Apple Slashes iPhone Price And Dials Up An iPhone-Like iPod
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| Speaking about the Wi-Fi feature, Jobs made a dig at Microsoft's rival Zune
| media player. "Some others have done this, and it's failed," he said. "We
| took a long look at this and think we understand why it failed and think we
| know what to do to make it successful."
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/070905/tech.html?.v=1
Techs gain ground; Apple falls on iPhone concerns
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| "Apple's iPhone is suffering from significant strategic and tactical missteps
| and Apple is probably unlikely to achieve the stated 10 million unit goal by
| the end of 2008," wrote analyst Trip Chowdhry. "Consumers are questioning the
| value of Apple's iPhone."
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/techs-gain-ground-apple-falls/story.aspx?guid=%7B9600B117-1743-4269-9520-E5078D549A1F%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/3yuhz9
Here's an article about Google's Linux-based phone. The following is amusing
(unless Google has begun forking and developing its over derivative of Linux):
Getting Inside Google's gPhone
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| So what's really lurking behind those trees? A source familiar with the
| situation tells BusinessWeek.com that Google may be preparing a new mobile
| platform, a would-be rival to the Nokia-dominated Symbian OS,
| Microsoft's Windows Mobile, mobile Linux, Palm, and other
| operating systems.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2007/tc2007095_107344.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
Related:
Five Facts About Google Phone
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| Initially there was one prototype, but over past few months Google has the
| mobile OS running on 3-to-5 devices, most of them likely made by HTC, a
| mobile phone maker, and all have Qwerty apps. The model that folks have seen
| is very similar to the T-Mobile Dash. Around 3GSM, there were rumors that
| Google, Orange and HTC were working together on mobile devices.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/09/03/google-phone-facts/
Linux Sees 'Astronomic' Growth in Mobile Devices
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| "We were very aware that the growth in mobile for Linux was huge, but we
| didn't know it was so astronomic," Amanda McPherson, marketing director for
| the Linux Foundation, told LinuxInsider. "These are very encouraging
| numbers." Why Linux has drawn significant support from the community of
| handset manufacturers can be explained on several fronts, McPherson said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59162.html
Forget iPhone, the Gphone is here
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| Google, the nearly $13.5 billion search engine major, is believed to be a
| fortnight away from the worldwide launch of its much-awaited Google Phone
| (Gphone) and has started talks with service providers in India for an
| exclusive launch on one of their networks.
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http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/aug/24gphone.htm
Google spending hundreds of millions on mobile
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| Anian, a Reuters company that tracks industry trends for institutional
| investors, reported last month that Google had engaged Taiwan's High Tech
| Computer Corpto design a Linux
| software-based phone for launch in the first quarter of 2008.
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http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN02242073
Closed iPhone opens road for Linux phones
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| With iPhone a closed platform, Linux gets an wide-open road for phones and
| other smart devices
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2007/08/apple_gives_lin.html?source=rss
My summer fling with iPhone
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| So like many a summer fling, the iPhone has left me with a tinge of
| disappointment. But since I am locked into a long-term relationship, I am
| trying to make the best of it.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9764195-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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