Google exec calls Android acquisition its ‘best deal ever’
It's easy to forget at this point, but Android wasn't a Google creation. Google bought the company in 2005 for an undisclosed sum (estimated to be around $50 million) and, well, let's just say things worked out pretty well for them
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: acquisition, attendees, david-lawee, engadget, entry, exec, initial, result, rubin, skepticism, undisclosed, vice, vice president
Palm confirms new devices, webOS upgrade
Ever since HP CEO Mark Hurd said he wasn't interested in smartphones , it's like the company's been making up for lost time -- first by denying the exec's predilections, and more recently by actually asking us to speculate wildly . Now Palm's Developer Relations team has reportedly stepped in to confirm that speculation, telling devs that future devices and a new version of webOS are on the way. While there's no knowing if those devices are smartphones or when we might see them, we're told to expect a "very exciting" next year
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: been-making, developer, devs, exec, new-version, predilections, relations, result, speculation, telling-devs
Samsung Exec launched for US Cellular, suggests WinMo ain’t dead yet
You probably won't hear Microsoft lauding this thing too much -- it's got bigger fish to fry at the moment -- but Samsung and US Cellular have just teamed up to launch the i225 Exec, a simple Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard-based smartphone with a portrait QWERTY keyboard. It's got a 2 megapixel camera and microSD expansion up to 32GB (assuming you can actually track down a 32GB SanDisk card ), but otherwise, this is about as straightforward and basic as a modern smartphone can get -- no frills, just straight-up touchscreen-free legacy WinMo action. It's available right now for $99.95 on a new two-year contract after $70 rebate
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: engadget-mobile, entry, exec, jsp, microsoft, mobile, phones, qwerty, result, sch-i225, uscellular, windows mobile 6.5, winmo 6.5, wm6.5