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Entries from October 2008

Google’s Evolutionary Shift: Android

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Technorati Tags: Google Android,T-Mobile G1,Open Mobile,Open Source
Yesterday Google announced that the Android code was officially “open source.”   Today, T-Mobile started selling the G1 smart-phone in the U.S.   The T-Mobile G1 phone uses the Google Android operating system.   I think that today will be viewed historically as a “time shift” for mobile and mobile computing.   Why?  [...]

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Tags: Broadband · Cell Phones · Google · Open Mobile · T-Mobile

What does “Open” mean for mobile?

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

There has been a great deal of talk about open mobile applications, devices and access since last year’s FCC 700Mhz auction order for open mobile devices.  The open  mobile proposal was teed up by Google as a requirement for the successful bidder of the 700Mhz C Block.   The C Block covered the nation with a [...]

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Tags: Cell Phones · Courts · FCC · Open Mobile · Telecom