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Over at out sister site Apple Matters the world’s most hated man has an article up hopping that RIM stays viable. Chris’ worry seems to be that RIM will get confused by the success of the Storm and lose their core values. I guess the argument makes sense in a “I’ve been deprived of oxygen for the last fourteen hours” kind of way. Everyone wants Apple to be pushed by competitors, everyone wants Apple to feel the need to keep innovating but just as importantly everyone should recognize that the iPhone isn’t the only answer when it comes to smartphones. Hoping RIM stays great is like liking both bacon and seafood, there is value in both.

You can’t mention “Flash” and “iPhone” in the same breath without people getting a little huffy. It is honestly surprising how passionate people can be about not having Flash on the iPhone. Passion aside people have a lot of reasons not to have Flash on the iPhone.

While Flash would be nice on my iPhone, I’ll be damned if I want Safari crashing every time it comes to a Flash-based web site because of the poorly developed plugin software.
D9

That is a moderate approach to the issue. D9 is willing to trade stability for the lack of Flash. Other points revolve around how slow Flash is on OS X. Some people maintain that it will max out a Quad core Mac Pro (when I experimented with various Flash intesive sites my machines experienced only a moderate bump in CPU usage. I tried it on a MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac 3.0, and PowerMac G5 with similar results for each machine. I know, I know I own too many Macs). Then there is the issue of how it would run on the iPhone. The iPhone’s processor… more...

Chris Seibold, today’s designated idiot, has a post up at Apple Matters averring that the CEO of Microsoft is trying to spread doubt in the growing mobile market because he fears that Microsoft is falling behind. This time Ballmer isn’t laughing out loud at the iPhone but he is disparaging Google’s revenue model for Android. As Chris points out (blind hog meet acorn) the same tactic was used by Microsoft with Internet Explorer.Chris concludes that the FUD campaign won’t work:

The bright side is that the plan won’t work. People get why giving away something for free can be a great idea. People trust Google much more than Microsoft. Sorry Ballmer, you’ll have to try a little harder next time. People are getting tired of eating FUD.

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Apple Matters dimmest writer (Chris Seibold) has posted a bit about lessons Apple learned from not turning the original Mac into a dominant computing platform. According to the dullard the original Mac was fantastic, leaps and bounds ahead of the competition, but Apple’s slow response to changes consumers wanted led to the marginalization of the machine. Here’s an example of Chris’ reasoning:

The last thing to note about the original Mac was the failure to be responsive to the market. Macs cost twice as much as a PC but Apple never seemed to notice. When the company should’ve been trying to drive adoption the company chose to focus on driving profits in a big way apparently realizing too late that early adoption could drive later profits. You’ll note the iPhone is very competitively priced.

Okay, so the guy is a little slow. Maybe he can pick it up in the conclusion:

The answer of why Apple is being so flexible with the iPhone when the company hasn’t been flexible before is obvious. Apple learned a lot from the Mac. Apple learned that being way ahead in technology is great but that… more...

While John McCain is trying postpone the debate Chris Seibold is trying to postpone breathing at our sister site Apple Matters. I say this with certainty because no brain could function so poorly without major oxygen deprivation. My guess is that Chris Seibold is holding his breath in protest of something. Like he’s pissed at gravity. I’m sure his personal protest will work and gravity will be repealed or something. Until then you can read his latest missive about Apple and the iphone: Apple Rejecting Apps Doesn’t Matter

Sister site Apple Matters is an equal opportunity employer. Not only do they post gems by thoughtful writers like Chris Howard the site also posts articles by the obviously mentally challenged Chris Seibold. In this weeks article (written with crayon and smiley faces over the i’s I bet) Chris opines that at some point in the future all your data will come over the iPhone. Chris goes on and on, references landlines and such and it might make some sense to someone but not to me. Really, they need to keep that guy away from the chips of lead paint.
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Our sister site Apple Matters has a article up opining that the iPhone is destined to be middle of the pack. Obvious idiot Chris Seibold (man, I hate that guy) examines the iPhones market share when compared to the smart phone and total cell phone market. Read it all here.