(Added OT to the subject line) Nice apps indeed! Oh the Gphone manufacturers will sell more units than Apple sells iPhones, no doubt about that, I just don't think they will kill the iPhone --open source Linux machines haven't killed the Mac have they? Especially since they are not multitouch. As I said that pinching trick is an enormous plus IMHO, I hope/expect we'll soon see it implemented on full fledged tablet computers which anyone's grandmother will be able to use to read her newspaper or place an order at the grocer's
Anyway competition is a good thing for us end users, e.g. it will bring down the cost of unlimited data plans, which I understand is ridiculous in some places, although not here for some reason, here in France you can have unlimited 3G data on a phone --and thus, if you are a little wicked, on a fixed or mobile computer ;) -- for as little as 9 Euros/month :) Michel 2008/9/18 Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You think not? > > Based on market cap of over $4,000,000,000 this year for downloaded > ringtones alone, I think an OS phone will consume the Apple tree. :-) > > Here is a gander at the ice which floats above the water: > > http://code.google.com/android/adc.html > > Imagine what hides below. > > Terry > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:06 AM, Michel Jullian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am not sure it will be able to swallow the Apple all at once but it >> looks quite nice, see: >> >> http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=rPIHeIRRDow >> >> where Andy Rubin, chief of Mobile at Google, creator of Android, >> demoes it to a BBC interviewer on an unmasked touch screen phone >> (probably an early version of the HTC Dream). >> >> Unfortunately it lacks the iPhone's gorgeous multitouch feature and >> associated magical two-finger stretching/pinching zoom commands, so >> things such as web and photo browsing may not be quite as practical. >> OTOH the HTC Dream is said to feature a real keyboard sliding out from >> under the screen, but I wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone's >> on-screen virtual keyboard turned out to be a better experience >> overall, if only because punctuation, figures and accented characters >> are much easier to access. >> >> Michel >> >> 2008/9/18 Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> On a lighter note, the first Android was revealed today, sort of: >>> >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/09/17/dlgoogle117.xml >>> >>> Google demos Android phone at developer day >>> >>> By Claudine Beaumont >>> Last Updated: 6:01am BST 17/09/2008 >>> >>> Search giant Google has shown off its new "Google phone" operating >>> system ahead of the device's official launch in New York next Tuesday. >>> # Google HTC Android phone to be unveiled >>> # Telegraph Digital Life homepage >>> >>> Mike Jennings, one of the development team behind the Android >>> operating system, gave attendees at a Google Developer Day conference >>> a glimpse of how to design software for the device. >>> The Google HTC Android phone >>> >>> He created a simple game showing a blue dot bouncing around the >>> phone's screen, which moved as the handset was tilted. >>> >>> Although the phone was obscured by masking tape, it is reported to >>> have looked like the Dream, a handset developed by Taiwanese >>> manufacturer HTC, which is expected to be the first commercially >>> available mobile phone to run Android. >>> >>> Google and T-Mobile are holding a joint press conference in New York >>> next Tuesday, at which they are expected to confirm the launch of the >>> HTC Dream and reveal further pricing information as well as details >>> about the phone's final operating system. >>> >>> <more> >>> >>> There's a worm in the Apple. ;-) >>> >>> Terry >>> >>> >> >> > >
