Posts with tag: Android
A day with the T-Mobile G1
Okay, I’m way late in getting my hands on a T-Mobile G1 (the crew in NY got to check it out eons ago), but I did get to spend a day with one all to myself, and by popular Twitter demand, here are some (very) brief impressions.
Hardware
A lot smaller than I thought it’d be. [...]
T-Mobile G1 / Android bits you may not have caught
Just a few bits on today’s monumental T-Mobile G1 / Android / HTC Googlephone / funnererest handset evar announcement that may have gone under the radar.
T-Mobile claims G1s will be SIM-locked (no surprise). But hey, the software platform is completely open source; I can’t wait to see how they think they’ll protect against that.
T-Mobile claims [...]
Android using Java VM for apps — whatever!
I can’t be the only one who’s disappointed with Android using Java as its application layer environment, can I? I’d heard in advance they were doing this but kind of didn’t want to believe it. Sure, props to their team for deconstructing and redeveloping Java in a pared-down, supposedly extremely efficient environment they’re calling the [...]
Strange, wonderful stuff from a completely crazy day
What a bizarre day. Among other things…
Veronica’s show finally launched! I love it. The coming episodes are pure gold.
I got to interview #3 on my “most wanted” list — look for that on Engadget soon.
Google announces its long-awaited mobile platform. For the second time this year I’m genuinely stoked about the mobile space.
(Side note on [...]
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