Jobs speaks! The complete transcript: Some interesting stuff from Steve Jobs yesterday, during Apple's financials call. You can either read the transcript, or go for Engadget's trimmed down audio files. But if you care at all about Apple, it's worth taking a look at this, because was certainly.... interesting.

The iBookstore six months after launch: One big failure: I've been surprised my own self how Apple has been neglecting the iBookstore since launch. Maybe Apple's top brass doesn't care about eBooks after all?

The enormous mortgage-bond scandal: I don't understand why more bankers haven't been jailed, or at least prosecuted, over this financial mess. (via Jon Stokes)

Joe Hewitt on Android's "openness": Joe Hewitt (of Facebook) has a great series of tweets, pointing out the holes in Google's "Android is open" smokescreen.

webOS 2.0 review: Joshua Topolsky, for Engadget, gives a nice in-depth look at Palm's new webOS 2.0. He concludes:

"This isn't just a good OS, it's a great OS, and the updates in this version have made it even better. It's obvious that when combined with even slightly better hardware, it's also a fast experience that makes it easy to get real work done. And that's the problem with webOS 2.0, really. Palm is still hampered by last-generation, underpowered hardware. The Pre 2 is nice, but it's not cutting edge, and it doesn't hold a candle to the iPhone 4 or G2."

That sounds about right. The fact that the Pre 2 isn't available on Verizon yet just shows how crowded the smartphone market is. Palm needs something spectacular in order to break out.

Is Facebook Acquisition One of Apple’s “Strategic Opportunities”?: I (of course) listened to Apple's investor call yesterday, and I immediately thought of Facebook when Steve Jobs started talking about Apple's large cash hoard. The biggest problem with this idea though, is Facebook — I don't think that they want to sell, I think that they want to stay indepdant, and eventually IPO.

But maybe Steve Jobs will be able to talk Mark Zuckerberg into it? Food for speculation, anyway...