InternetThree iPhone Killers: Netbooks, MID, Android

The top three iPhone competitors pose a threat to Apple, but may need a product generation or two to realize their full potential.

Part of what makes the iPhone special, other than its impressive number of problems this year, is the fact that it promises a near no compromise Web experience on a phone-sized device. (Granted, “phone size” seems to be drifting a bit larger these days.) The 2.0 iPhone has had an impressive start but seems to have run into some hardware quality problems, some cloud quality problems, and Apple seems to be repeating the Atari mistake with their Application Store. (Atari nearly died when they failed to ensure the quality of their games in the early ‘90s when buyers abandoned their game console). Several of us actually argue the 1.0 iPhone is better. Bad timing, given that Intel is pushing two new portable platforms which could eclipse the iPhone if done right (big “if” here), and Google’s Android phone platform is on final countdown and the first, from HTC, is gorgeous. In addition, Google appears to be doing a better job ensuring most of their initial applications aren’t crap, something that Apple may want to emulate. Apple iPhone Stumbles Were this any other company, like say Motorola, and it had a third of the problems Apple has had with the 2.0 iPhone, we’d likely be wondering if the firm could even stay in the cell phone business. But Apple is a marketing powerhouse and they can dummy up like no other vendor and ride out almost any storm. RELATED ARTICLES iPhone Lawsuit: Woes Ahead for Apple, Carriers? Is... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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Reuters - As the world's best athletes compete in Beijing, the summer Olympic games are setting the stage for a battle between Microsoft Corp and Adobe Systems Inc over the Internet's next big competition.

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The storage giant's first Forum 2008 highlighted flash drives, Clariion arrays, and Web 2.0 and cloud storage plans — along with an ambitious plan to unite all information under EMC management.