7 posts and columns on GUI

Analyst: RIM Vulnerable Ahead of OS Transition

in News on December 3, 2010 at 3:04 am PT

The all-new QNX operating system that will debut on Research in Motion’s forthcoming PlayBook tablet may well rejuvinate the BlackBerry when it replaces the smartphone’s aging BlackBerry OS. And it may herald a promising new period for the company, but only after RIM has negotiated a potentially painful transition.

Windows Phone 7: It’s Now or Never

in Mobile on October 11, 2010 at 3:15 am PT

With the launch of Windows Phone 7 today, Microsoft is taking another shot at a market even its CEO, Steve Ballmer, concedes it stumbled in. “We were ahead of this game and now we find ourselves No. 5 in the market,” he said at our D8 conference this past summer. “We missed a whole cycle.” Badly, too.

KPCB Doubles Down on iFund: $200 Million for iPhone and iPad Apps

in Mobile on March 31, 2010 at 10:42 am PT

Add Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to the list of companies funding iPad app development. This morning the storied venture capital firm said it is doubling the $100 million fund it established to provide seed capital for iPhone apps to fuel development of new apps for Apple’s iPad.

Hello Kitty–A Snow Leopard Review Roundup

in News on August 28, 2009 at 11:44 am PT

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the latest iteration of Apple’s operating system, arrived at market today–about a month earlier than originally anticipated. And while it doesn’t really deliver the GUI enhancements we’ve come to expect from Apple and some incompatibilities are riling people up, Snow Leopard’s under-the-hood improvements and price point appear to have struck a chord with critics. After the jump, a selection of early reviews.
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Dell Dullephone Sighted in China

in News on August 17, 2009 at 6:58 am PT

No wonder cellular carriers rejected Dell’s first smartphone offering for its “lack of differentiation.” Unveiled in China this morning, Dell’s “proof of concept” handset looks like the chimerical offspring of Apple’s iPhone and the Palm Pre, but lacks some of their more powerful features.
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Android Invasion

in News on September 23, 2008 at 12:00 pm PT

Google Android Phone: 3G, $179, Amazon MP3, App Store, 1GB, Copy and Paste

in News on September 23, 2008 at 8:24 am PT

The first Android-powered handset debuted this morning at a T-Mobile launch event in New York. Manufactured by HTC, the G1 is largely as anticipated. Peter Chou, CEO of HTC describes it as “iconic,” but that’s being a bit generous, I think. In design, the device seems to borrow quite a bit from the T-Mobile Sidekick, and its touchscreen GUI clearly owes a thing or two to Apple’s iPhone.