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Now... what I find more interesting (and absolutely DEAD ON) is the author's conclusions:
In my opinion, Apple is so far ahead in thinking out of the box and looking forward into the future that everything they do that today seems "wrong" or self destructive often proves to be sheer genius in retrospect. Say what you like, but the same will hold true in time for banning Flash and apps compiled with 3rd party tools. Apple didn't approach that decision lightly and they most certainly can see the big picture. All the naysayers mostly just know the status quo and we just can't see the big picture. Not like Apple has. Keeping a tight leash on the platform is making Apple more competitive, not less. Apple may seem slow in adding features, but when they do it, they do it right. Everyone else does it haphazardly and are digging themselves holes that they just can't dig out of.
"The issue took center stage at the big Google Zeitgeist event in London yesterday when Google co-founder Larry Page proclaimed that if your Android phone isn't giving you 24 hours of usage, there's something wrong," Goldman writes. "But instead of taking ownership of the issue, and taking responsibility for a platform that doesn't adequately power-manage all the software his phones can run, Page committed the cardinal sin of blaming Google's third party applications developers instead."
Goldman writes, "It's their programs, and users running them all the time that suck up all that juice, not our phone."
Now... what I find more interesting (and absolutely DEAD ON) is the author's conclusions:
"Naturally, with Apple's support of multi-tasking [in their forthcoming iPhone OS 4 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad], there were instant questions about how this would affect iPhone's battery life, and Jobs was quick to address it: 'It's really easy to implement multitasking in a way that drains battery life. If you don't do it just right your phone's going to feel sluggish and your battery life is going to go way down. We've figured out how to implement multitasking of third-party apps and avoid those things,' he said last month," Goldman writes.
"Hmmmm. And therein lies the difference between Google and Apple when it comes to innovation," Goldman writes. "Google: The Android battery life is sub-par and we blame you, the developers, our partners out there who are slaving away at trying to expand the platform. Apple: We've identified an issue in our platform and we have come up with an innovation to address it, so that we can help you the developers, our partners out there who are slaving away at trying to expand the platform."
In my opinion, Apple is so far ahead in thinking out of the box and looking forward into the future that everything they do that today seems "wrong" or self destructive often proves to be sheer genius in retrospect. Say what you like, but the same will hold true in time for banning Flash and apps compiled with 3rd party tools. Apple didn't approach that decision lightly and they most certainly can see the big picture. All the naysayers mostly just know the status quo and we just can't see the big picture. Not like Apple has. Keeping a tight leash on the platform is making Apple more competitive, not less. Apple may seem slow in adding features, but when they do it, they do it right. Everyone else does it haphazardly and are digging themselves holes that they just can't dig out of.