Mobile


Dvorak: Apple Should Abort iPhone

Since Alodia just inspired me to make an Apple spoof ad, I must now cleanse my soul. Let me share what John C. Dvorak just said about the iPhone.

What Apple risks here is its reputation as a hot company that can do no wrong. If it’s smart it will call the iPhone a “reference design” and pass it to some suckers to build with someone else’s marketing budget. Then it can wash its hands of any marketplace failures.

Fuming Apple fanboys can go read the rest of the article. My soul is now cleansed of Apple cult influence.

Smart Mobile TV: Useless

Useless overhyped idea of the week: Philippine cellular provider Smart hopes to put local TV on mobile phones.

While I’m all for maximizing new phone capabilities — in this case, DVB-H — I don’t see much potential in the technology. I discussed this Joey Alarilla last year, and he hit the nail on the head: Filipinos with enough social standing to own video-capable phones are probably too smart to watch the shit local TV networks crap out. Furthermore, people on the move want to access content on their time, not some programming manager’s time.

If YouTube’s popularity in the Philippines is any indication, Filipinos who can buy these phones would rather watch watch on-demand online video. That’s what Smart should focus on delivering.

(Via Abe Olandres.)