Somehow, the folks over at Engadget got a Nexus One from Google, a few days ahead of the devices’ debut on the 5th in an announcement from Google. They have a fantastic photo gallery with 80-some photos and a pretty good description. I’m very jealous of the boys at Engadget – I hope they enjoy…
Gizmodo has the scoop on the latest Google Nexus One handset.’a0 This handset, which was previously discussed, will soon be available directly from Google.’a0 There has been an event announced for 5 January where Google is expected to unveil the Nexus One. There were thoughts in the blogosphere that the Nexus One might be sold…
Last night on Saturday Night Live, they briefly talked about the Google Nexus phone that’s coming out soon. At the same time, they jabbed at AT&T for their crummy voice network…watch the video for more: (via Engadget)
There was a huge shift over the weekend in the mobile blogosphere.’a0 After years and years of obsession with Apple’s iPhone, the blogs over the weekend went crazy in discussion talking about a new Android phone.’a0 Even though there are 10 or so Android phones on the market, the ‘Google Phone’ has captured the attention…
The Motorola Droid is one of Motorola’s latest Android handsets. Here in the United States, the Droid has been selling very well. In fact, according to Admob (a mobile ad firm), their numbers show that Droid is generating about 50% of all Android mobile web traffic – pointed to some amazing sales figures for Motorola…
Today Yahoo finally made its deal with Microsoft public.’a0 Under the new agreement, Microsoft will now power all Yahoo searches and Yahoo will become the sales force of the two firms’ advertising customers.’a0 Additionally, Yahoo will continue to focus on building customer-facing portals and Internet destination sites. So, in effect, Yahoo has abandoned any type…
As a surprise to many, Google has finally taken the popular and useful GrandCentral service and done something with it. To those unaware, GrandCentral was a service I adopted long ago that provides “One number for life”. That is, you are given a new phone number and can use it to ring all your phone…
Last week at Mobilize ’08, I had the opportunity to sit down with Morgan Gillis, Executive Director of the LiMo Foundation. This industry consortium was formed last year and has been tasked with building a scalable Linux platform for use in the mobile handset market. The LiMo Foundation (shorthand for Linux on Mobile Foundation) has…
T-Mobile announced the G1 handset, the world’s first Google Android powered mobile device. The event, which was wisely broadcast on-line, gave us a few details into the device. You can go elsewhere for the detailed hardware details, but here’s what stood out to me: Awesome Price Point: The G1 is going to be available on…
Google Chrome was announced yesterday via a Google comic book. Basically, Chrome is a Google-enhanced web browser that Michael Arrington of Techcrunch thinks is intended to dethrone Windows. Google is aiming Chrome to be a web browser for “today’s” Internet, which IE is ill-equipped to handle. This means that Chrome is enhanced to handle web…