Category Archives: iPhone

The three rules of awesome mobile hackers

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Simeon Simeonov

One of the reasons why I’ve been mostly absent from this blog is that, together with a couple of very interesting people, I started a new company and we’ve been busy closing our Series A and getting things off the … Continue reading →

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iPhone economics, startup economics, angel investing economics

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Simeon Simeonov

Tomi Ahonen has collected a lot of good data about the iPhone app ecosystem and applies solid analysis to reach the conclusion that, from an economic standpoint, on average, it is a waste of developers’ time to build iPhone apps. … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs: Apple iPhone Opens Up

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Here is another great example of a company trying to walk the fine line between an open and a closed value chain ecosystem. From a Steve Jobs letter: Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on … Continue reading →

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iPhone Also Suitable For Babies

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

I bought an iPhone yesterday. No waiting in lines. In fact, it was a 5min shopping experience, not accounting for having to call every single store in the Boston area ahead of time to find the only one with 8Gb … Continue reading →

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