Future: Which Way?

Now that iPhone 3G is out, what do you think makes it top dog among mobile handsets?

New PC?
The caveat is in the small details? Screen. Locator awareness. Games!

So can the tail wag the head? Despite the furor over the iPhones platform restrictions, it does seem that the blinding cash benefits trump the worries. Platform over software?

Your move, Android.

Doesn't seem to be a future: Yahoo and MSFT

Lovely

Wall-E. Environmental Future.
The future's trashy but can't help but be inspired by this. Endearing robot shows us what it means to be human.

Future Business Class:Case 2.0. Where wiki meets reality enterprise best practices. Yes!

Future Application Dev Platform: Force.com?
Salesforce is brilliant and the hiring of Mr. Lucas is another strong move towards another level of innovation (or PR) but they better hold their horses before making any bold predictions. Unless they open source...

Thanks to ReadWriteWeb, GigaOm and NYT :)

Salesforce ... to the Dark Side

Tom Foremski just shared an interesting story err, rumor about a disturbing shares unloading.

I think all of us can empathize with Mr. Benioff (not in terms of money, of course) but with regards to losing interests in something once it kind of peaks. If there is one more personal thing to keep up aside from wits and ethics, it's interest. Sure seems like Oracle's playing emperor to make sure Mr. Benioff turns into Vader fast. The Oracle Empire.

So how do CEOs and companies maintain that interest for value creation and innovation?

On the Side:
Grateful for Mr. Foremski for giving me an invite to test Lunarr. Really haven't touched it yet but was floored by the demo and possibilities. It isn't working at full speed yet but it's got potential.