Devotion to Apple

I read Marco’s post about the Asus Zenbook and I have a bit of an issue with his view. Is he certain that logic board design was Apple’s and not Intel’s or a manufacturers like Foxconn? Even if it was Apple’s did they not simply copy the overall product design of companies such as Sony, who have had a range of powerful yet portable laptops out for a while, or Dell (with the Latitude X1) with the MacBook Air?

Don’t get me wrong I’m a fan of Marc’s blog and I’d love a MacBook Pro laptop again but I do have an issue with the blind devotion some Apple users have to the Apple brand sometimes.

• Coding Horror: Serving at the Pleasure of the King. Great article about the Apple ecosystem. I agree with Jeff as a consumer I love Apple and their products but as a developer I have major issues with the way they control their ecosystem. (0) #

• 1.0 Is the Loneliest Number — Matt Mullenweg. Different take on the Apple product release strategy and it makes a lot of sense. Makes the Agile methodology more appealing. (0) #

• Obituary for OPK: Wall Street is a Cruel Mistress – Nokia searching for CEO – a couple of months old now and very long but it’s still worth a read if your interested in the mobile industry. (0) #

Nokia N96

Last week I was told by someone in work that the Nokia N96 should be available via Vodafone UK by mid October. With all the negative feedback I’ve been seeing on Twitter about the iPhone’s battery life & 3G quality I’m looking around at other options at the moment.

I’ve been really impressed with my Nokia N95 so far and it re-awakened my interest in the Symbian platform. The only things the N95 lacks when compared to the iPhone is a bigger screen, a touch screen and oooh factor in terms of looks. In terms of technology the N95 is far superior, quite surprising when you consider it’s been available for over 18 months.

With the recent news that Nokia is going to acquire the rest of Symbian and open source the platform makes a Symbian based phone even more appealing to me. The N96 is looking like the best alternative to the iPhone, improving on the excellent N95.

Think I’ll wait to see if the N96 does come out in October and if Apple do anything about the issues affecting the iPhone 3G before I rush out to get one.