Author: GMills

Greg’s Bite: Android Platform Fragmenting

Greg’s Bite: Android Platform Fragmenting

Posted by | Aug 12, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

Apple is certainly on a roll. As the stock market has gyrated the last few days due to the downgrade of US Treasury debt, Apple replaced Mobile/Exon as the most valuable company in the world by market cap. Over the last week or so, Apple got Samsung’s new touch screen tablet banned in Australia and Europe. HTC took a hit in the US International Trade Commission and may also face import bans on its Android handsets in the US market.

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Greg’s Bite: Motorola looking at Windows 7

Greg’s Bite: Motorola looking at Windows 7

Posted by | Aug 10, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

The legal problems the Android OS is facing over patent infringement is certain to help alternative smartphone platforms. The large market share Android now holds may soon be divided into market segments going to surviving smartphone platforms. If Apple manages to crush or seriously stumble Google’s legally indefensible Android platform, the iOS is sure to be the biggest winner. iOS developers will come out on top.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Just Banned in Europe

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Just Banned in Europe

Posted by | Aug 9, 2011 | |

Posted by Greg Mills

Apple has Just obtained an injunction banning sales and marketing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Europe. Apple has sued Samsung and other Android handset makers for patent infringement around the world. Australia banned the Galaxy Tab last week and now Europe, except the Netherlands has also banned the sale and marketing of the Samsung device just a couple of weeks from its launch.

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Greg’s Bite: when “open source” isn’t really open

Greg’s Bite: when “open source” isn’t really open

Posted by | Aug 8, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

While much has been written about the Apple vs Android patent war going on in courts and trade commissions around the world, there hasn’t been nearly as much written about Oracle’s suit directly against Google over using Java code without a license. Apple has chosen to attack all the handset manufacturers in separate actions rather than going after Google, head on. Both points of attack are beginning to have some effect, if the level of retoric coming from Google is any indication.

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Greg’s Bite: Microsoft Mobile 7 fades

Greg’s Bite: Microsoft Mobile 7 fades

Posted by | Aug 6, 2011 | , |

Posted by Greg Mills

Microsoft slept at the switch for so long, when they finally got into the smartphone operating system business many anayists speculated it was just too late. That may well be true, despite Microsoft throwing money hand over fist at the development of Windows Mobile 7. Things have not gone well lately for Windows 7.

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