Yesterday I reported that Kari Tuutti from Nokia’s Multimedia Division said Nokia was open to joining the Open Handset Alliance (the group behind Android) if it proved beneficial. Today Simon Ainslie, Nokia UK’s managing director, said: “We are having ongoing discussions with Google.” Oh snap! [Via: BBC]
Fake Steve Jobs on Android: It’s not a phone, it’s an alliance
We’ve no doubt there’s some truth in Fake Steve Jobs’ words, but somehow he managed to take its Android criticism to the next level. Certainly our favorite quote from his article involves the nature of companies in consortia which according to him “are too stupid or shitty to make a great product on their own.”…
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Details on Google “Dream” Phone – could it be the HTC Omni?
Ahh, the Google Phone (GPhone, if you will). It’s been the stuff of our dreams for quite some time, and with Google’s recent announcement that their entry into the mobile space is a mobile platform, dubbed Android, it looks like the GPhone is going to stay in our dreams. But wait, according to Forbes, Google…
Nokia open to joining the Open Handset Alliance if it proves beneficial
When asked about the possibility of joining the newly formed Mobile Handset Alliance which is developing Android, the mobile operating system for what the internet coins the Gphone, Kari Tuutti from Nokia’s Multimedia division (Nseries) said: “It’s not ruled out at all. If we would see this as beneficial, we would think about taking part…
Palm says “NO” to Android
Somehow I find Palm’s historic “NO” to Android platform making much sense — after all they’ve been investing in their own platform for years. On the other hand, Palm could certainly benefit from the affiliation with nowadays everyone’s favorite company, Google, beyond the search giant’s mobile apps. In its official statement, Palm said they are…
Shut Up: You are not allowed to praise or slam Android until the SDK comes out
I woke up today at 05:30 to a little under 1000 unread items in Google Reader. Half way through that list I just couldn’t take it anymore, people need to stop making assumptions and conclusions about Android. The SDK is not out yet. You have not seen the OS. I have not seen the OS.…
The man behind the Google Phone: Andy Rubin
The New York Times has a piece on the man who is building Google’s Mobile OS behind closed doors, Andy Rubin. If I wasn’t drooling already over the concept of a Google Phone, this article just makes me want to run up to this guy and hug him. He is a 10 year old in…
On Monday Google will announce Android, their mobile phone platform *UPDATE*
If this blog post over at C|Net is to be believed then on Monday Google will announce to the public their plans for creating a mobile phone operating system platform. Partners in what Google is calling the “Open Handset Alliance” include KDDI and NTT DoCoMo and 30 others. The platform will supposedly be open source…
Google is about to make some moves in the mobile industry – Google Phone announcement in mid-November?
Word on the street has it that Google is set to finally firm up all the rumors surrounding the search giant’s entry into the super-competitive mobile market. According to “sources,” The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is planning to officially announce its plans for the wireless industry “within the next two weeks” –…