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You might already know that Google bought Android for $50 million in 2005 after Danger co-founder Andy Rubin just asked them for an endorsement of it. But did you know that Google feared Windows Mobile? Yep, that one, Wired's massive top-to-bottom Android feature (with awesome art) reveals. Google thought Microsoft had beat it to mobile—it had a quickly growing platform, tied to Microsoft's ends. Google, on the other hand, was having its apps, like mobile Picasa, shot down by carriers who wanted to extort users to do the same thing Google offered for free.
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Wired: How and Why Android Came to Be
You might already know that Google bought Android for $50 million in 2005 after Danger co-founder Andy Rubin just asked them for an endorsement of it. But did you know that Google feared Windows Mobile? Yep, that one, Wired's massive top-to-bottom Android feature (with awesome art) reveals. Google thought Microsoft had beat it to mobile—it had a quickly growing platform, tied to Microsoft's ends. Google, on the other hand, was having its apps, like mobile Picasa, shot down by carriers who wanted to extort users to do the same thing Google offered for free.
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6:40 PM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By matt buchanan
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23 comments
Latest by Zlevee: @Brian Lam: I can't fault you too much. I love Wired, and the stories are worth covering. It was just conspicuous since there were 3 Wired stories in the space of 4 posts, or something like that. more »
cellphones
Video of the Samsung Omnia i900 UI in Action
If you were thinking about picking up the new Samsung Omnia SGI-1900 with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, a little video demonstration of the touchscreen UI could go a long way in helping you arrive at a decision. All-in-all things look great, just don't be surprised if you fall asleep watching the following video. Not because the UI is boring mind you, but the music has that single mom reunited with her child Oxygen movie of the week vibe to it. More »
1:40 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Sean Fallon
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35 comments
Latest by Navin R Johnson: When it takes three attempts to close a window in the DEMO it's not a good interface. Sorry. It doesn't look like there were any attempts to make it touch friendly, it's just Windows Mobile. more »
Comedy genius
Eddie Izzard Talks Steve Jobs, iPhone 3G
In case you didn't know, English comedy genius Eddie Izzard is touring the US right now. Giz reader Daniel Eggert saw him last Tuesday in Houston, a day after the WWDC08 keynote. Why mention the keynote? Well, to Daniel's surprise—and ours—Jeff Vader talked about none other than, you guessed it, Steve Jobs and the iPhone 3G. More »
Conspiracy Theory
Phil Schiller's iPhone 3G Has Front Camera or Greasy Fingerprint
Gizmodo readers and conspiracy theory aficionados Nathan Ziehnert & Friends have spent a few hours analyzing the footage from the WWDC08 keynote like CSI agents investigating the Zapruder film. The result: they found what they believe could be a front-facing videocamera in Applemeister Phil Schiller's demo iPhone 3G. Is this a prototype or just a—likely—greasy fingerprint? Check out the video and the captures and tell us what you think. More »
iphone 3g
Last Friday, we rounded up and judged the most colorful iPhone 3G rumors floating around the tubes. Now that Steve has spilled the beans, I bet you're curious as to how accurate our thinking was. Turns out we were pretty much on target with our verdicts.
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iPhone 3G Rumor Accuracy Check: We Were Right(ish)!
Last Friday, we rounded up and judged the most colorful iPhone 3G rumors floating around the tubes. Now that Steve has spilled the beans, I bet you're curious as to how accurate our thinking was. Turns out we were pretty much on target with our verdicts.
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11:40 AM on Tue Jun 10 2008
By Kit Eaton
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120 comments
Latest by justinpe: @KLanD: The 1st iPhone will get the iPhone 2.0 firmware update, just like the new iPhones. The only thing that the old iPhone won't be able to do is GPS and 3G. Also, I expect a 32 GB version to be more »
Samsung Omnia
It's not that the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional-based 3G Samsung Omnia is not a good phone. In fact, we already knew that it looks very good. It's just that today, dear Samsung people, today is just not the right day to announce any cellphone, even if you think that telling us official details of an already-leaked model—like the face and smile detection on its 5 megapixel camera, or the DivX, XviD, H.264, WMV and MP4 video support, or the nice-looking GPS—is going to make any difference. But still, we like the new pictures of the interface and the full feature list.
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Samsung "Announces" Omnia Cellphone on the Worst Day Ever
It's not that the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional-based 3G Samsung Omnia is not a good phone. In fact, we already knew that it looks very good. It's just that today, dear Samsung people, today is just not the right day to announce any cellphone, even if you think that telling us official details of an already-leaked model—like the face and smile detection on its 5 megapixel camera, or the DivX, XviD, H.264, WMV and MP4 video support, or the nice-looking GPS—is going to make any difference. But still, we like the new pictures of the interface and the full feature list.
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motorola zn5
We've been hearing about a 5-megapixel cameraphone from Motorola and Kodak for more than a year now, but we've only recently seen leaked photos of the actual device. Boy Genius says it's running on Motorola's MOTOMAGX Linux platform and has Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 100MB internal storage and a ROKR touch wheel. The problems? The camera isn't autofocus (ruh roh), and there's only EDGE. Someone's going to have some good times uploading blurry pictures over a slow connection when this is released. [Boy Genius]
Motorola + Kodak's 5-Megapixel Cameraphone Leaked Shots
We've been hearing about a 5-megapixel cameraphone from Motorola and Kodak for more than a year now, but we've only recently seen leaked photos of the actual device. Boy Genius says it's running on Motorola's MOTOMAGX Linux platform and has Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 100MB internal storage and a ROKR touch wheel. The problems? The camera isn't autofocus (ruh roh), and there's only EDGE. Someone's going to have some good times uploading blurry pictures over a slow connection when this is released. [Boy Genius]
1:00 PM on Sat May 31 2008
By Jason Chen
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26 comments
Latest by Trance-Addict: well the center button my rizr was like a sticker. it peeled off. the z9 looks the same but im not positive. more »
iphone
iPhone Keeps Invading the World
Orange, which already has the iPhone in France, has issued a press release announcing it'll also be on sale in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and its African markets, sometime "later this year." Swisscom has also announced they'll be selling the iPhone in Switzerland. [Orange and Pocket-Lint]
cellphones
The last time we caught Sony Ericsson's Paris on the tubes it looked a little chunkier, but now the aesthetics have been immensley improved. For the proof, check out the image above. USEB has run a complete rundown of the expected specifications, so jump in for the best of what they found.
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Sony Ericsson Paris Image Leaked; Face Job Works Wonders
The last time we caught Sony Ericsson's Paris on the tubes it looked a little chunkier, but now the aesthetics have been immensley improved. For the proof, check out the image above. USEB has run a complete rundown of the expected specifications, so jump in for the best of what they found.
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11:00 PM on Sat Apr 5 2008
By Haroon Malik
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12 comments
Latest by jackfrost132: @Step666: Turn it sideways, wham widescreen. more »
cellphones
We don't have many details of this Sony Ericsson smartphone called the "Paris", but se-nse.net claims that it's a slider, runs Symbian UIQ 3.3 and has quite a large screen. Below the screen will be a P1-style keyboard, meaning two letters per key. That's pretty much all we know, except for a supposed May announcement and September release. That weather widget looks pretty similar to the one in OS X Dashboard if you ask us. Which you did. We heard you! [Se-nse]
Sony Ericsson Paris Slider Leaked?
We don't have many details of this Sony Ericsson smartphone called the "Paris", but se-nse.net claims that it's a slider, runs Symbian UIQ 3.3 and has quite a large screen. Below the screen will be a P1-style keyboard, meaning two letters per key. That's pretty much all we know, except for a supposed May announcement and September release. That weather widget looks pretty similar to the one in OS X Dashboard if you ask us. Which you did. We heard you! [Se-nse]
4:01 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Jason Chen
9,247 views,
7 comments
Latest by icandigthat: @Darrone, That's an HIV positive feature. more »
blackberry
Blackberry 8120 Out on AT&T Too
Hot on the heels of the T-Mobile Blackberry news, AT&T are also offering the candy bar, wi-fi Blackberry 8120. It'll cost $199, and requires a two-year contract at $39.99 per month for voice plus $30/$40 unlimited personal or business data plans.
6:04 AM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,264 views,
3 comments
Latest by dink23: @chopstickhero: Dang Sprint has some crazy loopholes in their network. Between the MobiTV backdoor access loophole and this crazy blackberry settings hack, it's no wonder why Sprint is going under. They can't even get their customers to actually pay for more »
hdpc
Yes, you will have seen slimmer UMPCs, but probably not one quite so feature-packed as the new Miu Hybrid Dual PC. The Dual bit comes from its dual-boot options of XP plus WinCE 5.0 or linux Qplus. It earns its Hybrid label by being a cellphone, navigation device, PMP, electronic dictionary, internet phone, voice recorder, games machine, mobile IPTV device and digital camera. We reckon that list of functions at least partly excuses its 0.96-inch depth. More details after the gallery.
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Miu HDPC Does Linux and Windows in All-in-One Package
Yes, you will have seen slimmer UMPCs, but probably not one quite so feature-packed as the new Miu Hybrid Dual PC. The Dual bit comes from its dual-boot options of XP plus WinCE 5.0 or linux Qplus. It earns its Hybrid label by being a cellphone, navigation device, PMP, electronic dictionary, internet phone, voice recorder, games machine, mobile IPTV device and digital camera. We reckon that list of functions at least partly excuses its 0.96-inch depth. More details after the gallery.
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blackberry
Touchscreen Blackberry Patent Suggests RIM has SideKick-Envy
A new patent filing by RIM for a "hybrid portrait-landscape handheld device with trackball navigation and Qwerty hide-away keyboard" suggests that future Blackberrys may remind us pretty strongly of a SideKick Slide, or perhaps an HTC Tilt without the tilt. We're guessing that the trackball is a version of their pearl controller, though the patent also makes reference to touchscreen technology. Looking at another image in the filing, you might also wonder if an accelerometer is included for iPhone-style screen orientation. More »
10:36 AM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Kit Eaton
9,176 views,
15 comments
Latest by Alucard: This is exactly the thing I've wanted. Oh, and an accelerometer would be overkill because orientation should just be decided by whether the keyboard is slid out or not. I actually am often annoyed by the iPod Touch accelerometer. more »
unconfirmed
Xperia X1 Delayed Till 2009?
We brought you news that Sony Ericsson's first Windows Mobile smartphone would ship mid 2008, however, the guys at Sony Ericsson Blog have spotted an official Sony Ericsson webpage showing the expected release date as 10/02/2009. More »
design
When it comes to convergence, the trend these days is to cram all sorts of functionality into a single device—even if those functions seem to be massively impractical given the limitations of current technology. However, a UK based design firm named Alloy has taken a more practical approach with their Couple-IT concept. The unit consists of a handset and a pocket-sized "laptop" that share information over a network.
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Couple-It Handset Takes a More Practical View on Convergence
When it comes to convergence, the trend these days is to cram all sorts of functionality into a single device—even if those functions seem to be massively impractical given the limitations of current technology. However, a UK based design firm named Alloy has taken a more practical approach with their Couple-IT concept. The unit consists of a handset and a pocket-sized "laptop" that share information over a network.
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cellphones
The Palm Centro is losing its Sprint-only roots and going to AT&T for $99 after rebate with a two-year contract. That's the Glacier White color combo, and in a month there'll be an Obsidian Black version. It's essentially the same phone that Sprint offers, but this is a quad band GSM version with EDGE (no 3G). I don't like the ads, which try to portray the OS as somehow radically changed from business to social phone, but it's still a good deal for $99. [ATT, Thanks Dave for the tip on the embargo lift]
AT&T Palm Centro Official
The Palm Centro is losing its Sprint-only roots and going to AT&T for $99 after rebate with a two-year contract. That's the Glacier White color combo, and in a month there'll be an Obsidian Black version. It's essentially the same phone that Sprint offers, but this is a quad band GSM version with EDGE (no 3G). I don't like the ads, which try to portray the OS as somehow radically changed from business to social phone, but it's still a good deal for $99. [ATT, Thanks Dave for the tip on the embargo lift]
12:24 AM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Brian Lam
5,442 views,
29 comments
Latest by Victus: I actually recently bought a Centro. So far I've had no problems with it. It syncs fine, phone capabilities are fine, pretty good browser, good apps, basically all around a pretty decent smartphone IMO. Yes, it's not as fancy as more »
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