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Android may actually have a chance of beating Windows

Granted, it is several years out, but I think android is the leading contender to supplant windows–even over Ubuntu and OS X.

One of the largest drivers keeping windows entrenched is that it is what people are used to.  Many argue the superiority of OS X and Ubuntu and have for years, but for the majority of users, they are both are not-quite-right-clones of windows. Buttons are in the wrong spot, Office doesn’t work the same, some websites don’t render right.  It doesn’t matter what the merits of the other operating systems are, they loose because they are different.  That … Continue Reading

I Love My iPod Touch

Have I mentioned how that I love my iPod Touch? Probably not, this is a new blog…

I see the iPod Touch as not a music player, but an instant-on computer that you can carry with you all the time.  What is not to love about that?  What makes it a computer and not a PDA is having a real web browser.  I have carried a PDA with me since the Palm III and have always loved having pre-downloaded news (remember AvantGo?), ebooks, music, applications, and games with me at all time, but without the Internet it is just a … Continue Reading