Comments on: App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health) http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/ Entrepreneur turned VC Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Goletas en Ibiza http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-5/#comment-22527 Goletas en Ibiza Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:02:17 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1947#comment-22527 The problem with "mobile web" is that it's currently not good enough. It's mostly read-only, with some keyboard data entry.<br><br>The sensor part of mobile phones will be very important: location, compass, video-camera, audio microphone, photo (barcode scanners), other devices like heart-rate monitors, credit-card readers, chemical sensors, temperature, rfid, etc. The mobile phone will be your mobile data entry device, digitizing the outside world.<br><br>For the "mobile web" to succeed we need good javascript access to all the sensors on a mobile phone. Some progress is being made in this area (location eg), but a lot more is needed. The problem with “mobile web” is that it's currently not good enough. It's mostly read-only, with some keyboard data entry.

The sensor part of mobile phones will be very important: location, compass, video-camera, audio microphone, photo (barcode scanners), other devices like heart-rate monitors, credit-card readers, chemical sensors, temperature, rfid, etc. The mobile phone will be your mobile data entry device, digitizing the outside world.

For the “mobile web” to succeed we need good javascript access to all the sensors on a mobile phone. Some progress is being made in this area (location eg), but a lot more is needed.

]]> By: Hoteles http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-5/#comment-22204 Hoteles Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:14:21 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1947#comment-22204 With the exception of A, all of things you mention should concern a "regular" website as well and will more and more as time goes by. For example -- a mapping website should be able to know where I am regardless of whether I am accessing it via a phone. And I would hope that hardware vendors and browser vendors will collaborate to make this happen. Some devices will not have some capabilities (e.g. motion) but that should be the exception rather than the rule in the future. With the exception of A, all of things you mention should concern a “regular” website as well and will more and more as time goes by. For example — a mapping website should be able to know where I am regardless of whether I am accessing it via a phone. And I would hope that hardware vendors and browser vendors will collaborate to make this happen. Some devices will not have some capabilities (e.g. motion) but that should be the exception rather than the rule in the future.

]]> By: Julius http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-5/#comment-4301 Julius Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:05:33 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1947#comment-4301 This was an excellent article. Thanks. This was an excellent article. Thanks.

]]> By: Julius http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-5/#comment-11229 Julius Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:05:33 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1947#comment-11229 This was an excellent article. Thanks. This was an excellent article. Thanks.

]]> By: Julius http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-5/#comment-4297 Julius Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:05:33 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1947#comment-4297 This was an excellent article. Thanks. This was an excellent article. Thanks.

]]> By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Observations: Applications - March 10, 2010 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-5/#comment-4292 McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Observations: Applications - March 10, 2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:47:24 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1947#comment-4292 [...] App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health) [...] [...] App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health) [...]

]]> By: Red Giant Consulting: High Tech Marketing Consultant http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-5/#comment-4291 Red Giant Consulting: High Tech Marketing Consultant Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:10 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1947#comment-4291 [...] know I’m not a big fan on just jumping on the app bandwagon, but Mark Suster said it best, “App is Crap…Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.” I’m with you Mark, mobile web is going to be the new king and Apple’s power play is going [...] [...] know I’m not a big fan on just jumping on the app bandwagon, but Mark Suster said it best, “App is Crap…Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.” I’m with you Mark, mobile web is going to be the new king and Apple’s power play is going [...]

]]> By: Jamie Hall http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-5/#comment-11230 Jamie Hall Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:22:46 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1947#comment-11230 Couldn't agree more, and this has been our strategy building MocoSpace, our mobile social network with over 10 million members, the vast majority of which use us on the mobile Web (and from the US). So it's definitely possible to build a viable, successful product on the mobile Web, even today. Couldn't agree more, and this has been our strategy building MocoSpace, our mobile social network with over 10 million members, the vast majority of which use us on the mobile Web (and from the US). So it's definitely possible to build a viable, successful product on the mobile Web, even today.

]]> By: Jamie Hall http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-5/#comment-4290 Jamie Hall Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:22:46 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1947#comment-4290 Couldn't agree more, and this has been our strategy building MocoSpace, our mobile social network with over 10 million members, the vast majority of which use us on the mobile Web (and from the US). So it's definitely possible to build a viable, successful product on the mobile Web, even today. Couldn't agree more, and this has been our strategy building MocoSpace, our mobile social network with over 10 million members, the vast majority of which use us on the mobile Web (and from the US). So it's definitely possible to build a viable, successful product on the mobile Web, even today.

]]> By: Entrepreneurship, Reminders and Legal Aid - The Advisor http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/02/17/app-is-crap-why-apple-is-bad-for-your-health/comment-page-5/#comment-4289 Entrepreneurship, Reminders and Legal Aid - The Advisor Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:33:12 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=1947#comment-4289 [...] App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health) [...] [...] App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health) [...]

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