Adobe CEO to refute Jobs: Apple's approach has nothing to do with technology

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30 morning news, according to foreign media reported yesterday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs published an open letter, saying that Apple will be turned away Flash for technical reasons, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen quickly countered this, saying that Apple's approach has nothing to do with technology.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote an open letter to explain why Apple will be the popular Flash technology on the Internet out of the iPhone OS, the so debate between Apple, Adobe to upgrade again.

Recently released iPhone OS 4.0 is the biggest change, against developers use Adobe Flash-iPhone compiler of these non-native iPhone development tools. Narayen said in an open letter, Jobs said the Flash technical issues only excuse, because Apple's application store has received several applications and Flash without any problems. He pointed out that Apple has authorized the use of language to limit the application development; this has nothing to do with technology.

Microsoft has officially given up R & D Tablet PC Courier

Just the news from Microsoft headquarters, Microsoft Tablet PC Courier has decided to stop development work, which means that Courier was declared stillborn.

CNET has contacted the first time Microsoft, Microsoft confirmed that, Courier has never been commissioned. Microsoft's vice president for communications, said Frank Shaw, "We at all times in innovation, research, testing, and develop new products. Courier is only one example. However, we do not have plans to manufacture this product."

Microsoft has been no talk about why you want to stop Courier's research and development.

A few days ago the news that Microsoft employees that Microsoft is indeed Courier in R & D projects, and will be put into operation soon. However, according to Microsoft officials say now that this project really has been "aborted." The industry believes that it is possible with the popular Apple iPad related. However, mobile Internet devices from Microsoft's concern can be seen that in the future Microsoft should also carry out related R & D program.

India banned the import of telecommunications equipment in China

SAN FRANCISCO April 30, according to foreign media reports, India's Ministry of Communications Tuesday officially banned the import of mobile operators, Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers.

India's Ministry of the Interior had feared that the telecommunications equipment from some countries may be built-in spyware or malicious software, so harmful to India's intelligence agencies. Last year in December, the Indian Ministry of Communications amended the license for mobile service operator license condition, all mobile operators to hand over the import of telecommunications equipment procurement plan, subject to review in order to obtain "security pass." But the Indian operators Tuesday before the ban, the Ministry of Communications are India's first official release of equipment for China's import ban.

As Huawei and ZTE are planning to push into the Indian market, a move the companies will form a larger impact. Early this year, Max Yang, CEO Huawei India, he said, over the next five years, investment in R & D center in India about 500 million U.S. dollars. At present, Huawei has 4,000 employees in India, but Indian market accounted for sales of Huawei in 2008 to about 11%, while China's second largest, the fifth largest telecom network equipment maker ZTE Corporation turnover in India last year also up to 7.5 million.

India also made a lot of new mobile operators in trouble, because the hands of Chinese companies can buy much inexpensive network equipment. The biggest beneficiary of this prohibition is to be Huawei, ZTE to snatch a share of Europe and the United States in many mobile device manufacturers.

India has had several initiatives for China's telecommunications companies, including once for no IMEI (International Mobile Communications Equipment identification number) of the Chinese mobile phone ban, cottage; and the Indian government last year began on December 8, SDH imports from China communications equipment up 236% levy anti-dumping duty.

Apple's CEO Steve Jobs open letter to the full text shelling Flash

REVIEW: Apple CEO Steve Jobs Thursday issued an open letter about Flash, Apple decided not to list the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch all the reasons to support Flash. Following is the text of open letter:

Some Thoughts on the Flash

A long-standing relationship between Apple and Adobe. In fact, when Adobe was still just a garage, a small company, we meet on and its founder had. Apple is their first big customer. We Postscript language used in their latest Laserwriter laser printer at that time. Apple has been investing in Adobe, Adobe shareholders for many years is, with its 20% stake. The two companies have worked closely to create the desktop publishing industry; there are many good times together. But that part of the golden age is over, the two companies parted ways. Apple experienced a near-death experience, Adobe Acrobat family by virtue of its products into the enterprise market. Today, the two companies together only in the creative industries to provide products and services customers - Adobe's Creative Suites products, buyers, about half of Apple computer users. But in addition we have almost nothing in common with the Adobe interests at all.

I would like to write a little hastily Adobe's Flash products we have any views, so customers and critics will be able to better understand why we in the iPhone, iPod and iPad products block Flash. Adobe has criticized us that Flash is blocked because you want to protect the Apple online store, purely commercial interests. But the fact is that Flash is blocked because of technical problems. Adobe claimed that Apple is a closed system, Flash is open. But the reality is the opposite. Let me explain:

The first is "open."

Adobe's Flash products are 100% technology patents. Only Adobe can buy these products, while only Adobe has the right to improve it, pricing and so on. Having said that Flash is everywhere, but this does not mean that these products are open. The reason is that Adobe totally own and controls these products. So almost no matter from which point of view, Flash is a closed system.

Apple also has a number of patented products. Despite that iPhone, iPod and iPad systems are patented, but we always believed that all technical standards are the Internet should be open. Therefore, Apple refused to use Flash, but with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, and all are open standards. Benefit from these open standards, Apple’s mobile devices has shown the advantages of low power consumption and high performance. HTML5 is the latest network standards, has Google, Apple and many other companies use, it allows developers to develop more advanced graphics, printing and animation, and does not require third-party browser plug-ins (such as Flash) will be able to convert. HTML5 is fully open, by a joint management of its standards committee, Apple is one of them.

Apple also develops open standards for the Internet. For example, Apple's open source project from a small start developed a WebKit. It is a completely open source HTML5 rendering engine and core components Safari browser, is installed in all of our products. WebKit has been widely adopted. Google Android system in the browser to use it, Palm, Nokia also use it, the BlackBerry maker RIM has also announced that it will use WebKit. Other than Microsoft, almost the entire smart phone Internet browser equipped with a WebKit. WebKit open by positioning technology, Apple has actually developed a mobile Internet browser standard.

Second “the entire network."

Adobe has repeatedly claimed that Apple's mobile device can not access the "entire network", because 75% of the Web video is Flash format. But they did not mentioned is that almost all Flash format video are other more advanced formats: H.264, while the iPhone, iPod and iPad support this format. The number of YouTube videos of the entire network of about 40% of Apple's mobile devices can all play the video. iPad will provide best-ever YouTube video experience. In addition, Vimeo, Netflix, Facebook, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ESPN, NPR, "Time magazine", "New York Times," "The Wall Street Journal," "Sports Illustrated", "character" , "National Geographic" and so on site video, Apple can smooth playback. How much video is no iPhone, iPod and iPad users can not watch.

Another reason is that Adobe Apple devices can not play Flash games. This is true. Luckily, Apple's online store offers more than 50,000 games and entertainment applications, many of them are free. iPhone, iPod and iPad's games and entertainment applications to more than any other platform.

Third, on the reliability, security and performance

Symantec recently pointed out, Flash safety record in 2009 ranked last. We also have a hand information to prove that Flash is the leading cause of crash of Mac systems. We have cooperation with Adobe to solve these problems, but they still continue to haunt us. We do not want to reduce the iPhone, iPod and iPad reliability and security, it refused to use Flash.

Symantec recently pointed out, Flash safety record in 2009 ranked last. We also have a hand information to prove that Flash is the leading cause of crash of Mac systems. We have cooperation with Adobe to solve these problems, but they still continue to haunt us. In addition, Flash performance on mobile devices has been poor. Over the past few years, we have repeatedly requested that Adobe Flash can run well on mobile devices, but so far we have not seen any of the performance of Flash. Adobe has said publicly that Flash will be in early 2009 by a smart phone adoption, then changed to say that in the second half, later changed to say the first half of 2010, and now they say to wait until the second half of 2010. We believe that one day it will become true, but we are fortunate to not expect too much. Who knows how it will show it?

Fourth, The life time

Video playback, to achieve a longer life time, this mobile device must pass the hardware video decoding, because the software to consume too much power. Now a lot of chips for mobile devices including a decoder called H.264, which is an industry standard, in all Blu-ray DVD players were used at the same time by Apple, Google, Vimeo, and Netflix so many companies widely adopted.

Although Flash has recently added support for H.264, but almost all Flash site requires the older generation video decoder to decode, and must be run by software, which has long been used not for mobile chips. The difference is amazing: for example, on the iPhone, H.264 standard video can be up to 10 hours playback, but with software decoding of video will only play less than 5 hours.

Web re-use the H.264 video encoding, you can totally do not use Flash technology. These videos are in Apple's Safari and Google Chrome browser playback, completely without any plug-in iPhone, iPod and iPad also very effective on the play.

Fifth, The touch screen

Flash is to use a mouse designed for personal computers, rather than finger-controlled touch screen. For example, there are many Flash contains rollover, that is, when the cursor rolls over a certain point, it will pop up menu or other element. Apple's multi-touch screen technology no longer need a mouse, there is no concept of a rollover. Accordingly, many Flash sites must be improved to meet with a touch screen device. If the developers need to improve their Flash website, why not use such as HTML5, CSS and JavaScript that more advanced technology?

Even if the iPhone, iPod and iPad support to run Flash, does not solve the problem.

Sixth, The most important reason

Apart from Flash closed, arbitrary, technical defects and shortcomings of the equipment is not compatible with the touch, and we refuse to use Flash there is a more important reason. We discussed the use of Flash video and interactive broadcast network content of these shortcomings; however, developers still use Adobe Flash to develop Apple equipment.

Over the past bitter experience has made us realize, to get involved in a third-party software developers and platforms, will only lead to sub-standard applications, hinder the improvement and development platform. If the developers of the third-party libraries and tools to produce dependence, then the only choice in the third-party add new functionality, developers can take full advantage of platform experience and superiority. We can not be influenced by the decision of a third party.

If third-party cross-platform development tool, that situation would be worse. Third party may refuse to accept a certain platform, enhanced tools, unless these tools can also be other platforms supported by the use of it. In this way, developers can only use the platform shared by all the functions of the lowest level. Apple can not accept this result, so that developers simply because of our innovation and enhance the tool does not appear in our competitor's platform, but can not use these tools.

Flash is a cross-platform development tools. Adobe's goal is not to help developers for the iPhone, iPod and iPad best application development. Their goal is to help developers create cross-platform applications. Increasing the Apple platform, enhanced Adobe application has been slow. For example, although Mac OS X has been introduced to into the 10-year, Adobe CS5 two weeks before the launch of the platform when fully accepted. Adobe is the last fully accepted third made Mac OS X developers.


Conclusion

Flash for the PC era was born for the personal computer and the mouse appears. Adobe Flash is a successful business, so we can fully understand why they want to extend it to areas outside the PC. However, age is a low-power mobile device, touch screen interface and the era of open network standards, Flash has been out of date.

Proved, flash is no longer necessary for the Internet video viewing. Apple's online store for more than 200,000 applications have also proved, flash graphics and games for tens of thousands of developers, is no longer necessary.

New open standard has been created, such as HTML5 such standards will be in mobile devices and personal computers the same success. Perhaps Adobe should focus on the development of more HTML5 tool, not a criticism of Apple to abandon obsolete.

Google Android 2.2 will officially support the Flash Platform

SAN FRANCISCO April 29, according to foreign media reports, according to a Google vice president of engineering, said, Google Android 2.2 mobile operating system officially supported version of Adobe's Flash platform.

Adobe boasts of almost a year ago to run the Android platform, the first demo version of Flash software. However, Flash has not so far applied to the Android phone. Maybe Apple and Adobe Flash applications in the conflict so that we forget the support of other phones are not good for Flash. Not very good at least for now.

However, this situation will change later this year. Google Android operating system to support the main engineer Andy Rubin said the code-named "Froyo" The Android 2.2 version will fully support Flash. Be noted that, "New York Times" reported this argument is that when an interview with Rubin's interpretation of his words, not direct quotation.

Rubin did not specify which of Android phones will be upgraded to version 2.2; also did not say "Froyo" will be released when. Thus, many older models may also not support Android phones Flash. Adobe and HTC mobile phone models in the Hero's Flash cooperation more slowly, sometimes not very stable. Android 2.2 versions might provide a better experience.

Through the cooperation with Google, Adobe will own mobile features submitted to Valley singers. When Apple earlier this month, effectively blocking the Flash application in the iPhone when the operating system, Adobe said we should focus on development for the Android device.

Rubin also said Apple does not want in their mobile platform and a closed ecological system to support Flash conducted covert attack. He said that opening up does not mean what consumers actually like to take a radical approach.

The fourth generation of cottage iPhone

In the last month before Apple officially released ipad, cottage of ipad even than the official launch of the first. This time, the cottage manufacturers continue to miss this big fat; the cottage company actually has taken the lead by launching the iPhone in the cottage for four generations.

"This cottage version of the iPhone is the fourth-generation iPhone is still using the usual candy bar design.

This machine is basically a continuation of the shape when the iPhone launched. characteristics: box and with fortitude, but it seems a bit thick (she is such a design may be to popular brands!), And surprising is that only cell phones may be To improve the user experience, and also sent a support free pen (fruit powder were tears ... ...).

This cottage fourth generation iPhone, according to media reports, feel good in fact, it is suggested you do not use colored glasses to see (I see this body aluminum metal case, suddenly thought of the Legend of the comfortable handle, of course, do not know The cottage will be the fourth generation iPhone will not stripping ... ...)

Mobile Internet information security become increasingly prominent

According to the Ministry of Industry recently released the latest data, 3G subscribers exceeded 15 million in 2010. As a triple play one of the biggest business benefits from the development of mobile Internet has entered the fast lane at high speed. But with the rapid development of mobile Internet, information security has become increasingly prominent, so how to create a safe and fast mobile Internet access road, has become common to think the industry should be a new proposition. The recent information from the Ministry of Industry and Telecommunications Research Institute Information Name Address Service Management Center hosted 100 of China's first mobile site selection activities fit into the current development trend of mobile Internet, provide the industry with a foundation through the safe and efficient application of a positive guide the mobile Internet industry environment clean new ideas.

The view of the current development of mobile Internet service packages and information security, must focus on the basic mobile Internet applications, the user enters the door to start the mobile Internet, to furnish a safe, convenient, standardized mobile information access. 3G bandwidth increase, so that more of the mobile Internet with new content and applications development. Therefore, the initial application and service development, there will be some of the problems exposed, but as a mature industry environment and participate in the self-discipline, mobile Internet will be more healthy development. The name and address information as the first entrance of the mobile Internet, from the entrance to the mobile Internet to effectively contain the mobile Internet security risks. In addition, name and address information service platform is to use SMS, MMS, etc. for the mobile terminal to access the mobile Internet addressing method, different from the traditional Internet, the use of natural language, can help users easily understand the memory, while the SMS query to access the address approach can also help users save mobile website information, to prevent loss of important information, responding to user calls for convenient application of the basic needs of security for the user to create a safe and secure mobile Internet environment, and laid a solid foundation for good the bedding.

Information security problems not only affect the production release of mobile Internet and to play a positive value, but also involve the safety of state and national information industry. Therefore, the early development of the Internet to be mobile, in line with national strategies to promote the industry, fast forward, while the first well of information security. China's mobile Internet market has become the world's largest mobile phone has a number of users and has the greatest potential for development of mobile Internet market. Faced with such a huge market size and growth opportunities, and only do the basic work of mobile Internet in the development of standard industry environment, lead the way forward-looking strategic layout and associate prepared to cope with China's economic restructuring , the development of innovation-driven economy, and take better and more stable. The name and address of information services on behalf of the foundation of mobile Internet applications, is based on a service economy, services to improve people's livelihood, the service industry, social harmony purpose, fit the national strategy of economic restructuring, for the expansion of mobile Internet development ideas, to promote green, harmonious, sustainable development, the formation of mobile Internet environment has opened up a road ahead

Lenovo 01 ET70 Music Phone

O1 Lenovo handsets based on EDGE, "Lenovo ET70: iPhone with characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of Comment", then I think O1 in deliberate imitation of iPhone, the biggest disadvantage compared with the iPhone was not App Store support, can only support a small number of applications, but these applications are still mostly owned business operators or operator partners.

Basic configuration:

1. Hardware

Music Phone innovative use of a high-pass 1 GHz Snapdragon chipset platforms, 3.7-inch screen, resolution 480 × 800, which laid its powerful hardware foundation.

Supports WCDMA, WAPI, WIFI, GPS, Bluetooth. 3 million pixel camera and dual gravity sensing.

2. Communication

Music Phone communication interface to Clover logo to call, text messaging, instant messaging, e-mail the four most commonly used communications together, and the contact pattern on the center of Clover, but also the basic cell phone screen center. A unique idea, not only as a unique identifier, and a good relevant content will be bonded together, in user-friendly, while the formation of a personality.

3. Built-in Applications

Music Phone provides more than 20 applications, mostly from the terminal operators - Lenovo choose OK. Almost consider the different needs of various users.

• You can manage all common documents, such as documents, audio, video and pictures.
• Built Alipay, GPS navigation, along with flowers stock, fashion magazines, all net, the Phoenix mobile station, barley tickets, maps, microblogging, public comment, happy, 91 panda reading applications, can basically meet the needs of different users.
• Built-in the wild drag racing, chess, dynamic balance ball, mental tractors, Pearl met three other puzzle games, motorcycle racing, and role playing different demands.

4. Application scalability

Lenovo launched its own application store, has introduced the latest applications and these applications are designed for fun Phone Kaifa, and can provide the best customer experience. 

From the above function configuration, and embedded applications choices, can see that the association for the introduction of competitive, meet the best smart mobile uses needs.

Currently phone built-in rich application, but most of these applications through a good cell phone adapter, from the interface to function, makes full use of system resources to meet the needs of users.

Phone test whether the mature music key are: (1) How smart phone sales channel innovation is the use of mobile phone stores, store operators, or the use of Lenovo PCs channels mature, more or self-built flagship store in what way or ways a combination of the allocation of resources, not Lenovo, is a small test. (2) How to store as soon as possible in a rich application software, and further said that the establishment of what kind of pattern, how to attract more partners for the Phone Adapter own music software. (3) Compared to mobile phones and computers, as a short replacement cycle, but new models of mobile phones technical problems more music Phone to continue to introduce new models to meet the needs of users.

I believe these problems to officially begin in May after the release of products; Lenovo will give us an answer.

The other: Although Lenovo publicity App Store is designed for music Phone start-up. But can be foreseen that the future will have more models of Lenovo, smart phone supports different network applications that store their own, including the same TD-based Android smartphone platform. Of course, these phones might have attributed to the Lok Phone brand.