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
Motorola Defy defies water and lives happily ever after
Want to see a smartphone take a bath?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: dust, friend-via, happily-ever, motorola, motorola defy, motoroladefy, opportunity, param-name, Proof, result, smartphone-take, waterproof, waterproof phone
Apple’s Steve Jobs: ‘no one’s going to buy’ a big phone
In response to a question at its press conference today about whether Apple could've done anything to avoid its antenna issues with the iPhone 4, Steve took the opportunity to rip on bigger rivals, saying that making a phone so big " you can't get your hand around it" helps, but that "no one's going to buy that." We're assuming he's likely talking about the latest crop of 4-, 4.3- and 5-inch phones that include the Galaxy S series, the EVO 4G , Droid X , and Dell Streak , even going so far as to call them "Hummers" (we take it you don't ever drive a Hummer, Steve?). Though ripping on the competition is to be expected, perhaps the more interesting takeaway here is that we can't realistically expect an iPhone much bigger than the 3.5-inch display they use today -- presumably that'll all be reserved for iPad territory going forward
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: antenna, apple, dell, droid x, iphone, iphone4, mind-something, motorola, opportunity, question-at-its, real, result, rivals
Charlie Kindel on Windows Phone 7: some things will be missing at launch
In the weeks since Microsoft's MIX conference, the company has obviously done a little introspection and refined its message around Windows Phone 7 -- there's no greater example of that than the fact that they simplified the name at the public's urging. Microsoft's Charlie Kindel, who's been leading up developer evangelism for the platform, has gone on record a few times recently with some interesting tidbits around their post-launch strategy, including the very good news that they want to "do the right thing" with copy / paste -- not a meaty answer to the problem , obviously, but a heartening sign that they'll end up adding a clipboard into the mix at one point or another. Managed multitasking -- something similar to what Apple has announced in iPhone OS 4.0 -- also appears to be on the docket, though it's not something we can expect in the first volley later this year.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: clipboard, copy-and-paste, gone-on-record, microsoft, opportunity, Ota, over-the-air, poison, terms, upgrade, windows, windows phone 7, windowsphone7, winpho7
MOG bringing unlimited music streaming to iPhone and Android, Rhapsody taking iPhone music offline
While we all wait patiently for Apple to concoct its own subscription-based, unlimited music streaming service (hello, Lala acquisition !), MOG is jumping on the opportunity right away. Er, almost right away.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: apple, audio, bring-unlimited, competition, desktop, digital downloads, digitaldownloads, mog, mogallaccess, music-offline, opportunity, portal, rhapsody, the-opportunity
BlackBerry Pearl 9100 to come in SureType and QWERTY flavors?
Remember Nokia's E52 and E55 ? Espoo took an interesting tactic with these two: start with the same basic phone and operating system, but offer it with two different keypad layouts (in fact, HTC did the same with its Touch Dual ). It's not a bad idea -- different strokes for different folks, right
Categories: BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, distinct, entry, folks, nokia, opportunity, pearl, pearl 9100, qwerty, strokes, the-unannounced, touch-dual, unannounced
HTC Legend breaks cover on KPN’s site for March launch
We've little doubt at this point that HTC's Legend is definitely real and likely coming to a shop near you, but now we've got what seems to be the first official confirmation by a company that would have authority on the matter.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: carrier-partner, confirmation, goodness, hero, honest, htc, jumped-the-gun, kpn, money, netherlands, opportunity, phone, senseui, words
GDC attendees getting free Droid or Nexus One, perfect for Palm’s training session
Unless you're press or a booth worker, major industry trade shows can be educational, enlightening, relaxing... dare we say even fun events that actually don't fill you with dread at their mere mention
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: attendees, dollars, droid-or-nexus, games-summit, handheld-summit, iphone, mobile, motorola, opportunity, schmoozing, session, the-opportunity, trade, training
Porsche Design working hard for the money, brings back P’9522 in black
More than a year after releasing the P'9522 , you'd think that Porsche Design would have something a little more... well, Porsche up its sleeve than just another color, but make no mistake: this latest incarnation of the pricey candybar is nothing more than a repainted version of the original. As a refresher, it's got a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, microSD expansion, a 2.8-inch display (they make it look bigger than that in the press shot, don't they?) and a fingerprint scanner up front to make sure the baddies don't get all up in your business should the phone get stolen
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: baddies, camera, engadget, fingerprint, mobile, opportunity, porsche, porschedesign, result, tradition
Rogers to offer HTC Dream owners ‘limited time opportunity’ to upgrade to Magic
A couple days ago we covered news that Rogers and HTC were going to upgrade the HTC Dream and Magic starting with an enhanced version of 1.5 in the coming weeks. Unfortunately for Dream owners, the upgrade path for that device ends at 1.5, -- as it simply doesn't have enough memory to run 2.1 -- where the Magic will carry on to 2.1 and -- potentially -- beyond. We've now heard that Rogers is looking to offer HTC Dream owners an upgrade path to the HTC Magic, and while the details are unclear as to the when and the how, it seems the price for the hardware shift will be $free.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: covered-news, days, details, entry, htcmagic, opportunity, price, really-enough, result, rogers, seems-the-price, time, upgrade