Archive for March, 2008

Apple Says “No” To Flash, Sort Of

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Yesterday was the shareholders meeting for Apple. Many different strategies, and ideas were presented by Jobs and other key figures for Apple. One interesting piece of information was about the iPhone and Flash support for it.

According to Steve Jobs there is no time frame for Flash Support on the iPhone, so anxious iPhone users shouldn’t start holding their breath. Jobs explains that the current Flash application used by cell phones isn’t powerful enough for what the iPhone is capable of. What he wants is Flash that is on par with the likes of what you see on notebooks and desktops.

Jobs explains about the current Flash problem with cell phones, “There’s this missing product in the middle…It just doesn’t exist”

It looks as though Jobs’ strategy is to hold out and hope that Flash will release a specific application for the iPhone. As of now, Adobe hasn’t made any announcements as it pertains to a special iPhone Flash application.

The two companies have butted heads in the past, with Adobe showing Apple the shaft for some of its’ products. While Apple changed some of its’ products to slow down Adobe applications. Let’s hope for the consumer’s sake that they can get past this bitter past and do what’s best for the iPhone users.

Wozniak Criticizes iPhone, But Shows It Some Love Too

Steve Wozniak, storied character in the world that Apple built. He was the co-founder of Apple, and still a very much respected expert in his field. Therefore his criticisms of the iPhone were pretty substantial, and were hopefully heard.

Wozniak spoke at the Broadband and Beyond conference in Sydney Australia. Although he criticized the iPhone, it should be noted his criticisms were more about wanting more, than just bashing the handset. His big beef with the iPhone is that it doesn’t incorporate 3G broadband. While most of the smart phones being released have 3G, Apple has fallen behind in this aspect. He also claims that the iPhone isn’t the best option in terms of actually calling and speaking to people.

Along with the criticism, Wozniak gave some praise for things the iPhone has been able to do. He talked about how great the iPhone interface is, and how browsing is much better than other mobile internet devices, “Not one of them made me feel good about accessing the Internet, browser-style until the iPhone”

Apple - Shown Some Love By Fortune Magazine

“What company do you admire most?” , was the question asked in a survey by Fortune magazine and partner Hay Group. The survey was sent to 3,700 different industries across the country. The verdict is in, and it looks like Apple is taking home the #1 spot.

It’s no surprise to see Apple sitting atop the most admired list, with everything they’ve released in the past couple of years. The way Apple is able to keep everything in house, as every product and program seems to interact with each other effortlessly. They have created a niche in nearly every facet of the media world, on top of their computer releases.

There were eight different key attributes that companies were ranked within their industry, and Apple scored the #1 spot on three of the eight. Innovation, People management, Quality of products/services were the three that Apple dominated. They never ranked lower than 5 on any of the attributes in for their industry.