Month: November 2008

OMG! Google just became Microsoft…

So a couple of posts ago, I was prattling on about open and closed in the context of mobile and a less than thrilling conference I attended (see here and here). As I stewed on it some more, I realize…

If Trivial Pursuit had a Mobile Category, this would help you win…

My last post about Open Mobile, I promise. During the 2 day event, there were a number of fascinating stats that were thrown out.  Here they are, in no particular order, for your number noodling pleasure. 1.    Over 3 Billion…

Still not open… Kindling without fire…

Sticking to my Open Mobile theme, one of the more interesting presentations was from Ian Freed, a VP at Amazon responsible for the Kindle eBook. The Kindle was another device touted as “open” by various folks, and again that’s a…