Gizmodo: overheard

Overheard at Phone Conference: "Nokia Will Never Release an Android Handset"

Dan Nosowitz — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:03:00 EDT

At the ~~Swedish~~ Finnish phonemaker's booth, I overheard a Nokia rep say that Nokia "will never release an Android handset." He added, "You can quote me on that," which is good, because I am!

Nokia's aging Symbian S60 OS isn't maturing so well, as seen on their N97 handset, and though they've made some positive strides with Maemo, it sounds like they might be limiting themselves to those two OSes—at least until the market forces them elsewhere. On the other hand, the "No Android" statement was pretty obvious.

@JoannaStern You Know You Love It—@waltmossberg

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:19:00 EDT

What the...?

Aaaaah, in reply to:

"Ah too much netbook, cell phone and mobile tech news coming! As Jessie Spano said, I'm soooo excited...I'm sooo scared!"

*relief*

[@waltmossberg in reply to @JoannaStern]

"It's Possible to Receive a Small and Quick Electrical Shock From Your Earbuds While Listening to iPod"

John Herrman — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:35:36 EDT

From Apple's support pages, a warning about potential static electricity buildup in earbuds, in which Apple has been reduced to explaining basic physics to its customers. [via Crave UK]

"Nothing Good Has Come From the Internet, Period."

matt buchanan — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:19:00 EDT

"I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from the Internet. Period." That bit of insight is from Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton, who clearly has not seen the Bacon Explosion. [WWD via beebeejee]

Overheard at MWC 2008: Executive Android Chit Chat

Brian Lam — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:57:16 EST

This sort of premature talk will either turn out to be unfounded fear or prescience (or neither!) but we overheard this whispering outside of hall 8:

Android is Dead

—One nameless, faceless, exec to another

Rumor Overheard at GDC: Next-Gen Zune Available in August

Jason Chen — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:15:09 EST

This is horribly irresponsible rumor-mongering, but we over heard this tidbit about the Zune over at GDC. Apparently, if the person was correct and our ears didn't fail us, the next-gen Zune will be available in August. Unfortunately for the first-gen Zune team, the next version will feature gaming, which is supposedly making them feel dejected over working on a product (1st gen) that will be "abandoned".

Couple that with this quote from the Zune Release manager over at Zuneinsider about Microsoft NOT abandoning the Zune, and you have a potentially juicy rumor. – Jason Chen

And Now a Word from the Zune Release Manager [Zune Insider]