Posted on May 30, 2009 by Mark Urbin
Andy Rubin, Google’s senior director for mobile platforms claims that Android will be on 18-20 mobile phones from over a half dozen manufactures by the end of the year.
It will be interesting to see how much of the iPhone/Blackberry Smart Phone market all the G-Phones manages to get.
Google’s Android on more platforms than WINCE (or Window [...]
Filed under: Android, Google, Operating Systems, cell phone tech | Tagged: Android, cell phone, Google, Operating System, Smart Phone | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 22, 2009 by Mark Urbin
I hear that netbook sales have flattened. The pundits blame it on market saturation. I blame it on manufacturers missing the whole point.
I was at a large compute store the other day and all the “netbooks” they had were running full versions of XP and 120 Gig or larger spinning hard drives.
The netbooks that sold [...]
Filed under: Android, netbook | Tagged: Android, netbook, Operating System | 4 Comments »
Posted on May 20, 2009 by Mark Urbin
The U.S. Air Forces has dropped the ball on this one. It is reported that GPS satellites could start dropping next year, and the USAF, who maintains the system, may not have replacement satellites ready for launch.
This is seriously bad project management on the part of the USAF. This is a vital system that the [...]
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Posted on May 6, 2009 by Mark Urbin
Microsoft is rushing to get Windows7 out the door. One reason is so they can push it into the netbook market.
Netbook manufacturers have been looking at alternate OS solutions, including Google’s Android (it’s not just for Cell Phones anymore).
The latest rumor is that Dell is working on an Android based netbook.
If a major retailer like [...]
Filed under: Android, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Windows7, netbook, tech rumors | Tagged: Android, computer, netbook, Operating System, rumor | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 4, 2009 by Mark Urbin
The Vista OS has not been good for Microsoft. Pushed out quickly into the supply chain, new Vista users found a very different GUI, old reliable programs that would no longer run, digital music they had purchased would no longer play due to DRM issues, and a new version of Office that required a fair [...]
Filed under: Microsoft, Operating Systems, Windows7 | Tagged: Microsoft, Operating System, Vista, Windows 7 | 4 Comments »
