By Sven Larsen (@zemoga)

We conclude our ”Gadget Week” with a look at the future of devices and how new content for them will be developed. As we cast our eyes to the future, many are asking, “Will the iPad (or Apple in general) kill Flash?”

As iPad sales continue to rocket upwards and the enmity between Apple and Read More-->ole for Flash in that future?

By Briana Campbell (@MsMatchgirl)

There was a quirky little field guide to Apple products – outlining the best use for three popular devices – on the Fast Company website yesterday.  What struck me, however, was the intro statement.  Author Tyler Gray poses this:

…a significant portion of your tech life will likely bear an Apple logo–and keep Steve Jobs in the finest stonewashed jeans regionally available. The question isn’t, “Do you use Apple devices,” but “Which one?” And “Where?”

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By Elad Ziv (@elad_ziv)

This weekend I had the task of making sure to grab one of Mr. Job’s “Game-Changing” devices for the boss man, Mr., Edgerton, @wiltonbound.  All week I was toying with the idea of whether or not I needed to sit outside the Apple store on Friday night in order to have a shot at grabbing this iPad Saturday morning.  On top of this, I needed to choose from Apple’s four different retail stores in Manhattan.  The 5^th Avenue store (one of the top 10 tourist destinations in NYC) seemed to be a little bit of a challenge so we decided that I would go to the West 14^th Store in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district.  After much research on the iPad’s and a little bit of investigation I decided to go to the store at 4 a.m. and pray that I would not find a line of hundreds of Apple fanatics who were there hours before me. Read More-->“Where?”

By Daniel V. Licht (@thedvl)

Mr. Jobs might make some people angry. Very, very angry. During a demo with Wall Street Journal he said “We don’t spend a lot of energy on old technology”. Now that is out of context I’m sure but there has been a lot of buzz around the lack of Flash support on the iPad. This is compiled by the difficulties in the past with Adobe & Apple on flash in the iPhone OS as well as long running speed issues on Mac OSX. But the real question is where will Flash wind up. I have a theory on that. Let me blow your mobile mind.

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By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound)

What if you could make your own Star Wars movie and not get sued by George Lucas? Or record your own version of the Beatles “Let It Be” and not have to ask Apple Corp. for permission? Would the world be a better or worse place?

It may seem like a strange question to ask but it’s actually a major issue when it comes to creating digital content. The mantra of the web has always been “Information wants to be free.” But the counter argument put forth by many is that “content is king” and needs to be protected by its owners/creators. And there is ongoing debate about open versus closed systems. Companies like our client, the Mozilla Foundation and entire operating systems like Linux have been built on the idea that intellectual property shouldn’t be hoarded. And there’s a very good argument to be made for the idea that services like Twitter and Apple’s iPhone apps store owe a lot of their success to making their APIs freely available to developers. Read More-->.

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Is it time to move your business to Hollywood?

Yesterday, we attended the CLICK conference in New York City. The event had several interesting discussions but none more so than a panel on whether agencies were turning into product manufacturers. As the discussion progressed it became clear that many agency people are thinking of themselves as creators of consumer products (even if all these products are in digital form) from apps to blogs to traditional web sites. Almost all the panelists reiterated a common refrain of the season – traditional interruption based marketing is dead (or at least in severe decline) and anything an agency creates on behalf of a brand must give the consume real value. Read More-->st give the consume real value.

Photo by Cristiano Betta ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristiano_betta)

Silicon Alley Insider reported today that Apple users have downloaded their 2 billionth app from iTunes. The growth in adoption of new apps is truly astounding as the same article notes that 10.5 million apps are being downloaded per day. No wonder Apple doesn’t have that long rumored tablet computer ready yet!

All kidding aside, it’s an incredible statistic and a testament to both the popularity of the iPhone and iPod touch and Apple’s very effective TV commercials for the Apps store.

Like anything, the app store runs the risk of being the victim of it’s own success. With over 85,000 apps already in the store, it’s got to be tough for developers to come up with something truly innovative. And even tougher for them to stand out from the crowd. We may soon see an evolution in app development as applications become the province of branded marketers with the budget to promote their commercial software in other media. The Puma Index and MasterCard Priceless Picks apps are two good examples of this new trend. Read More-->MasterCard Priceless Picks apps are two good examples of this new trend.

We’ve written before about the astonishing growth of the iPhone App store and the potential of the mobile computing platform. But even we were surprised by last week’s article from Om Malik, estimating that the iPhone apps business is now worth approximately $2.4 billion per year.

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