Comments on: Google Street View http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/google-street-view/ Original comment and commentary, with a UK focus. Not another cut 'n' paste news site. Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: James Burland http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/google-street-view/#comment-1691 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=569#comment-1691 Oops! ^_^

]]> By: Matt Radford http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/google-street-view/#comment-1690 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:53:43 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=569#comment-1690 I think you may be right about Apple tackling voice next James.

Plus, I’ve never heard “spinets” in that usage before. Small harpsichords of the future? I wouldn’t have predicted that 😉

]]> By: James Burland http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/google-street-view/#comment-1687 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:15:12 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=569#comment-1687 Every time I use Spinvox, Evernote and Google’s new voice search app, I get this deep-rooted gut feeling that we are witnessing little spinets of the future.

There is something intoxicating about their power to bend information into something both meaningful and powerful. Giving information a context in probably the most important technology endeavour right now. Nokia know this for sure, but struggle to actually execute their ideas in a purposeful way. They need outside help, I’m sure of it.

On the other hand, giving a human context to information is at the very heart of what Apple do best. Once multi-touch has straddled Apple’s entire range of products, I would expect voice recognition to be their next undertaking.

]]> By: Matt Radford http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/google-street-view/#comment-1686 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:38:01 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=569#comment-1686 Whatever will the next decade bring? Try this for some bigwig predictions on the wireless future:

http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2008/11/20/recap-of-tomorrows-wireless-future/

]]> By: James Burland http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/google-street-view/#comment-1685 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:57:09 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=569#comment-1685 Well… I did say, ‘near perfect’ internet access. ^_^

I just don’t miss Flash at all, admittedly if there was no YouTube on the iPhone I’d be gutted, but of course that was fixed within a few months.

Time will tell, but I have a suspicion that we will never see Flash support on the iPhone. Actually, we might, but not until Apple buy Adobe in 2009! ^_-

Thinking long term, do we really need Flash at all? Surely something more open like an efficient Ajax/MP4 combo would be more suited to most situations.

H.264 video codec support is certainly the jewel in Flash’s illustrious crown. The trouble is, it’s looking increasing like it’s the only part of the crown that has any worth. Why not fit the jewel into something more fitting? Which is exactly what Apple did with the YouTube app.

]]> By: Steve Litchfield http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/google-street-view/#comment-1684 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:20:30 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=569#comment-1684 Sorry James, but even as an iPhone fan, I can’t let your narrative pass without comment. Safari is GREAT for many web sites, but it falls short by ignoring anything with Flash content, including, critically, Flash video. With (for example) Nokia S60 phones offering inline flash video playback in web pages for over a year now, Apple need to seriously work on this area, in my opinion.

But yes, Streetview is impressive in Maps, kudos to Google, as always.

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