Who says it is not possible to go back in time. For the past couple of days I was playing with a fairly new BlackBerry device and oh boy, it is like going back in time. The experience, interface, using scroll wheel to navigate mouse, navigation, reboots to install/replace an app etc. I mean, look [...]
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 replacing mouse (atleast in portable devices). Whenever we see such fundamental changes, there is always [...]
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. People who have been scared about the complexity of computers will be able to use [...]
This is a post I wrote for CloudAve. I am including the entire post below. Bill Gurly wrote up a great piece on Google’s disruption in the navigation market. It is a great read to understand the impact Google’s new navigation ‘feature’ will have in that market. … That’s right; Google will pay you to [...]
I have long been waiting for a connected car – one that is connected to internet all the time (3G or EVDO or Wifi). Ideally it should include a Solid State Drive (Hard drives fail frequently due to motion) to store content (music, primarily). The idea is, my car should connect to my home WiFi [...]
There has been some good discussion around Android recently and Daring Fireball blog has some very good points on the opportunity Android has in the market. I 100% agree with him that iPhone needs competition. Unfortunately, the competition doesn’t look very good so far. While John Gruber makes a case where competition could exist if [...]
Here is another reason to use Online Apps.. For those who are heading to the US, here is a word of caution – the border agents can now search your laptop even without a cause. This follows a US Federal Appeals Court ruling, earlier this week, that agents at the border do not need any [...]
Today, Tata finished the acquisition of two major brands – Jaguar & Land Rover – for $2.3Bn from Ford. That amount doesn’t seem a lot for some reason. On one side, Tata has the world’s cheapest car and now with this aquisition, they have a distribution network. It’ll be interesting to see how these brands [...]
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 and carriers. But then, openness and flexibility doesn’t necessarily mean winning consumers. I can’t help [...]
Sramana Mitra has an interesting article on “The Coming Death Of Indian Outsourcing“. The death of this industry is far from anyone’s mind. However, the reality is that wages are rising in India. The cost advantage for offshoring to India used to be at least 1:6. Today, it is at best 1:3. Attrition is scary. [...]