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 [...]

Google Chrome already represents more than 10% of gdgt’s traffic!

Damn, if our numbers are anything to go by (and I’m not saying they are), the adoption rate of Google’s Chrome among the geek-set has been absolutely astonishing. Tomorrow will mark gdgt’s first week (in super soft launch mode, anyway), and about a week and a half for Chrome — and Google already represents more [...]

Page one!

Excuse me for a moment of self indulgence here, but I noticed my search referrers were going up for my first name — and as it turns out, I’ve gone from page two to page one (number ten, to be exact) for “ryan.” Okay, I know it’s nothing compared to Veronica, who claims the number [...]

Schmidt stonewalls reporter that flew cross-country for interview

It’s not too often I directly relate to CNET reporters (they’re often doing different things in different ways than us), but I totally feel for Elinor Mills — the way Eric Schmidt treated her as a member of the press is pretty weak. But worse, I’d say, is that his PR / handlers didn’t make [...]

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 [...]

Google ranks being restored; fun with algos

Last week’s Google ranking smackdown hit a lot of high profile sites (Engadget included). Was it just been an unfortunate fluke, or did it spring a bunch of these publications (Engadget included) into action, encouraging them to take a closer look at how Google perceives their sites? I’m not entirely sure which, but it looks [...]