On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:03 AM, saidimu apale <
saidimu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I must say it has been a lot of fun watching Apple fan-boys frothing and
> getting bent out of shape. I'm curious to see what tricks Cupertino has on
> June 7th ...
> It is interesting that your post is the only one on Skunkworks-KE regarding
> Google IO, Facebook f8, or Twitter Chirp. Is it that devs in Kenya find
> these happenings to be largely irrelevant to "our daily bread", or is it
> just that these discussions are happening elsewhere?
> Curious...
> saidi
>
> PS FWIW, it wasn't a secret that 1 Infinite Loop would get into mobile...
> that was known way before the iPhone launched. Talking of which: did you
> know the "revolutionary" iPhone design wasn't quite that? Check out these
> two links: the first one of an LG phone pre-dating the first iPhone; and the
> second of an open-source phone (OpenMoko, now defunct) with full multi-touch
> support also pre-dating the iPhone (the illustrations are eerily familiar).
> I guess innovation is in the eye of the beholder ;)
>
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/iphone-and-lg-ke850-separated-at-birth>
http://www.slashgear.com/fic-linux-cellphone-can-it-capture-the-imagination-of-the-open-source-community-072392/2/
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Glenn Sequeira <
gsequeira@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The Reason:
>> “If we did not act, we faced a draconian future. Where one man, one
>> company, one carrier was the future.”
>>
>> Vic Gundotra
>> VP Developer Products, Google (@ Google I/O'10)
>>
>> The Rebuttal:
>> "But We're Just Fine With the Two Men, One Company, One Search Engine
>> Model."
>>
>> John Paczkowski
>> All Things Digital
>>
>> The Fact:
>> "... Google acquired Android in August of 2005. That’s nearly 18
>> months before the world even knew about iPhone, let alone its carrier
>> model or prospects for success."
>>
>> Matt Drance
>> Apple Outsider
>>
>> The Word from 1 Infinite Loop:
>> Can't wait for the "Wrath of Steve" on June 7...
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