Category: mobility
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My vision for data portability utopia
I’ve been following the conversation around the “collaboration wars.” Tit for tat comparisons between Microsoft Word and Google Docs. What’s the point? I find it ironic that users yell and scream that they want one massive application that does everything including the kitchen sink, then scream “bloat! bloat!” when companies try and deliver exactly that.…
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Palm's new ad campaign is funny
Image borrowed from RIMarkable Anyone who has actually tried to use Palm or Windows Mobile to download email on a regular basis is laughing hysterically right now. Blackberry email works reliably 99.9% of the time, except for when RIM is having a nationwide outage of a few hours. I’ve owned devices on all 3 platforms…
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10 reasons I still love my Blackberry even though it isn't an iPhone
So if rumors are to be believed, the Blackberry 9000 won’t be an “iPhone killer” after all because it won’t have a touchscreen. Am I disappointed? Heck, no! Sure, pinching my way around the web and being able to go to sites on a mobile device that I can’t now looks attractive. If I wanted…