http://disqus.com/people/173808144616793bb576ee01336c646e/enWed, 25 Jun 2008 01:02:19 -0000http://russellbeattie.disqus.com/do_mobile_os_platforms_matter_russellbeattiecom/#comment-743257You've made a lot of thoughtful points here--a refreshing anomaly in the blogosphere today--and I agree with most of what you say. But here is where the rest of my comment will be dismissed out of hand by the clever use of the "fanboy" tag.<br><br>Nonetheless, I tread on... Two things I must disagree with you on. Firstly, I think the first mobile "killer app" has already arrived. It's called Safari. Secondly, walk up to any Cocoa developer writing a native iPhone application and tell them that "anything a native app can do, Java can do too", and they will smile, shake their heads a bit, and give you that look that says, "Oh, what a cute little child."<br><br>An inisghtful blog post nonetheless. I think that Nokia (and consequently Symbian) represents one of the more interesting aspects of this new platform war, as they have the most to lose of all the players, having the dominant worldwide smartphone market share at the moment. I hope they have dreamed of living in interesting times, because interesting times are certainly upon them.David DuganWed, 25 Jun 2008 01:02:19 -0000http://meydad.disqus.com/14_days_with_a_mac_life_mashup_yovav_jay_meydads_blog/#comment-4342917Interesting, isn't it, that all five of the issues that are you causing you to have a bad Mac experience are Microsoft products...<br><br>You're not going to find replacements for those problems outside of MS (I assume you're not using Apple's excellent Mail app because you need non-IMAP Exchange access?), so why don't you just run a copy of Windows XP or Vista through Parallels or VMware Fusion?David DuganTue, 18 Mar 2008 12:00:01 -0000http://webomatica.disqus.com/don8217t_bet_against_the_iphone_it_will_be_a_huge_success/#comment-1752262Absolutely 100% right on correct. And refreshing in these last few weeks of all-out iPhone FUD and spastic hatred. Especially the part about Steve Jobs having been the primary beta tester for the last year at least. The same people who scream "who's gonna buy a $600 phone that doesn't even have 3G and GPS!!!" are the same people who think the iPod is doomed to fail because it doesn't have an FM receiver or a removable battery. Personally, I'm not in the market for an iPhone (that doesn't mean I don't lust after it), but I can't wait to see how this new platform evolves and starts kicking serious butt in the marketplace. If Apple meets their conservative goal of 10M iPhones by the end of 2008, they will instantly have more marketshare than Blackberry, Palm, Windows Mobile, and Linux COMBINED. Wow. Things are changing...David DuganTue, 19 Jun 2007 23:44:05 -0000http://momathome.disqus.com/shattering_iphone_ideas_a_view_from_judi_sohn/#comment-2375729There are plenty of places, other than Apple, where you can get accidental damage insurance if it concerns you so much. Why don't you buy an iPhone with one of your credit cards that offers this kind of insurance? Most of them do.David DuganMon, 18 Jun 2007 12:39:58 -0000http://zuneluv.disqus.com/with_the_new_ipod_announcements_is_there_anything_left_for_zune/#comment-14774556It's good to dream, my friend. Good luck with that.David DuganThu, 06 Sep 2007 17:22:10 -0000