Archive for the “Mobile” category
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 (…)
On Windows Phone 7
by Raju Vegesna on October 7, 2010
Last week at the GigaOm’s Mobilize conference, I got a chance to play with a Windows Phone 7 device briefly. I was looking forward to playing with the device as I was optimistic on Microsoft’s new mobile operating system. After (…)
Time Machine
by Raju Vegesna on July 22, 2010
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 (…)
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 (…)
Android is like Linux: Excites geeks, not end users
by Raju Vegesna on August 23, 2009
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 (…)