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We covered a lot of this on the liveblog, but if a picture says a thousand words, then a movie must say, like, a million. You can see the picture framing, moving applications, buying tunes off the Amazon MP3 store, listening to ‘em, instant messaging, contact management, mapping, and how Android handles a bunch of other stuff on the T-Mobile G1. One thing I hadn’t noticed before was the Search key, letting you quickly make a Web or Address Book search depending on what app was open.
The video closes off by bragging about providing the “full web experience you’re used to on a computer”, which is a trap that the iPhone fell into in its marketing strategy as well. The fact is, there will always be some compromises to make for screen size, processor and bandwidth that will make anything shy of a netbook really capable of doing desktop browsing justice. Windows Mobile has really latched onto the idea that miniaturizing a computer automatically makes it mobile-friendly, but I really hope Android doesn’t make the same mistake.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
