Andy Rubin’s full D: Dive Into Mobile interview video posted
Android boss Andy Rubin almost always makes for an entertaining interview, and his appearance at AllThingsD 's D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco last week was certainly no exception. The introduction of Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the Nexus S were the official news items of the day, but Rubin took the opportunity to showcase the next version of the platform -- Honeycomb -- running on a prototype Motorola tablet that no one had seen before. He also runs through a breakdown of Android's business model (hint: it's profitable), muses about video calling, and gives us a look at that crazy new 3D-capable Google Maps app
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: allthingsd, business, engadget, francisco, items, nexus, nexus's, official, opportunity, san, tablet
Dell Streak: $500 unlocked in US, available next month
We've just learned at D8 today that Dell will be offering the Streak to US customers direct from its website -- unlocked -- starting next month for $500. That's later than the June 4 date that UK customers will be enjoying, but it's earlier than it could've been -- Dell had merely been giving "later this Summer" guidance previously.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: allthingsd, breaking-news, breakingnews, customers, dell, friend-via, guidance, result, streak, summer
Steve Jobs’ D8 interview: the video highlights
Sure, you read our liveblog of Steve Jobs' D8 conference -- and believe us, it's heavily quotable -- but don't you want to see and hear the Apple CEO claim HyperCard was huge in its day? Or perhaps your more interested in his thoughts on Flash, market cap, and the iPad origins -- either way, videos are after the break, with presumably more to come from All Things D . Update: Four new videos have been added! Continue reading Steve Jobs' D8 interview: the video highlights Steve Jobs' D8 interview: the video highlights originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:47:00 EST
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: allthingsd, allthingsd2010, apple, ceo, d8conference, entry, flash, iphoneos, market, stevejobs, thoughts
Steve Jobs: iPhone OS ‘started on a tablet’
Well, Steve Jobs just dropped a little nugget of history on us during his chat with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the All Things D conference. When asked by Walt why they originally put their new OS on a phone and not a tablet, Steve said, "I'll tell you a secret. It began with the tablet." After working on the tablet OS which had a glass display and multitouch, another idea occurred to Jobs
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: all things d, allthingsd, apple, entry, ipad, iphone, iphone os, little-nugget, live, originally-put, Steve, steve-jobs, tablet