Daniel Eran Dilger
Someone who I am no longer allowed to name has reported that my scoop about Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” ads using Macs was non-noteworthy, while also reporting that Microsoft’s canceled third Seinfeld ad was. The problem is that I reported both publicly a week ago, and the 90,000 visits to RDM on that first specific article (and untold traffic to other web sites who syndicated my reports) say otherwise.

[graphic thanks to reader KG]

Microsoft $300 Million Ads
Microsoft’s Mojave Attempts to Wet Vista’s Desert
Microsoft’s Mojave Experiment Exposes Serious Vista Problems
Paul Thurrott calls Apple “the Bad Guys” of Microsoft’s $300 Million Ads
Gates, Seinfeld and the $300 Million Ad to Nowhere
Microsoft’s $300 million ad campaign tumbles with new PC ads
Microsoft’s “Windows vs Walls” Ad Tries to Think Different, Fails
Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” Millions Actually Promoting the Mac
Microsoft’s ‘I’m a PC’ Campaign Keeps Getting Stranger (With Videos
I’m a PC too… touché
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Prince McLean, AppleInsider
T-Mobile’s new G1 smartphone based on Google’s Android platform has been positioned against Apple’s iPhone by the media, but that attempt to set up a dramatic showdown has fizzled as details show the two products aren’t very similar.

Breakdown: Android G1, iPhone share little in common
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Daniel Eran Dilger
According to the predictable opinion scribes, Apple is risking disaster in the iPhone App Store by imposing critical authority over the mobile software it chooses to sell. If it doesn’t stop turning ideas down, all that creative energy will abandon Apple and prop up other mobile platforms. They’re wrong, here’s why.
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