gbinghan[dev-blog]

Just read a post on the new Retina MPB to buy or not to buy , ...we just happen to be at the beginning of a transition of the Mac into its next phase. In some ways, this is a mid-life crisis. and Robert Scoble's Facebook post on touch screen devices. Looking at my life and that of my coworkers I'm seeing less and less of a reason to stick with a traditional laptop.  I'm also very certain that this is the transition period for computing devices. Transitions from traditional laptops to ultra-portable high performance touchscreen devices. High Performance Computing Notebook Looking at the new MBP : Ultra-portable - 0.71", 2kg 512GB flash storage You can almost anything on-the-go with this new notebook - compile source codes, render HD videos, or even play games. It would be hard to imagine any would still get an iMac, unless you are going for serious 3D/HD graphics rendering with 16GB RAM and SSDs.  Looking at the trend, I couldn't agree more ...

Source: theunderstatement.com/ A very good summary about Android environment. Very well summed-up and visualized the two rival ecosystem. Root of problems - Hardware Manufacturers Android suppose to be an open source project.By the default nature of an open-source, it is bound to lure all the hackers around the world to get their hands dirty on the project. Yet hardware manufacturers tries very hard to be in control of both the hardware and the software (firmware). ".. there’s no incentive for smartphone manufacturers to update the OS: because manufacturers don’t make any money after the hardware sale... The hacker community (e.g. CyanogenMod, et cetera) has frequently managed to get these phones to run the newer operating systems, so it isn’t a hardware issue." Despite realizing that they can't make money after hardware sale, and they are resource tight to keep up with the pace of the OS development, they still want to be in control. They even demanded takedo...