The iPhone and Firefox

The API for the iPhone was Safari?  But then the deal to improve interoperability with Google came along.  And rumors of a GPhone. 

Now Mozilla announces plans for a no-nonsense mobile platform.

schrep’s blog: Mozilla and Mobile

* Getting a no-compromise web experience on devices requires significant memory (>=64MB) as well as significant CPU horsepower. High end devices today are just approaching these requirements and will be commonplace soon For example, the iPhone has 128MB of DRAM and somewhere between a 400 to 600 MHz processor. It is somewhere between 10x-100x slower on scripting benchmarks than a new MacBook Pro and somewhere between 3-5x slower than an old T40 laptop on the same wifi network. But rapid improvements in mobile processors will close this gap within a few years. There are chips out there today that are faster than the one in the iPhone and integrate graphics, cpu, and i/o (wifi/3g/wimax) on one die. Intel has recently re-entered this market which will keep things interesting. Most exciting of all ARM has announced that by 2010 devices will be shipping with a processor 8x faster than what’s in the iPhone!

Google, Apple, and Cell Phones

A thought provoking article about how Jaiku might play into Google’s plan for mobile devices and networks…and how Apple fits into the picture.

Theories about Google’s acquisition of Jaiku | FactoryCity

If you think far enough into the future, and realize that the iPhone is essentially the Sputnik of next generation of computing and telephony, you’ll realize how important the development of presence technology will be in light of the 2.0 Address Book. Sure, the VoIP folks have known about this stuff forever, and CISCO even has a few decent products built on it, but I’m not talking about IP-routed phone calls. I’m talking about IP-routed people. Believe it or not, this is where things have to go in order for Google and Apple to continue their relentless drive towards ease-of-use and clarity of design.

eBay going Social

Web 2.0 comes late to eBay, but with some extra thought behind it.

I hope I don’t arbitrarily find myself wanting to bid on an object that is loved by a well organized neighborhood.

eBay: Here Come the Neighborhoods « GigaOM

Just as MySpace gained traction where Friendster didn’t by becoming a platform for building communities around up-and-coming bands, eBay Neighborhoods wants to build community around stuff. Stuff to buy, stuff to covet, stuff that can connect you with other people simply because they like the same stuff.