Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg is a technology journalist, analyst and blogger. He is an Apple Inc. employee, and was previously a Research Director at Gartner, focussed on the world of the interconnected consumer...
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When Steve Jobs says, 'One More Thing,' a catchphrase almost as familiar as the turtleneck and jeans, that's usually when the other shoe drops, when the bombshell hits. People are parsing the invitation the same way they're searching 'Lost' for new meanings and nuance.
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It does what it's supposed to do, and it does it well.
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Keeping it persistently available is a pretty big deal. I can position things so I can be working on my e-mail or word processing and still have the information available.
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Microsoft has taken a lot of effort developing the phone first.
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When it comes to consumer electronics, the longer you wait, it's always going to be smaller, faster, cheaper.
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The experience isn't going to be radically different for the Apple user after this. There will be some adjustment, some tweaks here and there, but it is not going to be a dramatically different experience.
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For the short term they're already on target with a good relationship. Apple's already reaped a lot of benefits.
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With Mozilla, its core essence has been this notion about doing things for free. So in that case, it is a little different because it somewhat changes the DNA the organization was built upon, and it comes back to the recognition that being paid for services is not necessarily a bad thing.
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We're talking about Apple, so it could be all of those things, none of those things, or something brand new.
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Browsing is a secondary feature that is very important on today's modern devices, but no one wants to spend the time and effort to reinvent the browsing experience when there are already great solutions on the market, ... Nokia is using a best-of-breed browser without the expense of having to build it all themselves.
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Expect that we'll have a lot to say about what it all means as well as the implications over the next few weeks.
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More importantly, they've done it in a way that seems to be fairly understandable by consumers so you don't have to have a whole IT department in your house to make this stuff work.
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One of the reasons we saw the iMac targeted first is because it is the line that is going to be least impacted by the pro apps.
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No doubt, I'm sure, the senior executives at Microsoft were pretty upset (with the latest Vista delay). Steven has a track record of shipping products (and he can) potentially take the reins and get the thing out the door and fix whatever process problems there are.