http://j.mp/d77t6G
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pC: “So how does the iPad stack up against its more single-minded competition? We can’t say yet how it really compares to reading a novel on a Kindle, textbooks on a Kindle DX or business pdfs on a Que. What we can do is lay out the specs and features side by side.”
NYT: “To Deliver, iPad Needs Media Deals … Critics who suggested that Apple unveiled little more than an iPhone that won’t fit in your pocket don’t seem to understand that by scaling the iPhone experience, the iPad becomes a different species. Media companies now have a new platform that presents content in an intimate way.”
RWW: “According to Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos, ‘millions of people now own Kindles.’ Sadly, Amazon has always kept the exact number of Kindle sales under wraps. According to some analysts, consumers in the US bought roughly 3 million e-readers in 2009 and the majority of these were probably Kindles.”
NYT: “And now (drum roll) the Toy of the Year award goes to … the Apple iPad. – That’s a reasonable prediction for this time next year, once children start swiping at iPad’s puddle of interactivity.”
TC: “The iPad is a computer for people who don’t like computers. People who don’t like the idea of upgrading their 3D drivers, or adjusting their screen resolution, or installing new memory. Who don’t understand why their computer gets slower and slower the longer they own it, who have 25 icons in their system tray and have to wait ten minutes for their system to boot up every day.”
Macworld: “For years we’ve all held to the belief that computing had to be made simpler for the ‘average person.’ I find it difficult to come to any conclusion other than that we have totally failed in this effort. … Think of the millions of hours of human effort spent on preventing and recovering from the problems caused by completely open computer systems. Think of the lengths that people have gone to in order to acquire skills that are orthogonal to their core interests and their job, just so they can get their job done. – If the iPad and its successor devices free these people to focus on what they do best, it will dramatically change people’s perceptions of computing from something to fear to something to engage enthusiastically with. I find it hard to believe that the loss of background processing isn’t a price worth paying to have a computer that isn’t frightening anymore.”
TC: “Don’t think about the iPad as just a computer. Its true potential lies in its potential as a communications device. Already, it functions as an electronic reader, helping to bring the world of books to computers. But there is video and audio too, with the potential for VoIP apps and even one day a camera for video messaging. The artificial walls that separate our notion of communications and computing are being broken.”
NYT: “The more, the better. That’s the fashionable recipe for nurturing new ideas these days. It emphasizes a kind of Internet-era egalitarianism that celebrates the ‘wisdom of the crowd‘ and ‘open innovation.’ … Yet Apple … suggests another innovation formula – one more elitist and individual. – This approach is reflected in the company’s latest potentially game-changing gadget, the iPad tablet, unveiled last week. It may succeed or stumble but it clearly carries the taste and perspective of Mr. Jobs and seems stamped by the company’s earlier marketing motto: Think Different.”
Winer: “One recurring theme in defense of the closedness of the iPad is that it gives you access to the web and that’s the most open thing around. Maybe, but if I want the web there are much better and less expensive ways to get it that don’t compromise on flexibility and the ability to run other software. In other words, if you want the web and only the web, iPad would be a poor choice.”
TC: “Both Apple and Google are very popular with consumers, but their offerings are very different – while aiming for the same market. And as two companies that were once as close as could be, it’s also fascinating to watch the tension and awkwardness as they now compete in an ever-growing number of areas. – If this market between laptops and smartphones proves big enough, perhaps the two frenemies can once again find a common ground and band together to defeat their common enemy: Microsoft.”
NYT: “Concerns over the lack of Flash in the iPad and iPhone may be short-lived. Many online video sites have been experimenting with a new video format, called HTML5. Unlike Flash, which is a downloaded piece of software that can interact with a computer’s operating system, HTML5 works directly in a Web browser. And although this new video format does not work in all browsers, it will allow iPhone and iPad users to enjoy more Web-based video content. – In addition, the patents surrounding HTML5 are owned by a group of companies; Apple is a part of that group.”
RWW: “While it’s not perfect, HTML 5 might just be the step you need to decrease the time and cost of developing across devices.“
Gerrit Eicker
Web Trends 2010
2010 tech predictions: Tablets, Geo, Real-time, Chrome OS, HTML5, Mobile, AR, Android, Social CRM; http://j.mp/7JS8gx
Gerrit Eicker
Chrome and OS X: Squeezing Windows
Google is aiming at the bottom of the OS market, Apple at its top: squeezing Windows in between; http://j.mp/61MK3j
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How to Install: Google Chrome OS
TechCrunch describes how to install Google Chrome OS: step-by-step guide, done in around 15 minutes; http://j.mp/3SugT3
Gerrit Eicker
Google Chrome OS
Google unveiled its much-anticipated new operating system, Google Chrome OS; http://j.mp/2OIS5q
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Google: “First, it’s all about the web. All apps are web apps. The entire experience takes place within the browser and there are no conventional desktop applications. This means users do not have to deal with installing, managing and updating programs. – Second, because all apps live within the browser, there are significant benefits to security. Unlike traditional operating systems, Chrome OS doesn’t trust the applications you run. Each app is contained within a security sandbox making it harder for malware and viruses to infect your computer. Furthermore, Chrome OS barely trusts itself. – Most of all, we are obsessed with speed. We are taking out every unnecessary process, optimizing many operations and running everything possible in parallel. … Google Chrome OS will be ready for consumers this time next year.”
NYT: “The new operating system, which is closely tied to Google’s Web browser, also named Chrome, is seen as a potential challenge to Microsoft, whose Windows software powers the vast majority of personal computers. – But with the Chrome operating system, Google is not trying to build a better version of Windows. Instead, it is aiming to shift users toward its vision of ‘cloud computing,’ a model in which programs are not installed on a PC but rather are used over the Internet and accessed through a Web browser. In Google’s approach, a user’s data will also reside on servers across the Internet, rather than on their PC.”
Gerrit Eicker
Google Chrome Operating System
Google has annouced the natural extension of Google Chrome: the Google Chrome Operating System; http://tr.im/rlnd
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Gerrit Eicker
Google: “Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. … Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple – Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.”
TC: “Google Drops A Nuclear Bomb On Microsoft. … But let’s be clear on what this really is. This is Google dropping the mother of bombs on its chief rival, Microsoft. It even says as much in the first paragraph of its post, ‘However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web.‘ Yeah, who do you think they mean by that? … So why do release this new OS instead of using Android? After all, it has already been successfully ported to netbooks. Google admits that there is some overlap there. But a key difference they don’t mention is the ability to run on the x86 architecture. Android cannot do that, Chrome OS can and will. But more, Google wants to emphasize that Chrome OS is all about the web, whereas Android is about a lot of different things. Including apps that are not standard browser web apps.”
NYT: “The move is likely to sharpen the already intense competition between Google and Microsoft, whose Windows operating system controls the basic functions of the vast majority of personal computers. … Mr. Pichai and Mr. Upson said that the software would be released online later this year under an open source license, which will allow outside programmers to modify it. Netbooks running the software will go on sale in the second half of 2010. The software is compatible with processor chips made by Intel and ARM, the company said.”
RWW: “With this, Google can obviously put its own web apps like Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs at the center of the user experience, and this is surely part of Google’s motivation behind releasing this OS. But given that Chrome is simply a browser, any other web app would obviously also be able to run on it as well.”
VB: “But the battle is also going to have some interesting sideshows, as Google’s move could also bring it squarely into opposition with its sometime ally, Apple.”
pC: “With Google Chrome OS, as it is supposed to be titled, its vision of everything delivered through the Web may come a little closer. It will also mean apps would run within Chrome when users are offline (it has already started doing that with some of its services like Gmail).”
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