Windows Mobile: “The perfect blend of power, capability and instability.” So says this guy. And yes, it’s at the bottom of a post where he says he likes my Google Android item. But still. Much love, dude.

Great comic strip here designed to keep the kids off the Linux. See here.

I’m not making this up. See here. The churro is a phallus. The leather is a hint at S&M. The two dudes leaving the mall together — you get the idea. You know what? I’m starting to admire Dvorak. Yes, he’s totally out of his mind. Yes, he wear Depends. But he always manages to [...]

Matt Asay picks up on the griping here with a piece titled “Disservice to partners may bite Apple.” Apparently MacUser has been tracking this too, with an article explaining that “Apple has installed a proprietary authentication chip in their portables that makes it impossible for 3rd party companies to create iPod/iPhone compatible accessories without signing an often [...]

Britain’s Independent takes a swing here. Short version: Google has become the kind of uber-power it used to rebel against. “Don’t be evil” is bullshit. Street View lets people see inside your house. Be afraid!  Funny thing is that the problem with Google has been apparent all along, or at least since its stock offering, [...]

See here. No killer app. No consumer focus. And it’s open source rather than having a vertical stack like BlackBerry and iPhone. In other words, it’s the desktop Linux of mobile phones — a solution in search of a problem that doesn’t exist. Or, to put it another way, Android was indeed created to help [...]

Interesting feedback on my first Newsweek column, “One Bad Apple.” The column argues that Apple has become what Microsoft was 10 years ago — a Bigfoot to smaller companies, throwing its weight around and treating its ecosystem partners not very well. A hardcore Kool-Aid drinker inside Apple sniffs that, “Your column didn’t piss me off, just [...]

From Yahoo. Check out the teaser below the headline. Yes, friends, even Paris Hilton, that super sophisticated computer user, has been duped by online tricksters. Who knew? (Also: as much as I despise the head-in-the-sand print mentality of people like Roger Ebert — see previous item — I do often yearn for the good old [...]

So Jay Mariotti, a sportswriter from the Chicago Sun-Times, quit and commented on the way out that newspapers are dead. Roger Ebert pens an open letter to the sportswriter in which he argues that newspapers are vibrant, wonderful institutions that just happen to be going through a bit of a tough time because of the [...]

Sorry for the darkness lately. I was in NY this past week learning the ropes at Newsweek, and there are a lot of ropes to learn. Then I got home and wanted to spend a little time with my kids. But please, please keep sending along the pissed-off email and comments telling me how much [...]