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mysteries

Why isn't the Googlephone guy rich?

There's one thing in last Sunday's New York Times profile of Andy Rubin, the man responsible for Google's nonexistent Googlephone, that did not compute. Why isn't Rubin loaded? After all, he cofounded WebTV, which Microsoft bought in 1997 for $400 million. He should have raked in more than enough from that success to fund Android, the mobile-phone startup Google bought in 2005. Instead, Rubin had to hit up his friend and WebTV cofounder Steve Perlman for a $100,000 loan. Where did the money go? One insider sneers, "Too many ex-wives cleaned him out." Anyone know if that's all there is to the story? (Photo by Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

7:50 AM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Owen Thomas
1,350 views, 4 comments

Latest by n/a: @billo: "millions of dollars == rich", only in Idaho, Montana, and the like. Even there in "flyover" country, it's becoming less so, what with all the millionaire Valleyites cashing out here and moving there. Montana Sucks. more »

bad ideas

The Googlephone's missing business model

Now that we all understand that there will be no Googlephone, what are we to make of the laughable "industry initiative" Google has come up with in its place? The most notable thing about it is not who's in the Open Handset Alliance group, but who's out: Microsoft and Nokia. And why are they out? Because they already make cell-phone operating systems. Much has been made of the notion that Google will license its new cell-phone OS, Android, for free. And much has been made of the possibility that Google will introduce compelling new mobile apps. But will either promise amount to much? More »

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2:19 PM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Owen Thomas
2,172 views, 10 comments

Latest by Owen Thomas: @LT3: Oh, I axed a few other commenters recently, so I'm feeling benevolent. more »

andy rubin

Meet the man who's not making the Googlephone

You'll learn many things from the New York Times profile of Andy Rubin, the Google employee in charge of its secretive wireless project. That he has a retinal scanner on his front door, for example. Or that he almost struck a deal with telecom pioneer Craig McCaw before Google bought his latest startup, Android. What you won't learn? That Rubin actually has a Googlephone coming to the market. That, of course, is because there is no Googlephone More »

8:13 PM on Sat Nov 3 2007
By Owen Thomas
1,821 views, 13 comments

Latest by Keymaster: @zooyorq: ;) more »