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Is Google prepping its own Android phone?
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| In his latest "top-ten" analysis piece, eWEEK's
| Don Reisinger warns Apple that the recent
| alliance between Google and Verizon Wireless
| over Android could prove formidable indeed. In
| recent days, Verizon teased the public with ads
| about a new Droid phone (from all accounts, the
| much-rumored Motorola "Sholes," pictured at
| right in an image from the Android Guys). The
| ads provokes Apple directly over alleged
| limitations to the iPhone compared to the
| Droid.
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http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Google-Android-phone-and-AOSP/?kc=rss
Acer to release Android smartphone
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| It's based on a Snapdragon processor, likely
| clocked at 1 GHz, with 256 MB RAM. The Android
| 1.6 operating system (code named "Donut") is
| housed on its internal 512 MB Flash drive and
| there is a microSDHC slot for adding extra
| storage. The 3.5 inch capacitive touch screen
| has a resolution of 800 Ã 480 pixels.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Acer-to-release-Android-smartphone-834091.html
First Google Android netbook ships with Firefox, not Chrome!
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| And since Google has not yet come out with an
| official stable version of Chrome for Linux,
| the Android system still runs on Mozilla
| Firefox. Of course, using the default Android
| Web browser for cell phones would be quite
| inconvenient on a computer. The reviewer notes
| that while it handles most Web sites like any
| normal Windows version of Firefox would,
| sometimes, certain key commands wouldn't
| register in Google Search or Firefox.
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http://www.thinkdigit.com/Laptops-PCs/First-Google-Android-netbook-ships-with-Firefox_3574.html
Recent:
Dark Days for Windows Mobile, But Not For Open Source Platforms
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| Things are looking increasingly bad for Microsoft's Windows
| Mobile operating system, and they may be looking bad for
| Palm, too. As GigaOm notes: "Like a desperate gambler down
| to his last few chips, Palm is ditching Windows Mobile and
| going all in with its own webOS." That will leave the Pre
| as Palm's big bet in the smartphone arena, and the company
| has said that the Pre now accounts for the vast majority of
| the smartphones that it sells (823,000 units in the most
| recent quarter, in line with analyst's expectations).
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http://ostatic.com/blog/dark-days-for-windows-mobile-but-not-for-open-source-platforms
Does Microsoft Windows Mobile Have A Future?
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| Name Change = Desperation
| Even Microsoft seems to know it is in trouble. One clear sign of a failing product line
| is a name change. After using Windows Mobile since the operating system's launch at the
| turn of the millennium, the company decided that phones running version 6.5 of the
| operating system will be known as Windows phones, a subtle but telling distinction.
|
| So where will Microsoft go from here? The company has put a lot of time and money into
| its mobile OS. Because of its tight connection with Microsoft Office desktop
| applications, the operating system has had significant appeal to small and medium
| businesses. But that integration also carried a price in terms of ease of use and
| performance. And the market seems to be saying Office compatibility may no longer be
| enough to compete with faster, sexier, and easier-to-use smartphones running on other
| operating systems.
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http://www.bmighty.com/mobile/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219700387
Report: Microsoft Will Make Windows Mobile Cheaper To Compete With Open Source
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| Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will adopt a two-pronged approach to the mobile
| operating system market that will be able to compete against both the iPhone
| and Android, according to a report in DigiTimes that claims to know
| Microsoftâs Windows Mobile roadmap.
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http://moconews.net/article/419-report-microsoft-will-make-windows-mobile-cheaper-to-compete-with-open-/
Did Microsoft Just Throw WinMo Under A Bus?
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| If you're itching to buy that hot new WinMo smartphone, go for it. Just don't
| act surprised when the next version of Windows Mobile turns out to be the
| last.
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http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2009/08/did_microsoft_j.html
Microsoft's Windows Mobile: Time to Hang Up?
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| There are better ways for Microsoft to make money from smartphones than to
| keep investing in a mobile operating system that's losing share and relevance
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc2009087_110164.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_software
Is Googleâs Android Killing Windows Mobile?
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| I wonder if it will be too late for the company to make a comeback, similar
| to Zune struggling to playsanjay catch-up with the iPod. So while there is a
| lot of focus on Apple v Google, the real battle is actually between Microsoft
| Windows Mobile and Google Android. It looks like Google has drawn its first
| blood.
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http://gigaom.com/2009/07/30/is-googles-android-killing-windows-mobile/
Motorola disses Windows Mobile: Android "more competitive"
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| Handset maker Motorola has revealed plans to scale back its commitment to
| Windows Mobile as it continues to increase its investment in Google's open
| source Android mobile platform.
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http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/02/motorola-says-android-more-competitive-than-windows-mobile.ars
Motorola pushes ahead with Android phones
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| Jha praised Android, noting that 3,000 applications have already been
| developed for it. Motorola will focus on integrating messaging and social
| networking with the Android devices, he said, and will offer a range of
| devices in the high- and mid-tier price ranges. "We are probably investing as
| much as anybody on the Android platform," he added.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/article/301565/motorola_pushes_ahead_android_phones?rid=-50
Motorola Pledges Cheaper Android Phones
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| Android smart phones. Cheap Android phones. Android phones on the
| Nextel/Boost iDen network. Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha said many of next year's
| Motorola phones will run the Google Android OS in a call with analysts today,
| continuing a big bet on the Linux-based system.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2350949,00.asp
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