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A New Era in Mobile

June 8, 2008 By Dan Brodie Leave a Comment
The BlackBerry Thunder

A new era in the mobile world is expected to begin on Monday with news from Apple of the next version of the iPhone. The importance of this cannot be underscored enough. On the heels of the iPhone announcement, BlackBerry is poised to release the oft rumored BlackBerry Thunder - their first release of a full-faced touch screen smart phone. Both devices are expected to accelerate increasing web traffic from mobile devices. They are also expected to operate on the faster 3G networks. The guys over at CellFanatic.com have posted a mockup of the Thunder along with initial specs: hybrid CDMA EVDO Rev C, GSM HSPA for international traveling Full Touch Screen 4 Simple Keys: send, end, menu, and back Hybrid device supporting many carrier technologies Available exclusively on Verizon Wireless in the United States Available exclusively on Vodafone in Europe Tentative Model Number is BlackBerry 9500 Enter the next iPhone. The second version of the iPhone would have the following … [Read more...]

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Google’s Android Mobile Platform

May 31, 2008 By Dan Brodie Leave a Comment

A new player will be entering the mobile market space to help other phone manufacturers compete with Apple and BlackBerry. Google's mobile platform, called Android, is building upon some of the strength's of Apple's iPhone. Some features such as the 'slide to unlock' capabilities have been copied and enhanced allowing users to unlock their screen using a preset pattern as opposed to a left-to-right swipe. More significantly, it appears Google is establishing its' own Application Store modeled after Apple's imminent release of their own iPhone App store. The concept is that people can go to a secure, trusted place to download and install software for their phone. Some software will be free while others will cost users to download. The Apple model provides 70% of proceeds to go directly to the developer while 30% covers the hosting, purchasing, marketing and download bandwidth costs that Apple will incur. Google is expected to adopt a similar cost structure. Google's Android operating … [Read more...]

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A New View on Mobile Tech

May 15, 2008 By Dan Brodie 1 Comment

I am sure many people were wondering how long it would take for me to include Apple in one of my posts. I have admired Apple ever since I purchased an iMac for my wife back in 1999. After spending a weekend configuring and setting up a brand new Pentium PC and uninstalling all the crudware that came standard on most systems, I thought I finally had a system I was happy with. It took me about 16 hours to get everything setup, configured, working with my mail, connecting via dialup to the Internet. I felt rather smug and pleased with myself. During that week I received a call from Jeff (the CEO of BuildDirect) offering me a chance to help build a dream - help build a company that would change an industry. A pretty compelling offer for sure. I had lived in Ontario for almost a decade and it was a difficult decision at first. My wife's family were all in Ontario and this would be a big change for both of us. She surprised me greatly when she thought it was a great opportunity. We knew that … [Read more...]

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