> Opera Mini for iPhone: Will Apple approve it? via [macworld.com](http://www.macworld.com/article/146470/2010/02/operaminiiphone.html?lsrc=rss_main)Short answer: No. Because Apple is a giant, evil company that wants to limit competition? No. Because Opera for iPhone violates a very clearly spelled-out policy within the iPhone SDK strictly forbidding the use of web rendering engines other than WebKit? Bingo. Why do companies bother developing entire applications they know can’t be approved? They think they’re going to win the media battle and…

> The Windows Phone 7 Series begins with a top-level navigation menu consisting of three options. A quick tap on “albums” brings up a similar listing of images but with substantially more interface elements. It’s also a bit unclear if all the pictures in an album will be listed in this view or if another tap on the album title is required (adding a third step to the navigation process). via [lukew.com](http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1002)This article reminded me of the old story about…

> The multi-billionaire spoke with Brent Schlender of *BNET* and admitted that while he became [envious of the iPhone](http://blogs.bnet.com/corporate-strategy/?p=101), the iPad has not elicited the same reaction from him. > > “You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard — in other words, a netbook — will be the mainstream on that,” Gates reportedly said. via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/11/bill_gates_unimpressed_…

> **Hulu is rumored to be working on an iPad-friendly version of its site which could be ready by the iPad’s March launch date.** > > According to *TechCrunch*, popular video site Hulu is [already at work](http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/10/hulu-ipad/) developing a way to deliver its content to the iPad platform outside of its normal Flash-based site. > > “The TV shows on Hulu would be perfect on the iPad. There is just one hitch: the iPad doesn’t support Flash, and all of Hulu’s videos currently run inside…

> Apple’s ([AAPL](http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?symbol=AAPL)) iPad tablet computer, introduced Jan. 27, may have component costs of as little as $219.35, according to a preliminary estimate by market research firm iSuppli. > > Materials for the iPad, due to go on sale in March and April, include a multitouch-screen display that may cost about $80 and a $17 processor designed by Apple and manufactured by Samsung, according to El Segundo (Calif.)-based iSuppli. > > Even the lowest-priced iPad, with 16 gigabytes of memory and…