Is Symbian dead? And if so, who killed it?

"We should declare victory and go home." --Apocryphal quote attributed to George David Aiken I hesitate to write anything abou...

What I would have told the BBC about the Apple iPhone antenna, if they'd actually wanted to hear it

I got an email this morning from BBC World Service radio, asking if I'd like to participate in a debate to "discuss whether the App...

Which mobile apps are making good money?

At a conference the other day, several industry executives were on a panel discussing mobile application stores. There were representatives...

Symbian: Evolving toward open

It's fascinating to watch the evolution as Symbian remakes itself from a traditional OS company into an open-source foundation. They...

Checking in on smartphone and Twitter usage

Over at Rubicon, we just did a quick consumer survey to check the status of a couple of hot topics in the tech industry, smartphone adoption...

The Palm Pre: Think Similar

Palm died. Palm OS died. Get over it. Now let's talk about this new company, and product, that happens to be named Palm. I don't ...

Nokia: Running in molasses

Every time I think about Nokia and Symbian, I can't help picturing a man knee-deep in molasses, running as fast as he can. He's wor...

Symbian changes everything, and nothing

[With a correction made on June 26.] The Symbian Foundation announcement today is a fascinating change in business strategy, but I'm no...

Thoughts on the 3G iPhone announcement

Apple's 3G iPhone announcement today was probably the minimum necessary to please the community. The real news was the things that were...