Jon Sweet

Cupertino may be in a far less advantageous position than it was just a couple years ago.

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—	You mean, before they proved they could earn 40% of global profits on just 6% market share? In iPhone’s jump to other carriers, something’s got to give

I think I should explain where I’m coming from so as to cast aside (or perhaps, affirm) any suspicion that I’m simply an Android fanboy. I used an iPhone full-time for two years, first with the original iPhone, and then the iPhone 3G. I loved both of them, and for a long time held a rather naive view that Apple couldn’t do much wrong. Then, in mid-2009, Apple started blocking Google’s applications and I began to have serious misgivings about the App Store. A few months later I switched to a Droid

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Maybe not an Android fanboy, but certainly not the buying logic of a rank-and-file consumer. This guy’s an activist. Not for AIDS, or hunger maybe - but for freedom! OK, maybe not Free as in Mumia, but certainly honorable to defend the freedom of his smartphone apps, right?

An Android User’s Take On Yesterday’s iPhone News

When you’re trying to tell people that your product doesn’t have a lot of fructose, but it’s called high fructose corn syrup, it’s a bit like naming your new butter alternative Extra Trans Fat Margarine. No one’s going to buy it.

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—	The Death of High Fructose Corn Syrup \| BNET Food Blog

Every commercial product which competes directly with an Apple product gives me the distinct impression that “where it is original, it is not good, and where it is good, it is not original.

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—	Stanislav Datskovskiy - Loper OS » Non-Apple’s Mistake

Gina Trapani angling to check off Doghouse's iPad prediction #11 »

I’m not sure how genuinely principled a stand her article is, but Gina Trapani is certainly “major” in my book and I can’t wait for her mea culpa follow-up.

14. A group of people will say they’re waiting until it has x feature before they buy one. It will get that feature. They still won’t buy it.

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—	DOGHOUSE: “20 Things I already know about the iPad”

I have met five British Prime Ministers, two American Presidents, Nelson Mandela, Michael Jackson and the Queen. My hour with Steve Jobs certainly made me more nervous than any of those encounters.

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—	British Comedian Stephen Fry, from his cover story in this week’s Time magazine.

You are no longer a designer.
You are now a mouse cursor inside a graphics program which the client can control by speaking, emailing, and instant messaging.

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—	How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell - The Oatmeal

What would make you drop your cable subscription? »

You can ignore the Apple slant: this is a great conversation at MDN about what content, business model or system capabilities people would find sufficient to drop their cable subscriptions forever. I’m so close to pulling the trigger myself.

Classy Razzie »

As she arrived on stage, she pulled a wagon filled with DVDs, noting, “We brought everybody in the audience a DVD of ‘All About Steve.’ ” She asked the audience members to watch it, rethink their decision and if they agree that she really wasn’t that bad, “I will come back next year. I will give back the Razzie.”

For those who don’t know, the Razzie is a set of “Worst of” awards; Bullock had won for both Worst Actress and Worst Couple for her work in “All About Steve”.