http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/12/the-new-mobile-apps-head-in-the-cloud/ Fri, 18 May 2012 16:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/12/the-new-mobile-apps-head-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-96 So, Google: App Store or Web? Or Both? | Volker on Mobile Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:39:40 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/12/the-new-mobile-apps-head-in-the-cloud/#comment-96 [...] This can be seen on the (”normal”) web, too: Google Docs (Google’s online suite of office applications) is, despite a lot of effort and being free to use, an utter underdog to MS Office or Open Office (the only numbers I could find give Google Docs a market share of between 1% and 5%). It is, I think, because downloadable office “apps” are so much more usable (and react instantaneously irrespective of my ISP’s moods) than online services. The complexity of the computing (and – more importantly – the bandwidth necessary to deliver it) is just too overwhelming (see here for a previous post on this). [...] [...] This can be seen on the (”normal”) web, too: Google Docs (Google’s online suite of office applications) is, despite a lot of effort and being free to use, an utter underdog to MS Office or Open Office (the only numbers I could find give Google Docs a market share of between 1% and 5%). It is, I think, because downloadable office “apps” are so much more usable (and react instantaneously irrespective of my ISP’s moods) than online services. The complexity of the computing (and – more importantly – the bandwidth necessary to deliver it) is just too overwhelming (see here for a previous post on this). [...]

]]> http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/12/the-new-mobile-apps-head-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Carnival of the Mobilists #183 | Volker on Mobile Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:24:30 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/12/the-new-mobile-apps-head-in-the-cloud/#comment-92 [...] TamsIJungle blog. Read it here. They have included two of my posts this week, namely my look on mobile cloud computing as well as my response to Robert Scoble on mobile [...] [...] TamsIJungle blog. Read it here. They have included two of my posts this week, namely my look on mobile cloud computing as well as my response to Robert Scoble on mobile [...]

]]> http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/12/the-new-mobile-apps-head-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Carnival of the Mobilists #183 -> TamsIJungle Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:36:57 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/12/the-new-mobile-apps-head-in-the-cloud/#comment-91 [...] Hirsch sent in two posts. Even though the Carnival usually does not permit this, I link both of his posts here…and [...] [...] Hirsch sent in two posts. Even though the Carnival usually does not permit this, I link both of his posts here…and [...]

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