nails the Ponzi scheme of the modern tech bubble<\/a> – not that it\u2019s new, of course. \u00a0Back in the dot-com boom, everything was going for free and making it up on volume, to the point where there were free cars wrapped in advertising and free DSL at a time when DSL was new and rare and pricey. \u00a0That ended about like you\u2019d expect. But the lack of institutional memory around here, coupled with a flood of VC money looking for returns, has enabled a bunch of startups to go down the PimentoLoaf.Com route of providing goods (or more likely services) at a loss by just burning their capital and getting ever more funding – on the presumable promise that when the bubble bursts, they\u2019ll be the viable service left standing like Amazon or what have you. \u00a0At some point, though, I doubt investors will be happy to feed the beast with no prospect of return, and it\u2019ll only take one economic jolt to put us back in 2002.<\/p>\n* I\u2019ve said it over and over again, but what the iPhone 6 needs: 2 GB RAM, AMOLED 4.7\u201d display, 2200 mAh battery, dedicated coprocessors for speech and location beyond just the M7. \u00a0What the Moto X2 needs: better power management, a mail client and a ringtone store that both don\u2019t suck, improved camera performance in low-light situations, and a headphone jack on the bottom (and I wouldn\u2019t say no to a legit iMessage client, but that\u2019s never happening).<\/p>\n
* There\u2019s a major IQ test tomorrow: public sale of Google Glass for $1500. Like cocaine, or the Fisker Karma, the current version of Google Glass is God\u2019s way of telling you that you\u2019ve got more money than sense. \u00a0Google has managed to combine the worst of Microsoft and Apple: ubiquity plus reality distortion field. If they had just one person who\u2019d paid attention to Neal Stephenson\u2019s Snow Crash<\/em> and the opprobrium heaped on \u201cgargoyles\u201d therein, maybe they would have tailored the thing any better. \u00a0As it is, Google Glass is to this boom what the Segway was to the last one: a potentially useful device with niche applications at present that over-wealthy techies are managing to turn into a symbol of arrogance, detachment and social ineptitude. \u00a0After all, walking around in the Mission with $1500 strapped to your face isn\u2019t really a good idea at even the best of times.<\/p>\n* After three months and change, I can say in all honesty that I haven\u2019t missed the larger iPad at all. \u00a0The iPad mini Retina is absolutely the perfect device of its type and it\u2019s only warm weather that prevents me carrying it everywhere. (Although I still prefer the Kindle Keyboard for long-term reading, obviously – assuming the lights are on.)<\/p>\n
* Let\u2019s be honest, all I want out of my next phone is to feel like Tony Stark designed it for SHIELD. \u00a0That\u2019s how you know you\u2019re legit cutting edge these days. =)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
* I had dinner last week with one of my tech insiders, who hadn\u2019t actually seen and handled the Moto X yet (he carries a Nexus 5). \u00a0He was impressed with the density of the phone, and didn\u2019t realize the screen was only a 720p AMOLED, and it occurred to me that the thing that … <\/p>\n
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