The iPhone 4 Missteps

 It’s easy for the fanboy in me to get excited, enthralled and simply out of control fired up for a new piece of hardware. I’m the guy who you will find camping out overnight for Mac OS updates, so the iPhone announcement had me jumping up and down when the first photos appeared back in April. I’ve read over 300 blog posts from pro and amateur bloggers recounting what they think of iPhone 4 and have come away with what I feel are the biggest missteps Apple made with this product.

 

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Smart Computing Islands on Everyday Surfaces

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Cisco Entering Tablet Market with Android-Based Device

Cisco announced today the Cius, an Android-based seven-inch tablet computer aimed at the enterprise. The device will feature both front and rear-facing cameras, Cisco TelePresence-compatible video conferencing and access to applications such as Cisco Quad, WebEx and AnyConnect Security VPN Client, as well as access to the Android app store. The launch further diversifies Cisco's offerings.

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IMDb Arrives on Android...and "Everywhere"

The popular web service for movie and TV info known as the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has just arrived for Android phones in the form of a new mobile application. Like its iPhone sibling, which launched six months prior, the Android application has an optimized user interface for the small screen of mobile devices. Within the app, you can search for movie and TV info, actors' bios, crew info, listings, reviews, trailers and anything else you could find via its desktop-sized website for PCs. It also takes advantage of Android-specific features, including its option menus and voice search capabilities.

Along with the launch of the mobile application, IMDb is also announcing an initiative called "IMDb Everywhere," which appears to be just a fancy name for the addition of "like" and "share" buttons across its website.

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Android Gaining on Apple, Says Report

Mobile analytics and tracking firm AdMob has just released its latest mobile metrics report, a monthly snapshot of the smartphone industry based on data generated by ad requests within its network of 23,000 mobile websites and mobile applications. This current report, the last of its kind, notes the company who plans on reinventing the report to make it "more useful going forward," focuses on long-term trends across the industry.

Not surprisingly, the company found that Android has seen rapid growth thanks to the launch of new devices, Apple is still the top manufacturer and iPads are having an impact on mobile Internet traffic worldwide.

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