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First Post from Android, a Taste of Freedom

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Mark Essel

It feels like a lifetime ago when I decided to make my next mobile an Android phone. I picked up a Droid X Thursday and unfortunately I am once again on a platform which I don’t have root…

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Fuck you iOS dev team

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Mark Essel

*update I rewrote the post*
My apologies for the rant without proper explanation.

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Choice is Beauty: Why I’m leaving Apple Mobile for Android

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Mark Essel
  1. iPhone is a fundamentally closed architecture. Sure lots of developers are working through the store to get access to a large market, but the store’s cut isn’t the only tax. Apple is the gatekeeper and has proven that it

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Apple & AT&T are Pulling a Thelma & Louise

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Mark Essel

thelmaandlouise
There they go! But at least they’re happy.

(pardon a little geek rage but I find nothing more frustrating then when company’s make boneheaded business decisions)

A Mock Business Strategy Meeting Between Apple

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Jeff Says Sorry, But Amazon is Still You’re Admin

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Mark Essel

Amazon

Jeff Bezos formally apologized a couple of days ago for pulling stolen data off of customer Kindles. It was a genuine request for forgiveness from a CEO (pretty good stuff Jeff). But that doesn’t change the fact that

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