links for 2008-11-07

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  Dex: The business ‘poke’ | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET
  Rafe seems to like Dex, a new take on analyzing the implicit relationships in your contact list, to help you keep relationships green, and sell.
  (tags: dex implicit+social+networks contact+management)
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  CrunchGear  » Archive » Ballmer says Android “financially unsound”
  I love Arrington’s pooh-poohing of Ballmer’s pooh-pooh of Android. “Steve, Steve, Steve… Windows Mobile is popular for one simple reason: it seems to work reasonably well with Windows. This is fine for the fleet IT market - there’s no shame in buying up 500 Palm Pros for your entire executive staff - the low-end feature phone market is a mish-mash of OSes, including WinMo and to some extent Symbian. Mostly, however, you find OSes that are unsupported and essentially proprietary.

  Android will replace those OSes first. Carriers won’t care - or will care less - when face with the cost savings of installing Android vs. rolling their own OS and the charges for search placement will be a wash. As Android bubbles up, WinMo will get bit first, then Symbian, then, dare I say it, RIM. While I’m not in love with Android, I know a contender when I see one. Hopefully Steve’s posturing will buy WinMo enough time to escape off into the woods to die.”

  
  
  (tags: mike+arrington steve+ballmer android google microsoft symbian)
  
  
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  Yahoo’s Yang: Train Wreck - Fritz Nelson’s Instigator - InformationWeek
  
  Jerry Yang offers nothing new, and Battelle cuts his throat with the Wall Street Journal’s Trainwreck piece
  
  (tags: w2s jerry+yang john+battelle)