Andy Reitz (blog)

 

 

Links for Friday February 18th, 2011

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  • Android Booth Ridiculousness at MWC: A detailed look at Google's Android booth at the recent Mobile World Congress show, from someone who worked in the booth, presenting an Android app.

  • Obama's Silicon Valley dinner: Neat photo from Barack Obama's dinner at John Doerr's house last night. Notice how far away Eric Schmidt is sitting, vs. Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg? Interesting.

  • Where is the Windows Phone Tablet?: Horace Dediu gets it:

    "The bottom line is that without a tablet implementation, Windows Phone developers and content providers will find that the WP ecosystem will have a limited addressable market and will not be suitable for all forms of media or apps. Tablets are currently expected to grow even more rapidly than smartphones did and so there will be significant numerical advantages to those platforms that support multiple screen sizes and form factors.

    Now that Nokia has anointed the Windows Phone platform as its exclusive conveyance to the device market, the question in the headline becomes: Where is the Nokia tablet?

    This is the biggest flaw in Nokia's plan to go after Windows Phone 7. I hope Stephen Elop knows something that I don't, otherwise this could all end really badly for Nokia.