Which Apps are threatened by iOS 5

Re:Which Apps are threatened by iOS 5 by pg on Monday June 06, 2011 @06:44PM (#2627080)

It looks almost as if they use the existence of startups as a guide for what products to build. Which is not that bad an idea tactically, considering that a successful startup is usually a sign of something that was missing in the world. But it could start to alienate hackers.

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Re:Which Apps are threatened by iOS 5 by tptacek on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @01:41PM (#2630119)

It is more likely that startups are using gaps in the iOS product offering as a guide for what products to build. There are so many startups and so much interest in mobile that the intersection seems inevitable.

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Re:Which Apps are threatened by iOS 5 by sjwright on Monday June 06, 2011 @08:05PM (#2627335)

By this logic, iOS 6 will include Apple's version of Angry Birds.

Sarcasm aside, I get what you're trying to say, but I'm not so worried. It's not like Apple's going to just bundle in every successful business, they're clearly targeting specific gross functionality which benefits from unification.

As an end user, I'm very glad there will now be a unified place for to-dos which any app developer can hook into. Cloud storage for all my apps? Cool. A glorified bookmark feature in a web browser? Shocking.

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Re:Which Apps are threatened by iOS 5 by bane on Monday June 06, 2011 @09:23PM (#2627514)

Perhaps they might start to adopt a different model...instead of company=single product they might revert to a more traditional company=company with a range of offerings.

Even my local sandwich shop sells salads, chips and soda.

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Re:Which Apps are threatened by iOS 5 by BusinessType on Monday June 06, 2011 @10:59PM (#2627729)

I disagree. No one can do what Apple can do for 'cloud services' so they are taking care of that.

Now if any developer wants to build 'such-and-such' feature, the cloud is ready to sync that data.

Another example: Rich Text Edit: Lots of apps can use that one! I really like what Apple is doing to take care of building services that we can all use, vs. keeping behind some walled garden where we have to either pay to use it or build it ourselves.

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Re:Which Apps are threatened by iOS 5 by sushrutbidwai on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @12:31AM (#2627918)

When twitter announced changes in their policies, you had said you will be concern about startups which are building on it.

Will you say you are now more concerned about startups (YC or not) which are building innovative apps for iOS?

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Re:Which Apps are threatened by iOS 5 by pg on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @01:39AM (#2628045)

This case seems different. The startups they're threatening aren't ones building stuff on IOS specifically.

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