Linked List: May 27, 2011

Friday, 27 May 2011

Sparrow 1.2 

My thanks to Sparrow for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. Sparrow is the first truly new attempt at a desktop Mac email client to ship in a long time. It’s elegant and fast, and improving quickly. Version 1.2, which shipped just this week, adds:

  • Unified Inbox
  • Facebook profiles picture integration
  • Rich text signatures
  • Gravatar support
  • Translation in 8 languages

Check it out and see for yourself. Sparrow is available right now on the Mac App Store for just $9.99.

The Talk Show, Episode 44 

Everyone wants to know, “Where’s the James Bond stuff in this week’s episode?” Look, we’re going to talk about A View to a Kill, but next week, not this week. Can’t tell you why, but if I could, I’d explain that it’s all Dan’s fault. But I can’t.

This week’s topics do include the new Barnes & Noble Nook and text editor fonts for programmers. (Hello, ladies.) Brought to you by two fine sponsors: Harvest and Sound Studio 4.

Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore Shows Off Windows Phone Mango 

Impressive work.

Citi Analyst Claims HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone 

Jay Yarow:

Microsoft gets $5 for every HTC phone running Android, according to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, who released a big report on Microsoft this morning. Microsoft is getting that money thanks to a patent settlement with HTC over intellectual property infringement.

Microsoft is suing other Android phone makers, and it’s looking for $7.50 to $12.50 per device, says Pritchard.

Horace Dediu took this, did the math based on how many Android phones HTC has sold, and figured out that Microsoft has made five times more money from Android than from Windows Phone 7.

The Asymco Unweighted Global Mobile Phone Vendor Share Index 

I’ve gone over this many times. What matters when talking about market share in the mobile phone market? Share of all phones? Share of smartphones? Revenue? Profit? I love this idea from Horace Dediu, that creates an index using all four criteria.

PayPal Files Lawsuit Over Google Wallet 

PayPal:

We spend a lot of time and energy creating the things that make PayPal unique and a preferred way to pay for almost 100 million people around the world. We treat PayPal’s “secrets” seriously, and take it personally when someone else doesn’t. So we made a decision today. We filed a lawsuit against Google and two former colleagues who now work there, Osama Bedier and Stephanie Tilenius.