deeda, can it compete with the iPhone?
April 5th, 2007 by Dylan
About six months ago, I started talking with Atif Khan about a device his company has been working on since 2004. Today I got a chance for the first time to see more details on the deeda, which looks more like an iPhone than anything else I’ve seen. The approach they are taking to application overlays, and really thinking about how social networking services and a device like this would work together is rather compelling and interesting. Deeda is at best a substantial underdog to Apple, and at worst a product that will never make it to market. It will be interesting to see if their platform, which they have described as open source, can survive. I’m also curious to see how many other non-cell phone manufacturers are out there in this space working on similar devices. I of course can’t wait to see Dojo-based web apps running on this emerging class of devices!