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Early Android Device Spotted
12.11.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsJapanese operator Willcom has been showing off (via Engadget) a prototype device running Google’s Android platform. The screenshots look pretty nice, but they’re really going to have to work on the form factor and design if they want to sell many of these. Also, having an ethernet jack instead of a mobile data connection probably [...]
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New Google Maps for Mobile Shows Your Location, Even Without GPS
11.28.07 | Permalink | 6 CommentsVia Om Malik, Google has released another upgrade to Google Maps for Mobile, which in addition to GPS support, can now show users without GPS their location. As Google notes, it doesn’t have the accuracy of GPS, but it’s free, and it’s likely to be good enough to be useful in many cases. A quick [...]
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I’m In The Wrong Line Of Work
Over in Germany, Vodafone sued T-Mobile, alleging that its sales practices were against the law because it locked the iPhone to its own network and forced customers to sign a two-year contract when they purchased the device. It won an interim injunction in the case, but T-Mobile has responded by selling the iPhone without a [...]
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Do People Really Want A La Carte Usage Fees For Media?
One more thing about the Amazon Kindle e-book reader, which I mentioned yesterday. I noted that the inclusion of a cellular radio was the first step in a trend of embedding mobile connectivity in specialized consumer electronic devices — strengthening divergence but also blurring the line of convergence.
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WSJ Puts Google + Spectrum Auction Story Pieces Together, Cue The Hyperbole
11.16.07 | Permalink | Comments OffThis story is going to be all over the blogosphere Friday: the WSJ has just figured out that Google plans to bid on wireless spectrum in the upcoming 700 MHz auction. Good to see they’re staying on top of breaking news over there. About the only interesting bit is that the story says that [...]
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T-Mobile Says the iPhone’s Selling Great; Early, Unscientific UK Reports Don’t Look So Rosy
T-Mobile claims it’s already sold more than 10,000 iPhones in Germany, on the first day of its availability. Its parent company’s CEO is already saying that it may not be able to meet demand for the device through the Christmas season, but if they’re running low, perhaps they can ship some devices in from the [...]
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France Shaping Up To Be The Most Interesting iPhone Market
D-1 for iPhone Europe day (or I guess T-4 hours if you’re in Cologne), and a line of at least two people has formed outside the Apple store on Regent Street in London. I’m very curious to see how the iPhone fares in Europe. I’m sure the first few days will be filled with frenzied [...]
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The Flipside Of Obsessive Targeting
Mobile handset vendors obsessively target their devices, creating “enterprise” handsets and “consumer” handsets and “music” and “imaging” devices. If you want push email, great, we have an “enterprise” device for you. If you want push email and a 5-megapixel camera, you’re out of luck.
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Touchscreen Keyboards + Tactile Feedback = Good Times?
11.06.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsOne major complaint about the iPhone has been the lack of tactile feedback from its touchscreen keypad. Feeling a keypress is an important part of the text entry experience for many users, and not having that feeling is a significant shortcoming for the iPhone and many other devices. But boffins at Nokia have been working [...]
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Is That Open, or Open*?
11.06.07 | Permalink | Comments OffGoogle and its new mobile pals dropped a lot of buzzwords yesterday, like “open”, “innovation” and “better user experience”. Try to visit openhandsetalliance.com from your mobile browser (or at least the web browser from a Nokia S60 device), and keep all those nice big words in mind when you don’t get served the page, but [...]
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