By Greg Mills
I carefully read the reports of the Steve Jobs interview at the “All Things D” event and was struck by the blunt truthfulness of the man. Certainly, he had to be very careful about every word he spoke. But it was obvious that his feelings are real about his passion, great products and betrayal.
Read MoreMark/Space (http://www.markspace.com) has updated their all-in-one Android PIM and media synchronization software, The Missing Synv for Android. Version 1.4 brings phone-to-desktop calendar synchronization to Android phones. You can now synchronize Microsoft Outlook or Apple iCal calendars wirelessly over a Wi-Fi network or via Bluetooth.
The Missing Sync for Android software is available for Windows PC and Mac computers and supports phones running Android OS, such as the Google Nexus One, Verizon Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Incredible.
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Microsoft and Apple are in long-term talks about adding the Bing search service as a prominent option on the iPhone and not as a replacement of Google as has been rumored, according to”All Things D” (http://kara.allthingsd.com/20100528/microsoft-talking-to-apple-about-being-a-search-option-on-the-iphone-not-google-replacement/?mod=ATD_rss).
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Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
Amazon.com has announced its Kindle App for iPad is now available in all countries where the iPad is offered. The free app lets users select from hundreds of thousands of books available in the Kindle Store on iPad and features Amazon Whispersync technology that saves and synchronizes customers’ last page read, bookmarks, notes and highlights across their Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, iPad and more.
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By Greg Mills
In the title of this article, I am speaking of the Giant Electronics Firm, not the city by the same nickname. It seems incredible for those of use who took no end of ridicule over the year that we were “one of those”: un-PC Apple computer, non-conformists.
We were told our computers were too expensive and that the end of Apple was in sight. Remember the statement, “I think Apple computers are easy to use, but they don’t do anything since there isn’t enough software for the platform.”
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