Tag Archives: Nexus One

2012 could be a dangerous year for Android

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Ian Betteridge

Google exec hints Android 5.0 will launch in the autumn: Speaking to Computerworld, Hiroshi Lockheimer, vice president of engineering for mobile at Google, suggested Android 5.0 will launch in the fall. He stated “In general, the Android release cadence is one … Continue reading →

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Why the “customer” for Android is advertisers (and why it doesn’t matter)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Ian Betteridge

Gruber: It is that the consumer is Google’s product. Android is a delivery system to serve the consumer to Google’s target market — the advertisers. So Google’s customer for Android is not the consumer (with the arguable exception of the … Continue reading →

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WiFi tethering and the iPhone: Battery life?

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

John Brownlee at CoM: “It seems likely, then, that as soon as the Verizon iPhone comes out, Apple will pump an official iOS update for all devices down the pipeline, bringing the Hotspot app to all devices, including iPads. Naturally, … Continue reading →

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HTC Bravo head-to-head with Google Nexus One?

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

When I predicted that Google wouldn’t launch its own phone, one of the reasons I believed it was unlikely was that everything pointed to it being a rebadged HTC Bravo (otherwise known as the HTC Passion). While I was wrong … Continue reading →

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Google finds out retailing is harder than it looks

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

It looks like Google is finding out that being a retailer selling hardware is a bit harder than it looks: “Google is being inundated with complaints about its Nexus One phone. The touchscreen smartphone was launched on 5 January and … Continue reading →

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Fred Wilson’s brave mobile experiment

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Fred Wilson did something brave: he dictated a blog post using the voice recognition system on his Nexus One, and posted the unedited results. It was, to say the least, less than stellar: “I am dictating this blog post via … Continue reading →

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Idiot post of the day – The Roundup

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

I’ll keep updating this one as and when they come in. And boy, are they coming in. With the honourable exception of David Pogue, everyone seems to have lost all their critical faculties, journalistic skills, and in some cases basic … Continue reading →

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Idiot post of the day (The Return of TechCrunch edition)

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

OK, I wasn’t going to do this. Even I had got bored. But MG Siegler’s post on how “Apple and Google just tag teamed the US Carriers” is just breathtakingly stupid. MG, I know that you’re desperate to justify your … Continue reading →

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Google’s “business strategy” versus Apple’s actual, real business

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

If you ever wanted to read something which almost perfectly encapsulates the utter lack of business reality endemic in new media, Kim-Mai Cutler’s post on the Nexus One is it. In particular, this sentence: “Overall, incrementalism seems to be working … Continue reading →

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Tech rumours and wish fulfilment: The Google Phone and the Apple Tablet

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

There’s always been a hype-cycle, particularly with products from Apple, but something I’ve noticed recently is how the hype-cycle has changed into a world of fantasy. The two best examples of this lately are the Google Nexus One and (apparently … Continue reading →

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