> The conditions that happened for the collapse of the pre-IBM PC market don’t > exist now, and that collapse was—if not unique—certainly very unusual. > There’s no reason to think that there *will* be only one winner in the > smartphone market, one winner in the tablet device market, and so on. There > may be just one or two market leaders, but the iPhone doesn’t have to “fail” > for Android to succeed and vice-versa. And if those two are the market leaders > (likely but not a given) that…

> Ahead of the event, some observers speculated that RIM would announce a new smartphone that includes support for Flash. In an April [interview with Fox News](http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4148785/adobe-ceo-on-creative-suite-5-and-apple), Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said RIM would bring Flash support to its devices in the second half of this year. > > At the event Tuesday, RIM executives declined to provide a specific date for when BlackBerry devices would include Flash support. A spokesman however said that work was under way with Adobe to optimize the multimedia platform for…

> Once thought to be [unhackable](http://www.productiveorganizer.com/android-productivity/android-phones-with-encrypted-bootloaderunhackable/), the [Android](http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2010/072610-gearhead.html) phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010. > > Not only has malicious software cloaked in a [wallpaper application]() stolen personal information from [infected phones](http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/070610-smartphone-essentials.html?fsrc=netflash-rss) and sent it to a Website in China, but researchers from Lookout Mobile Security have found a way to take the phones over completely—including top-of-the-line models hawked by major wireless…

> [July 24, 2010](http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2010/07/24/tab_candy#)### [Tab Candy](http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2010/07/24/tab_candy# "Permanent Link to Tab Candy") > > > Tab management is probably something that should be handled by the OS, but as long as no OS takes care of it, [this is an awesome implementation of the concept](http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/tabcandy/). > > [Chris Clark writes](http://releasecandidateone.com/224:tab_candy): > > > I just wish Aza Raskin were doing this work for an OS vendor instead. > > If you…

via onlinemba.com. (Link removed by request.)Cool info graphic. The key stat here for me is this one: “In 2009 alone, Apple accounted for 3.5 billion app downloads—bringing in 99.4% of app revenue, $2.4 billion dollars. As a comparison, Android Marketplace brings in about $60 million a year.” $60 million, versus $2.4 billion. And people wonder why all the top developers are still with Apple, despite…