Archive for the “Apple” category
Thank You, Steve
by Raju Vegesna on October 5, 2011
Is Android gaining market share because of carriers?
by Raju Vegesna on May 15, 2011
Last week at Google IO, Google announced some improvements to Android Market. The video of the session ‘Android Market for Developers‘ is now available here. One thing that caught my attention in the video is Android installations by country. Here (…)
Control Swing
by Raju Vegesna on January 11, 2011
In 2007, Apple took the control from the carriers and put it in the hands of device makers when it launched the original iPhone. Here is an excerpt from a Wired article. For decades, wireless carriers have treated manufacturers like (…)
Impact of Touch on WebApps
by Raju Vegesna on February 21, 2010
For the past 20+ years, we are used to using intermediate devices like Mouse and Keyboard for input. Their replacements are Touch and Voice. While we are not there today for Voice, we are certainly are getting there on Touch (…)
Do we need openness for our toaster?
by Raju Vegesna on February 12, 2010
There has been some interesting discussion about Apple and iPad being closed. In many cases for Apple, I’d buy this argument, but regarding iPad being closed, I have to disagree. As I talked earlier, iPad is a gadget for non-techies. (…)
iPad is the computer for rest of the world
by Raju Vegesna on January 28, 2010
Most of the industry has been underwhelmed with the iPad launch. I for one, actually think this is a great device. It may not be for us, techies, but for rest of the world, it is going to be a (…)
iPhone Usage Stats
by Raju Vegesna on May 13, 2008
I was checking out my iPhone usage stats today and found that I did more than 1GB of data transfer on the iPhone just on the EDGE Network…excluding WiFi. This is freakishly high compared to my data transfer rates on (…)
Sync between iTunes?
by Raju Vegesna on March 18, 2008
I am trying to find a simple Sync utility that synchronizes all my music, podcasts (atleast the configuration of podcasts), videos etc across multiple iTunes instances running in different machines. Do you know if there is any? If so, please (…)
Android vs iPhone: Who Will Win?
by Raju Vegesna on March 15, 2008
There has been some interesting predictions on Android outselling iPhone. While this is interesting, it is too early to call. The openness and free nature of Android will certainly make it very popular choice for most of the device manufacturers (…)
My Take on Apple's Announcements
by Raju Vegesna on January 16, 2008
Now that the much awaited MacWorld is here and the announcements have been made, here is my take… MacBook Air There is no doubt that this is a stunning piece of innovation. I’d buy one if only the price is (…)