Posted by Linus
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:32:00 GMT
Like most of the tech world yesterday, I was glued to the various live bloggers covering the Steve Jobs keynote. It was pretty boring with the hour-long fest of fruitless demos but in the end we finally got what we all were waiting for: the specs for the new iPhone.
Unfortunately though, I was extremely disappointed from the company that has blown my expectations year after year. Here are five reason why the new iPhone is NOT what it was hyped-up to be.
1. It’s not smaller
Though it’s not confirmed, it’s obviously not smaller than the first iPhone. If it were, don’t you think Steve would have mentioned this 50 times in his keynote? Yes, I understand he needed to make the phone last longer and put in a 3G antenna, but Nokia has a phone out right now with the same capabilities and is half the size.
2. It’s delayed
Why do I have to wait until July 11th? The phones are already made and sitting in warehouses in the US. I suspect it’s AT&T who is frantically trying to ramp up their systems. This is probably pissing off Steve a great deal but they could have done a better job on communication and planning.
3. Price and data plan
Yah sure the price is now an affordable $199 but the data plan is going to cost more. In the long run I am going to end up paying more and this was not touched upon in the keynote.
4. Camera is the same
So if the iPhone is the same size, the camera ought to be a little better. 2 megapixels is not going to cut it these days when the standard on most phones is 3-5.
5. More difficult to unlock
Besides the fact that it is running the new 2.0 iPhone version, AT&T is reportedly going to force activation at their stores. This clearly shows they are tired of people who are unlocking the phones and I am sure Apple has taken steps against this as well. Part of the fun of having an iPhone was the ability to add custom software and applications that were tailored to our needs.
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Posted by Jeff
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:45:00 GMT
I know - we haven’t been very good at keeping this blog updated…
Well - in case you didn’t know, we work on applications for social networks such as Facebook - and in case you didn’t know, these networks have been changing a whole lot. Facebook changed its invite system and started to limit the growth of applications. As announced earlier see announcement - this is going to be yet another battle for us!
Keeping in tune with the changing dynamics - what is going on with Open Social? We’d love to have a bunch of apps for you guys but your platform is so developer-UNfriendly!
Anyways - expect to see more blogs from us!
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Posted by Jeff
Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:57:00 GMT
First - I guess I should introduce myself. I work with James and Linus at CLZ (I’m the ‘C’) We have a lot of thoughts about social applications, networks, the internet, and the world at large. This will be the place where we write them down and share with you. We love to bounce ideas off of people, so if you don’t agree - feel free to write a comment!
Well, I should really rename the title of this article because social applications have been ‘started’ since mid last year. But really the fight for ‘which is the best social network’ to be on is far from over. So far Facebook being first to the social web plugin architecture has been great - they enabled application developers like us to get hundreds of thousands of users with in a very short amount of time.
But - MySpace recently announced that they are launching their API. This battle is getting exciting. And what? Did I also hear that google is looking to buy Bebo? Talk about a strategic blockade to getting Facebook’s platform adopted. (story) NewsFlash: if you are a social network and looking to cash out, you can go get the FB platform and then ask google to buy you.
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Posted by James
Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:28:00 GMT
After three months of operations, we finally got around to putting up a blog for ourselves. So, let me introduce CLZ for the very first time.
My name is James, and along with my roommates Jeff and Linus, we comprise of the 3 man team of CLZ Concepts (CLZ is a concatenation of our last initials). We are an elite team of technologists with an acute eye for making good businesses. Small teams of entrepreneurs hoping to hit it big is a dime a dozen in Silicon Valley, but what makes us unique is that we are a perfectly balanced team.
While we all have engineering degrees, our skill sets aligns to an extraordinary degree. Jeff is our resident business development and deal making guru. Linus is an all-arounder with special emphasis on UI design. Lastly, I am the expert in scalable software architecture. Our team live together, work together, party together and go on vacation together. We’re almost at the point of being able to finish each other’s thoughts. We believe that this team is our greatest asset, and so far, we haven’t been disappointed.
So, follow us on our journey, where we get to change the world, one startup at a time.
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