Apple have announced a free application for making textbooks, along with a push to provide commercial textbooks from existing publishers through their iBooks delivery medium. It looks as if commercial books produced in this way will remain entirely restricted to reading on Apple hardware. (There's more flexibility for free books.) Apple have had an increasing… Continue reading The Apple textbook
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How come Windows Phone 7 isn’t a big hit?
I’ve read some speculation recently about why Windows Phone 7 hasn’t been more successful. (For example, here by Charlie Kindel and here by MG Siegler.) But they don’t seem to mention the Obvious Reason. The Obvious Reason Above, left: an exciting, vibrant, joyful-looking phone with appealing pictures on the front. Above, right: a grey object… Continue reading How come Windows Phone 7 isn’t a big hit?