> Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos says that his company won’t try to make the Kindle more iPad-like. At the company’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday, Bezos stressed that the Kindle targets what he calls “serious readers,” while the iPad aims for a far broader audience. > > Of course, [the *Wall Street Journal* reports](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704026204575266511732770180.html) that Bezos added: “90 percent of households are not serious reading households.” via [macworld.com](http://www.macworld.com/article/151554/2010/05/amazon_kindle_ipad.html?lsrc=rss_main)…

> You can see the tethering and wifi hotspot features in the screenshots above. One thing that isn’t clear from the information we’ve received is whether carriers can turn this feature off, or even charge for it, unless they break away from the standard Android build. > > This is, of course, terrific news for Android users. I still believe Android phones, [paired with Google Voice](http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/09/how-i-learned-to-quit-the-iphone-and-love-google-voice/), are the closest thing to mobile nirvana to date. With tethering and wifi hotspot features, Apple and others…

> **Apple is losing on two fronts** > > Apple is fighting two wars and losing both. > > It’s losing in the fight for market share. With Android shipping on a myriad of phones and Apple’s growth limited to its own devices, Google seems destined to win the numbers game. > > By providing more fertile ground for developers, meanwhile, Google is winning the hearts and minds of app makers. Google’s mastery of the mobile space appears imminent. via [cnn.com](http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/21/cashmore.iphone.cool/index.…

> **Developers jump ship?** > > There’s another reason the iPhone is losing its edge. Developers may be switching to Android. > > The iPhone’s appeal is in large part tied to the hundreds of thousands of applications available in the App Store. But Apple’s controlling nature has frustrated developers. Its esoteric App Store rules mean that applications can be rejected for all manner of reasons, creating a strong disincentive to develop on the platform. > > Apple has earned enemies, too, in its battle against Adobe Flash. By essentially banning Flash from the…

> Goodbye, Apple. I’m ditching my [iPhone](http://photo.newsweek.com/content/photo/2008/1/apples-seeds-of-innovation.html). Seriously, I’m gone. via [blog.newsweek.com](http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/techtonicshifts/archive/2010/05/20/sayonara-iphone-why-i-m-switching-to-android.aspx)So Google made some announcements yesterday, and the Fandroids are jumping for joy. Oh, boy. Where to begin. For starters, you can read Daniel (Fake Steve Jobs) Lyons’ rant about how he’s switching to Android now, because Apple got “lazy”. Whatever. Never thought the Fake Jobs thing was funny. Always knew this…