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Comment on Why Google Wave Matters by soma

soma — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:10:09 +0000

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Every Place has a Page on Google Maps | BeAloud Digital Media News — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:24:15 +0000

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Comment on The Challenge of Fine Segmentation in Local Advertising by Sunil Kumar

Sunil Kumar — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:51:59 +0000

Hello,

I read your article. Many valid points. Would it be possible for you to share the list of the top 100 categories used in chart to explain volume versus dollar?

thx

Sunil

Comment on Google’s Place Pages are Designed for Optimization by The Pros and Cons of Google Place Pages

The Pros and Cons of Google Place Pages — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:43:04 +0000

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Comment on iPhone: a great companion at home too by predictabuy

predictabuy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:03:23 +0000

So how does the rumored iSlate figure in to this? I loved the idea – but now that I’m thinking about the use cases – I’m starting to think that I really just love my iPhone? Sure, a bigger screen will be better for reading but how much am I willing to pay for that?

Comment on iPhone: a great companion at home too by predictabuy

predictabuy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:57:58 +0000

Hi Tracy,

It really is like another appendage isn’t it! And yeah, managing the battery life is a bit of a struggle. But at least with the iPhone I feel like I’m only worrying about keeping one thing charged up!

Thanks for contributing to the conversation. Hope to hear from you again.

Cheers,
Eric

Comment on iPhone: a great companion at home too by Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:17:43 +0000

I use my iPhone at home for all of those same kinds of things. To be honest, I’d do even more with it if I could keep the battery charged up longer! Honestly, they couldn’t have been more right when they said, “And this is when you realize, this changes everything.” It really does. Darn thing has just become like another appendage I can’t live without!

Comment on iPhone: a great companion at home too by predictabuy

predictabuy — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:19:00 +0000

Hey Mark –

There are definitely some ‘family functions’. We solved that problem in a way I’m sure Steve Jobs would like to see every middle class family adopt. We have three iPhones (which will probably go to 4 soon when I finally upgrade to a 3GS ), a few ipods, 2 MacBooks and 1 Mac Pro in the family – and an aging windoze machines that will soon be replaced by an iMac. So, the newly added ability to share libraries in iTunes is appreciated!

Thanks,
Eric

Comment on iPhone: a great companion at home too by predictabuy

predictabuy — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:08:28 +0000

Yep – I also prefer to do email (except for ‘quick hits’), document creation, blog writing, research (shopping, evaluating, investigating, etc.) on a full size computer.

I like the Rogers mobile account app — so it’s still there.

Thanks,
Eric

Comment on iPhone: a great companion at home too by Kent

Kent — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:51:16 +0000

I think it’s interesting to also include “things I thought I would use the iPhone for at home, but don’t.”

Pandora – just not compelling enough to burn up my battery, though I use, and like, Pandora on the computer

email – I’ll read email and briefly respond, but I walk over to the computer to write an in depth email.

document review – sometimes, but I’d rather use my computer

finances – on the computer. Just haven’t found a sufficiently good app and still some concern on security (lost phone problem)

shopping – almost always on the computer, want to see the reviews and comparison pricing. When I’m in a store, or away from home, then yes, I use the iPhone and it works well.

update contacts – sometimes if the update is part of the iPhone UI (like add a contact of a person that just called you) I’ll use the iPhone, otherwise, it’s on the computer.

Looking at apps that I’ve uninstalled, that I might have used at home: BofA mobile banking, Loopt (social networking), ATT mobile account app. These were apps that don’t provide enough value to keep on the phone.