Note: this article originally appeared on TechCrunch: Designing for Mobile: 7 Guidelines for Startups to Follow
As an investor, I’ve seen hundreds of mobile application pitches. And as a consumer, I’ve downloaded hundreds more – some …

Speed and computing power are the major iPhone 4S upgrade.
But Siri is the real innovation and marketing ‘sexiness’.

When Amazon announced the new Kindle product line and the $199 Kindle Fire – I declared that Amazon did more than introduce a disruptive product… they changed the non-iPad market with remarkably disrupitive pricing:

Easily the most important & impactful part of iOS5. Between the wireless sync and the cloud based content (apps, music, movies, etc) – the ‘home’ device no longer plays a role. And that’s great news.

Noteworthy article on AppleInsider.com yesterday (AppleInsider | iOS ‘stickiness’ grows as average Apple user has $100 in content per device): the average iOS device (iPhone + iPad + iPod) has roughly $100 of paid content …

One of the top iPhone Applications at the moment is Roger Ebert’s Great Movies (currently featured by Apple / iTunes). With all due respect to Roger Ebert – who has a long career of movie …

I like to check in on Apple’s top grossing applications – it’s a good indication of mobile app and publisher trends. And from time to time, I have written about those trends.

I love Netflix.
– They have revolutionized the way we think about movies and media
– They have created a slew of new company ideas and models: “the Netflix for XYZ”
– They have …

Having played with Apple’s iOS5 for a couple days, here are two big thoughts and a few brief ones after that:

Maybe I am too much of a geek, but I actually enjoy reading application version updates. I assume most people do not read them thoroughly (many do not regularly update their apps either), but it …

When Apple released iOS4, I wrote that the most overlooked functionality was the automatic calendar / event creator. Despite some flaws, it is a feature I use daily and it’s a natural tie between multiple …

During today’s NFL playoffs game, you may have seen the Blackberry spot featuring Blackberry’s App World and the Urbanspoon application. The advertisement is well done and features small business owners (right in Blackberry’s sweet spot) …