Tweet This Post]]> The iPhone OS on a 24in Multi-Touch Screen [Video] | It is only a question of time. The intersection of mobile and laptop is demonstrated as being one step closer. The capability to run mobile apps on your laptop will also give them more utility and present interesting new options. (tags: iphone touch apple) Tweet This Post0http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/16/links-for-2009-06-16/generalStuartTue, 16 Jun 2009 01:02:10 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/16/links-for-2009-06-16/

Tweet This Post]]> Twitter Will Be Obsolete In A Year - Or framed another way… will we move on? Mobile will decide Twitters long term fate. Does it really matter if Twitter is obsolete in a year? Not really. What matters more is the direction exploring and understanding its appeal can take the individual or the enterprise in. [...]0http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/11/wwdc-update/iPhone DevelopersiphoneapplewwdcStuartFri, 12 Jun 2009 00:33:45 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/?p=2495

The initial connectivity issues have now long gone away. WWDC for those that might not know is Apple’s world wide developer conference. It has pulled a very global audience and like me, 60% have never attended before. I’ve met some fantastic people here. The Apple staff are outstanding.

Many have asked me why I’m here? I’m not a developer although may now write / create a small app or two. I’m there because I wanted to know first hand how far we can push the boundaries of the mobile social space and how quickly. I also wanted a deeper understanding of how to manage development efforts / expectations and the toolset available to developers.

I’m coming away with both and more.

I talked with an ex Nokia and Windows Mobile game developer tonight. It is currently game over in that regard. Game developers are a key group here.

I’d reflect and do a few things differently. I would have liked more show ‘n tell sessions with real app examples. Eg the stories I’d also like more are around marketing and business nous in the apps / iPhone streams. I also think many lab sessions were over-subscribed. The planning will have to start now for next year and cater to 10000 people or take the show on the road. It may well be both. The demand is clear.

Tweet This Post]]>The initial connectivity issues have now long gone away. WWDC for those that might not know is Apple’s world wide developer conference. It has pulled a very global audience and like me, 60% have never attended before. I’ve met some fantastic people here. The Apple staff are outstanding. Many have asked me why I’m here? [...]0http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/08/connectivity-sucks-at-wwdc-via-att-and-the-attendee-site/generalapple #wwdcStuartMon, 08 Jun 2009 13:34:21 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/08/connectivity-sucks-at-wwdc-via-att-and-the-attendee-site/

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Tweet This Post]]> WWDC Preview good summary post including speculation. | Plus I get to be there all next week live. #wwdc I'll be attending WWDC next week. Part of my commitment to continuing to being on the cutting edge of the mobile social revolution. I think I will come away with more than just a couple of new [...]0http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/03/how-is-your-mobile-phone-use-changing-what-would-your-next-smart-phone-do/Mobilityiphonen97nokiapalmsonyStuartWed, 03 Jun 2009 11:30:07 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/?p=2476My thoughts revisited the SmartPhone market this morning when I read in the WSJ about Sony’s new super phone “Satio”coming in about six months. It’s another followup on the impending launch of the Nokia N97 which I’ve been following since it was first announced. We can add the Palm Pre to the mix too. Then next week the launch of the Apple iPhone 3.0 and potential iPod updates too.

How all these new phones will compare? Will they cater better to my changing mobile needs and what I value? I also wonder how they will fare in different countries. My market research in the past in India would provide a very different outcome to my more US centric personal thoughts below.

In launching these products do they understand how my usage behavior has changed in the last year. While they aren’t launching these products just for me I want to know if I’d give up my iPhone for any of them? My guess is I won’t. And that is the biggest challenge any of these have. In this I’m not referring to the price, or the plan, or general availability. My first test is simply is it better for my needs. After that all the other challenges and cost elements come into play.

How my needs have changed.
1. Reading: A year ago I read very little on the iPhone. Yesterday I bought an iPhone developers book using Kindle on the iPhone. It was over $20.00 from Amazon. Why. It was available immediately. I can read it anywhere etc. And based on other books I’ve read on it… likely to meet my needs. I still can’t bend the pages but that will come. I also read many papers today on the iphone. Including the unofficial SFChronicle which provides the local sports. Probably 3 or 4 I access daily. I’ve dropped everything but the WSJ at home.

2. Internet: I have many favorite searches ready for one click perusal. I’ve found this very interesting when tracking things I want. Eg Craigslist housing for lease. Plus if I am watching TV and I happen to hit a commercial… reading and weblinks become more important. Or back to the newspapers. (BTW I am still poorly served by shared weblinks)

3. Communication: Twitter and Twitterfon in particular provide an interesting and effective way to communicate. All DM’s are received by SMS. I often check into twitter when between things or waiting for something. I would not buy a phone today that didn’t provide me with an adequate “open” messaging format like Twitterfon/twitter.

4. Bluetooth: The iPhone 3.0 has bluetooth that connects to my car stereo finally. So I’ve been enjoying that for months. That’s where my iPod function gets the most use. Outside the plane trips where I usually have some video / movies loaded.

5. Camera: I see the Sony is likely to have a 12 megapixel camera. Cool but so what. While I want a better camera what’s interesting to me is I snap many photo’s just off the screen. I often share these in one way or another. The camera is must less important to me than reading and web browsing. I need it and want a good one. It no longer inflences my overall decision. That’s also true of music.

6. Apps (for some it may be games) definitely make a difference. The number that I use everyday is actually increasing (skewed to journalism and communication - twitter / skype). I use maps more than ever. Weather updates are also always on the phone. I can’t wait for turn by turn directions! I expect soon. I actually like being asked. Can this app use your location. That means it is likely to serve me better.

7. Games: I don’t find much time for games. I’ve played and bought a few. There’s two dozen on the phone currently.  Perhaps I just haven’t found the one’s I’d like.

So what about these new phones?
Will I like them? I might if they are more tactile than the iPhone. Although touch technology continues to improve and “feel” is coming. Yet most importantly to me is it’s no longer about making calls. I carry my iPhone for completely different reasons. It’s part of a being in touch, real-time world of updates and broader connectivity.

Add to that the plan and competitive position that ATT / Apple have seem to struck as a bargain between them and it’s unlikely that these phones will find a place with ATT. They will remain too expensive to compete or appear only in very limited quantities.

Still, with past passion for Nokia not quite forgotten I’d love to put my hands on a Nokia N97 and find that I don’t miss my iPhone.

Tweet This Post]]>My thoughts revisited the SmartPhone market this morning when I read in the WSJ about Sony’s new super phone “Satio”coming in about six months. It’s another followup on the impending launch of the Nokia N97 which I’ve been following since it was first announced. We can add the Palm Pre to the mix too. Then [...]1http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/03/links-for-2009-06-03/generalStuartWed, 03 Jun 2009 01:01:34 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/03/links-for-2009-06-03/

Tweet This Post]]> Buzzmachine post on Google Wave and perspective of newspapers. New ways to create context live. Nice summary from the newspaper perspective on how the Wave format makes content. Jeff Jarvis says he sees it as a new way to make news. I think it is broader than that. Most importantly it provides a view into [...]0http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/02/links-for-2009-06-02/generalStuartTue, 02 Jun 2009 01:02:16 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/02/links-for-2009-06-02/

Tweet This Post]]> The Ten Ways Twitter Will Permanently Change American Business | (They missed Phweet! but see telecom threat) "Twitter may not replace the landline, the cell phone or voice and texting communications but it will certainly supplement them as a way to get around telecom data plans. Tweeting inside a browser does not have the same [...]0http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/06/01/googlewave-read-timoreilly-and-what-would-it-be-like-if/Knowledge InnovationStuartMon, 01 Jun 2009 13:09:23 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/?p=2467Tim O’Reilly’s Google Wave summary is as good as any I’ve seen. I loved his description below for it was exactly how I felt when I saw the demo. Since then I’ve seen more cautionary posts and comments. Yet this demo was as good for me as seeing David Gelertner’s post many many years (2001) ago on the need to manage the flow or timeline.

Most importantly, it left me thinking… as a manager (if I was managing in a large organization) how would we shift from where we are today to this new world. For it was obvious, that gWave or similar services are going to happen and they will provide the organization with perceptible benefits even if we can’t measure them from a prototype today. I think GoogleWave provided something tangible, a view into a world that will likely shift many of us in the way we iterate and work. Should set off a few scenario discussions in more than one organization.

Google Wave: What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invented Today? - O’Reilly Radar

When I saw Wave for the first time on Monday, I realized that we’re at a kind of DOS/Windows divide in the era of cloud applications. Suddenly, familiar applications look as old-fashioned as DOS applications looked as the GUI era took flight. Now that the web is the platform, it’s time to take another look at every application we use today, and ask the same question Lars and Jens asked themselves: “What would this look like if we invented it today instead of twenty-five years ago?”

Tweet This Post]]>Tim O’Reilly’s Google Wave summary is as good as any I’ve seen. I loved his description below for it was exactly how I felt when I saw the demo. Since then I’ve seen more cautionary posts and comments. Yet this demo was as good for me as seeing David Gelertner’s post many many years (2001) [...]0http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/30/links-for-2009-05-30/generalStuartSat, 30 May 2009 01:02:49 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/30/links-for-2009-05-30/

Tweet This Post]]> "Google Wave Preview" The most impressive revolutionary demo I've seen in ages! Pull so many of my thoughts and desires together and all in real-time. GoogleWave looks set to be nothing less than a revolution. You simply have to watch the demo as it integrates email, blogs, chat, community and conversation. I wrote down two items [...]1http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/29/links-for-2009-05-29/generalStuartFri, 29 May 2009 01:00:42 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/29/links-for-2009-05-29/

Tweet This Post]]> The Case for Working With Your Hands - NYTimes.com | I certainly can identify with this article. This is a great article for sharing the benefits of working a trade. I particularly like how he puts it in terms of knowledge. I'm perhaps also a little envious that he restores old motorcycles. I had a friend [...]1http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/27/links-for-2009-05-27/generalStuartWed, 27 May 2009 01:02:51 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/27/links-for-2009-05-27/

Tweet This Post]]> Useful POV by @DaveWiner "Why there will be many Twitters" I missed it when first published Not sure with the coherency of this post or the why each media co will want it's own network or can even have it's own network. The issue is Twitter doesn't have a business model that caters to it. I [...]0http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/26/what-you-missed-on-twitter-by-mrblog-twitter-loss-of-real-time-and-the-intimacy-factor/twitter#fixrepliesambientintimacyreal-timeStuartTue, 26 May 2009 10:15:55 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/?p=2454What You Missed on Twitter is a little program that answers the #fixreplies problem for all those (according to Twitter less than 3% - although that IMHO is a poor statistic) that liked seeing “all@replies”.  If you are following a large number of users then it can take awhile to load. From my perspective this is the sharing that makes twitter interesting and conversational. Even on this simple test my data stream is now over 1000 tweets down. No wonder I can see it and feel it. It’s a simply loss of ambient intimacy.  I’m not sure any of these examples would have engaged me to follow another and yet they also serve another purpose. They are “live” tweeters in a conversational mode. The tweets that twitter has left in… are more asynchronous in nature. By definition Twitter is less real-time today. That’s going to cost them $’s in the long run.  Here’s an example of the output.

Tweet This Post]]>What You Missed on Twitter is a little program that answers the #fixreplies problem for all those (according to Twitter less than 3% - although that IMHO is a poor statistic) that liked seeing “all@replies”.  If you are following a large number of users then it can take awhile to load. From my perspective this [...]5http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/21/links-for-2009-05-21/generalStuartThu, 21 May 2009 01:02:49 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/21/links-for-2009-05-21/

Tweet This Post]]> RT @Twitter API: @mrblog that's sweet. I just re-followed 2 people because of you "hack". ^DW #fixreplies David crafted a neat little hack (see his blog) to see all those conversational tweets you are missing! (tags: twitter #fixreplies) Second Life generates 15 billion minutes in web voice calls » VentureBeat "The company’s Dial an Avatar function assigns residents [...]0http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/15/links-for-2009-05-15/generalStuartFri, 15 May 2009 01:02:59 PDThttp://www.henshall.com/stuart/2009/05/15/links-for-2009-05-15/

Tweet This Post]]> Doc Searls Weblog · Is tweeting still silo’d? More on the #fixreplies - NEA… could be created in my view (tags: dsearls twitter) @tdavid writes - Make You Go Hmm blog added to Kindle Store and you can add your blog too | hmm… "And unfortunately there is no option to choose what price to charge for the [...]0nonadult