Which Smartphone Platform is Going to Rule the Apps Space?
The data above represents the global Internet search (through Google) for the mobile application development keyword as associated with the different platforms. And the figures speak for themselves 
BTW Google Insights for Search is an excellent tool to monitor demand trends…
Speed is King… Kindle for iPad
It’s amazing how quickly Amazon developed Kindle for iPad. The mobile app was approved by Apple yesterday (with the official iPad launch) and now it’s on sale in iTunes.
Two months delay and Amazon would have faced completely different situation as many users would have already moved from Kindle to iBooks… And of course such move would have had great long-term impact on Amazon’s business.
Many times the future of companies (even big ones) lies in the hands (and heads) of several engineers… Delay a project two months and maybe you kill a start-up with otherwise sound business concept, or create a fearsome rival.
iPad – Future Success or Failure?
Thought I would not comment on iPad’s future because everybody already did it, but just couldn’t resist And today (the official launch date) is my last chance to do so based on pure gut feeling and zero market acceptance data.
So my verdict is… the defendant would be a success. Here are the top 4 reasons why:
- Everybody is already commenting on iPad… and most importantly opinions are well polarized and there are people who already love the product.
- Tech geeks (like me) say its technology is inferior – no multitasking, no USB, no Flash, no camera, no phone, no full HD playback, no SD slot, no HDMI out, you name it… I remember the same arguments used back in 2007 about iPhone. People (especially in Europe) considered it a joke to launch a high-end smartphone with no 3G… Meanwhile Steve & Co were focused on what (and how easy) users could actually achieve with the technology instead of on the pure tech superiority. The greatest art of product management is to identify the minimal right set of features.
- Developers are already porting their apps to iPad… we do, Amazon does. And Apple’s “We have an app for that” strategy definitely works.
- Steve Jobs – Steven Fry put it very well: “And being Apple it [iPad] hasn’t been released without (you can be sure) Steve Jobs being wholly convinced that it was ready. “Not good enough, start again. Not good enough. Not good enough. Not good enough.” How many other CEOs say this until their employees want to murder them? That’s the difference.“
Integrating Android within the Home Entertainment Context
Yesterday we launched iMediaShare at Android Marketplace. Now we can all easily play phone-stored multimedia at our internet-enabled TV sets, or copy our phone photo albums to PS3.
No computers, no cables, no hassle…
P.S. I recommend Stefan deletes some of the “Las Vegas photos” before accidentally sharing them with the family back home
