Tag Archives: iPhone

Thoughts On The iPhone 4S Announcement

Posted on October 5, 2011 by D. Mark Jackson

The internet has practically shut down with commentary on yesterday’s announcement. So I’ll contribute sparingly. The keynote can be viewed online. It runs over an hour. One gets some basic sense of what Apple culture might look like post-Steve Jobs. … Continue reading →

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To Be Profitable: Focus On The Customer, Not Profits.

Posted on July 23, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

(updated below) I finally had the chance to watch the Steve Jobs presentation on the iPhone 4 antennae issue. You can watch it here. I was impressed by this statement in Job’s opening remarks: We want to make … all our users … Continue reading →

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Toddler Mode For The iPhone

Posted on June 15, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

If you’ve got young ones around, you really need this to share your device without risking your data and identity: You know how iPhone and iPad have “airplane mode”, which turns off all connectivity? Right under that, I want “Toddler … Continue reading →

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It's the Network, Stupid

Posted on January 29, 2010 by D. Mark Jackson

It’s official in my book.  At least for the near future, network performance is the limiting reagent for computing: “Carrier networks aren’t set to handle five million tablets sucking down 5 gigabytes of data each month,” Philip Cusick, an analyst … Continue reading →

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