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Microsoft pulls best April Fools' prank yet
"People want a single phone that's flexible enough to meet their needs throughout their day, whether it's connecting to work or your everyday life." — Microsoft executive Robbie Bach, on the iPhone [Microsoft.com]
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iPhone has 0.09 percent of Web usage -- yes, that's a lot
The browser wars continue — but no one cares. Unless, that is, you're in the wireless world, where industry observers avidly watch tiny scraps of Web activity, as if they're divining prophecies from the clouds. Computerworld notes an interesting trend. Apple's iPhone browser has grabbed a 0.09 percent share, which might not seem like much until you compare it to the competition. Windows CE, which encompasses every Windows Mobile device shipped, holds a 0.06 percent share; Danger Research's Sidekick product family holds a tiny 0.02 percent share; and the Symbian S60 smartphone platform, favored by Nokia, has 0.01 percent. More »
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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 »
2:19 PM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Owen Thomas
2,184 views,
10 comments
Latest by Owen Thomas: @LT3: Oh, I axed a few other commenters recently, so I'm feeling benevolent. more »
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Confirmed! There is no Googlephone
I've been saying it for ages: There is no Googlephone. Last week, at the Web 2.0 Summit conference, I finally got confirmation that Google's not getting into the cell-phone business. How? I overheard a rep from Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, chatting up a vice president at Google. Now, I know this particular executive is utterly guileless; she wouldn't lie. And when the Foxconn rep tried to pitch her on getting a contract to make the Googlephone, she replied, flat-out, "We're not making a Googlephone." More »
11:37 AM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By Owen Thomas
9,615 views,
21 comments
Latest by Brian Lam: @egybs: Yeah, but with no new facts to add, owen had to spin it somehow. Truth is, Owen is saying the same thing you've just said. Anyone who tracked the story with half a brain should have come to the more »
