Gillmor Gang recording live 1PM Pacific http://www.building43.com/realtim...
Susan Beebe,
Laura Norvig,
scott anderson,
Mike Bracco,
Dave Martin,
Michael Pinto,
phil baumann,
Louis Gray,
Matt M (inactive),
Mike Doeff,
Oguz Serdar,
Vezquex,
Karoli,
Ken Sheppardson,
Rob La Gesse,
Cliff Gerrish,
Kevin Minott,
and
Christopher Harris
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curious what people make of the new RT on twitter
- Christopher Harris
and Google's acquisitions of Admob and Gizmo5
- Vezquex
We should start shortly, I'm still waiting for Steve Gillmor to call me up.
- Robert Scoble
ready for Gillmor Gang with @jobsworth
- Kevin Marks
Livestream launches free live streaming to iPhone and iPod Touch Safari. http://iphone.livestream.com/
- Vezquex
On the call, should start shortly.
- Robert Scoble
New New York Times sounds like something from Futurama.
- Vezquex
snap, iPhone
- Vezquex
So... is Palm dead?
- Ken Sheppardson
What's palm?
- Cliff Gerrish
You remember, Cliff... the last company to release a phone the Robert said was better than the iphone.
- Ken Sheppardson
whining about a default setting?
- Vezquex
Didn't 3com used to own them...
- Cliff Gerrish
Before the Apple people took over...
- Ken Sheppardson
I like that slogan: "It's geekier"
- Cliff Gerrish
No, Android is Linux to Apple's Apple.
- Ken Sheppardson
iPhone = Windows, Palm = Apple, Android = Linux ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
Scoble needs something to argue about to feel relevant
- scott anderson
Maybe Microsoft should release a phone operating system...
- Ken Sheppardson
Here we go...
- Mike Doeff
Hold on, hold on... Michael... did you *pay* for that Droid?
- Ken Sheppardson
that was bizarre. i was getting overlapping audio. And Ken, you are a naughty, naughty boy. :)
- Karoli
Ken - you trouble maker you!
- Rob La Gesse
scott: give me a break.
- Robert Scoble
I bought my own Droid.
- Robert Scoble
I'm buying a Droid tomorrow - on a G1 now
- Kevin Marks
I'm afraid to try the Droid as I'm pretty heavily emotionally invested in the Pre :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
dang, you guys are really making me want a Droid. And Scoble hating is a great bonus.
- Vezquex
geeks make me laugh...the latest and greatest rivalries of geek toys. too bad Aron's not here to be one of the cool kids.
- Karoli
As we saw with the Pre, you can say some device "single handedly restored" whatever, but just wait six months...
- Ken Sheppardson
Is the web the platform, or are we seeing 2 or 3 new platforms in this space?
- Cliff Gerrish
The web is the one true platform.
- Vezquex
one platform to rule them all?
- Karoli
These guys are pissing me off..give me a break talking about how much better the apps are - Android just needs a little more time until the apps are mature - iPhone didn't have apps at first. The 1st version of the Facebook app wasn't perfect, there have been enhancements, upgrades etc
- Kenny
what nokia is dead?
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
What market doesn't have one big 50% market share leader and 2-3 alternative smaller players?
- Ken Sheppardson
the Android OS is an integrated component model where iPhone is a monolithic app model
- scott anderson
The fact that Android is now getting momentum means, more, and better apps are coming very soon. Loving my HTC Hero !!!
- Jim @TechFrog Alden
Who's the really old guy leading this whole thing?
- Kenny
It is too soon to draw conclusions, folks.
- Mona Nomura
Kenny: Steve Gillmor.
- Robert Scoble
Kenny: I can't compare products based on what might be. I have to look at WHAT IS!!!!
- Robert Scoble
Mona: Is it too early to draw the conclusion that more than one option can survive? ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
Thanks Robert
- Kenny
Android is where the market is heading, more so outside the US, where iphone is a bit player.
- mark w webster
mark: when I travel overseas I see iPhone usage very heavy.
- Robert Scoble
I am very happy with my Droid. The apps are updating for the new Android 2.0. A new update to Twidroid will be out next week according to a tweet from the developer today.
- Mike Shulman
mono is being ported to Android
- scott anderson
you mix with geeks Robert :)
- mark w webster
True Robert, but I think Android will only improve as time goes on, just like Apple and the iPhone did.
- Kenny
I can see the back of Robert Scoble's head right now. This is too much real time web. ;)
- Eric - Final Countdown
The bar should not be set solely on platform and hardware -- the devs are a huge part of a phone's success. If Android developers step up, and the iPhone stays proprietary to AT&T, that opens up a whole new ball game.
- Mona Nomura
HTML5 may make the apps more irrelevant.
- Rob La Gesse
How is it that guys like this who love Tech, are considered the Top of Social Media all have the worst Web Cams, Audio Levels at all ranges and are crying about cutting each off like they are in some Playground, this is why nobody pays attention to them, blah!
- Lorenzo
the Droid is just one phone. think about the difference between G1 and Droid. the next leap will be just as significant.
- scott anderson
Not if your data plan cannot support it. AT&T's 3G is garbage and I don't have the patience to wait for sites to load. Hence, apps FTW.
- Mona Nomura
HTML5 is key - the new platform for mobile web on all phones
- Kevin Marks
I love all the commentary regarding Apple control of the app store. You should have tried building apps for Verizon. I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars just to get an application cleared to be put into their deck. You couldn't even write apps for Verizon if you didn't have a small war chest.
- Jerry Schuman
Mona, agree 100%
- Karoli
Even RIM hardcore fans are ready to jump to Android.
- Karoli
I suspect the most disruptive thing to happen to the handset industry will be a regulatory end to carrier lock in in the next 3-5 years.
- Ken Sheppardson
@Lorenzo I am a big fan of these guys. By the way, who was that guy in the East Coast Vegas video?
- PC Easy
Am I really listening to grown men talk about Cell Phones? This country is doomed
- Lorenzo
iphone market share over here tops less than 5%, though app availability is high on buyers minds, Android is making good strides in that area, it's a two horse race IMO.
- mark w webster
RIM will be implementing WebKit browser in 2010
- Marc Delurgio
RIM hasn't progressed - at all, and their attempts have been nothing but FAIL. BB Storm? Really??
- Mona Nomura
ending carrier lock would be awesome!
- Vezquex
Lorenzo - you don;t have to watch/listen...
- Kenny
I know kenny, however i think im permitted to give my opinion as long as I dont use vulgarity
- Lorenzo
Changing the balance of power for phone development is key. The platform has been taken away from the telecoms.
- Cliff Gerrish
I call bullshit on that fact. Get ready when each different handset starts having different requirements.
- Jerry Schuman
True
- Kenny
And those who keep bringing up HTML5, perhaps on Verizon's data it may run fine but on AT&T's unreliable 3G? NO. CDMA ftw.
- Mona Nomura
100k iPhone apps doesn't matter - make 50 essential apps are avail for top 4 platforms, then the playing field is leveled
- Marc Delurgio
I still think for a polished product that is easy to pick up and use, the Palm Pre is still my Favorite.
- Luke Kilpatrick
I'm a big fan of Google Voice, except for the translations - they're pretty bad
- Kenny
I'm sure I'm wrong, but I expect Android to take over handsets the same way Linux has taken over the desktop :-/
- Ken Sheppardson
lol
- Kenny
Scoble - I have ridden with you while you use a cell phone for navigation - it is VERY scary!
- Rob La Gesse
Palm Pre was introduced only recently here, a real Turkey, just in time for Xmas.
- mark w webster
Lorenzo - I've seen you on Twitter and I know you use vulgarity.
- PC Easy
Apple doesn't do cloud services. A single iPhone app developer will have a hard time competing with Google on that front.
- scott anderson
PCEasy, are you not the person on twitter that continues to make horrible comments about Leo's face?
- Lorenzo
Android will take over handsets because Windows Mobile is pitiful and iPhone OS is not available to 3rd-party devices.
- Vezquex
Rob: that's because iPhone doesn't do turn-by-turn so you have to look at the screen.
- Robert Scoble
WM is dead, or at least, its in dire need of defibrilation
- mark w webster
I still think the Droid reminds me of the feel of a 80's Transformer. I think the HTC Hero is a much more polished phone and will get better with Android 2.0.
- Luke Kilpatrick
Google Nav does work pretty well, especially since its free, but it does need some improvements - but it's good enough that I canceled my Verizon Navigator
- Kenny
apps will die - web apps will prevail
- Marc Delurgio
IT's on all these devices, Steve
- Ken Sheppardson
The Pre does turn by turn, for free and it works great. I still think the Google map app is pretty good.
- Luke Kilpatrick
Robert Scoble, why is it you top tech geeks cant get your audibles to the same level, let alone have a decent webcam? Also, do you feel that 1938Media is slightly over-rated? Thank you
- Lorenzo
HTML5 is not Reality. Not until we get rid of IE6
- Luke Kilpatrick
Lorenzo: that's Steve Gillmor who has control of audio levels.
- Robert Scoble
Luke: IE6 isn't a problem on smartphones :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
IE6 is dead. anyone who develops for it is a fool.
- Karoli
Who is 1938media? I heard he's telling lies but I blocked him so I don't know what he's up to.
- Robert Scoble
Robbie Scobbie, I thank you.
- Lorenzo
The levels aren't perfect but still pretty good considering that you have 5 different people in 5 different locations on laptops
- Kenny
He always talks crap about you on twitter to pceasy
- Lorenzo
Chrome and Safari
- Jerry Schuman
firefox for when I need firebug
- Jerry Schuman
Lorenzo: I don't care. He lies. That's all I need to know.
- Robert Scoble
IE only when my machine needs to dial home to Microsoft for something
- Ken Sheppardson
I tried Chrome in Ubuntu and couldn't access any https:// pages.
- Vezquex
Yes but as a developer that builds web apps I still have to target IE6 which sucks majorly but its still the standard at enterprise.
- Luke Kilpatrick
Android is licensed with Apache 2.0, a very business-friendly open source license
- scott anderson
Every iPhone developer enters a royalty agreement with Apple.
- Rob La Gesse
"Large market share" isn't the same thing as "network effect"
- Ken Sheppardson
IE6 is the main reason I like doing Mobile dev better than just core web dev as you only need to target 1 main rendering engine - Webkit. Although there are some differences between iPhone, Andriod and Palm Pre. iPhone has the best implementation.
- Luke Kilpatrick
Still waiting on my Ribbit Voice invite code.
- Jerry Schuman
Whos the heavy breather? :)
- Kenny
Jerry, use gang09
- Cliff Gerrish
thanks cliff
- Jerry Schuman
Neat. Will Ribbit have VOIP? Is it free?
- Vezquex
Holy Macro, what a time I had getting here.
- Matt Terenzio
So, can we use Ribbit + iPhone to equal GoogleVoice + Droid?
- Cliff Gerrish
Cliff Basically.
- Robert Scoble
Although I will compare those this weekend.
- Robert Scoble
Ok, that breathing is creepy
- Jim @TechFrog Alden
What happened, Matt? Your FF browser crash? :)
- Rob La Gesse
Hm... that code just gets me an "account reserved"....
- Ken Sheppardson
Hey Kevin, give the live web audience a ribbit code...
- Cliff Gerrish
ribbit code for gillmor gang listeners is "gang09" sign up at ribbit.com
- Kevin Marks
Had to reboot everything was moving slowwww
- Matt Terenzio
Kevin: But that just gets you a "Ribbit Account Reserved" email?
- Ken Sheppardson
sweet, thanks Kevin Marks.
- Vezquex
Should kids have a google voice number? With parents controlling the switchboard?
- Cliff Gerrish
the accounts will go out over the next few days Ken
- Kevin Marks
Cool. Thanks, Kevin.
- Ken Sheppardson
LOL
- Kenny
looking forward to trying ribbit....
- Karoli
On the net - Apple could fade like AOL, The Apple Tablet will make Iphone, android Apps quite secondary. Phone will have a much smaller earprint.
- Arnie Klaus
double dare someone to call Scoble.
- Vezquex
OK, everyone -- call Robert!
- Cliff Gerrish
what was that numnber??
- Kenny
I will admit - I called Robert once, trying to find him at a meet-up in Half Moon Bay. It came in handy.
- Mike Doeff
Doh, crunchpad!?!?
- Kenny
i want a crunchpad, she whined.
- Karoli
So it should be out soon??
- Kenny
will the crunchpad run Android?
- scott anderson
...or Chrome OS
- Ken Sheppardson
no contact points, composite enclosed, for kids and up
- Arnie Klaus
Chrome w/ Android plug-ins
- scott anderson
+1-425-205-1921
- Robert Scoble
Get it out before Christmas Mike.
- Mike Doeff
I'm amazed you don't get a ton of prank calls
- Kenny
+1-707-WEB-LIVE
- Matt Terenzio
Kenny: I have your phone number if you call me.
- Robert Scoble
More QVC... :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
I've never called but if I need a tech opinion I might hit you up
- Kenny
tablets will replace kiosks not personal devices
- scott anderson
haha, one-handed computing.
- Vezquex
One handed computing - easy to misinterpret that one
- Mike Doeff
books, text books, movies, homework...
- Arnie Klaus
solar
- Arnie Klaus
maps, cookbooks, phonebooks...
- Ken Sheppardson
I think Apple bought major textbook rights.
- Arnie Klaus
On train to NYC yesterday NewBiz News conference there were 8 newspapers 1 kindle and two iphones in my car. I was using iphone
- Matt Terenzio
doorbell on TV! I like this guy.
- Vezquex
Mostly Wall Street Journals
- Matt Terenzio
Tuck that phone into my ear, on with the tablet
- Arnie Klaus
My comcast phone shows up on my tv. Really like it.
- Cliff Gerrish
my doorbell has it's own Gmail address - you can email to ring it. And no - will NOT give that number out :)
- Rob La Gesse
Remember when we all had to carry backpacks in school?
- Arnie Klaus
Wasn't Bluetooth supposed to handle all this?
- Ken Sheppardson
My backpack is in the cloud now...
- Cliff Gerrish
Alright guys, I gotta go. Keep up the good debate!
- Kenny
I need to go look at how Activitystrea.ms handle location and proximity...
- Ken Sheppardson
Cliff, does that mean just on the internet or do you mean virtual hosting as in AWS or Rackspace etc
- Matt Terenzio
will iPhone apps run on all these different types of devices? does Apple have the resources to make that happen?
- scott anderson
Bump is on the Android as well
- Kenny
I just want seamless handoff between my cell phone and desk phone
- Ken Sheppardson
Matt, all sorts of cloudish locations..
- Cliff Gerrish
I ask because someone used cloud at work today and I'm pretty sure they meant just on a server. I didn't ask.
- Matt Terenzio
We don't really have an identity concept (or agency) that works with this node linking idea.
- Cliff Gerrish
Of course, my office isn't exactly Cliff level
- Matt Terenzio
It's a different level in the protocol stack, Robert
- Ken Sheppardson
tweetdeck with touch
- Arnie Klaus
i love my Kindle. LOVE IT.
- Karoli
I'm getting a Nook. Dumb name - nice device.
- Rob La Gesse
the techies are gonna be so harsh on the crunchpad
- Marc Delurgio
I love getting instant books. I love sending PDFs over for reading later. I love getting The Nation automatically.
- Karoli
Rob, I'm thinking of getting a Nook for my daughter...to compare.
- Karoli
Books will go down fast in the coming months
- Matt Terenzio
Kindel is bridge technology to the post script generation....Iʻve read many more books through audio.
- Arnie Klaus
As soon as a standard format emerges, it's over
- Matt Terenzio
The Nook looks cool but I'm waiting for the Apple Tablet.
- Robert Scoble
the Nook runs on Android
- scott anderson
Virtual roundtable time... any thoughts on spdy protocol announcement?
- Alberto Saavedra
Scoble - yes - assuming it has a bright-light readable screen. I doubt it.
- Rob La Gesse
scott, that's one of the reasons I want the Nook. (for my daughter, of course...LOL) I want to try an Android device.
- Karoli
I wish, the textbooks comes on ebook usable format instead of watered down version.
- Ashish
ashish, agree. textbooks should be ebook, full version.
- Karoli
Using the term "open" to mean seven different things at the same time can be a problem...
- Ken Sheppardson
@ken - glad you opened that line of thought
- Rob La Gesse
Ken: agreed.
- Robert Scoble
imagine if our phones ran on closed networks
- scott anderson
It's really just a question of whether any node can listen and talk over the network.
- Cliff Gerrish
How do we define variable communities?
- Arnie Klaus
Scott: they would be like IM was for years.
- Robert Scoble
Scott: They do. Call Sprint and ask them if you can use your iPhone on the "open" phone network. Or the device you slapped together from parts you got at Fry's
- Ken Sheppardson
good comment Robert (there's your break)
- scott anderson
Good show, Steve. Thanks to all.
- Karoli
thanks, all!
- Rob La Gesse
Great show, thanks.
- Mike Doeff
laters
- Vezquex
Will the textbook publishers allow that to happen without lowering profits? I hope they realize that new form interactive ebooks can create more market opportunities.
- Ashish
another great show Steve. Your production keeps getting better.
- Paul E. Ester