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POPSReasons Not To Make An IPhone Application iPhone apps aren't a sure thing, Ad Age cautions marketers. That said, as CTIA--the big wireless trade show--kicks off this week, there's sure to be a lot of news surrounding new iPhone apps.
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POPSSamsung Beats Motorola in U.S. Cellphones A sad day for Motorola, which, despite all its problems, had managed to hold on to its No. 1 ranking in U.S. cellphones for the past several quarters. For Samsung, it's a historic first. Both companies are planning to roll out Android phones in the next year. It will be interesting to see their different takes on the platform.
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POPSGiant Android Touches Down At Google HQ As the world knows, the Google phone has landed, hitting stores today. Yesterday, a large, foam Android statue also landed--on Google's lawn. And, on Monday, a group of Android fans produced a rap tribute to the phone/mobile platform, complete with a (catchy?) female hook. Who else plans to join the cult of Android?
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POPSBuyer's Guide To Android Vs. iPhone Lifehacker produced a useful side-by-side comparison that, unfortunately, didn't copy well because of its formatting. Click through for the chart which lists price, storage, screen size, hardware specs and features like camera and browser type.
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POPSMeet The Guys Behind AndroidGuys ...in this New York Times mini-profile of AndroidGuys.com. The site is a one-stop shop for information about Google's Android project. I've interviewed both "Android guys" --Jamie and Scott--for stories.
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POPSGoogle's Newest Frienemy: Verizon After sparring off and on over wireless spectrum last year, Google and Verizon Wireless are close to a deal that would make Google the default search engine on Verizon phones, says the WSJ. The match-up makes sense. Carriers are betting big on the mobile Web and placing a Google search bar on the screen of its phones should encourage people to log on from their phones. There's also some "enemy of my enemy" logic: Verizon rival AT&T already has a pact with Google rival Yahoo! More interesting is what other alliances could follow, such as Verizon support for Google's Android project.
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POPSWhy We Write About The iPhone (And Android) UK tech site Silicon.com nicely explicates the media obsession with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android. In short: they are shaking up the wireless market and embody important trends for the industry's future.
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POPSGoogle Shows Off Near-Final Android Software Today's demo was the most comprehensive yet from Google, giving a good sense of what Android's software will look like when it debuts later this year. A shot of the Android home screen is to the right. No sign of Android phones, though.
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POPSGoogle's Android Attracts 1,788 Developers For an idea of what you'll get to play with on your Google Android phone when they debut this fall or winter, check out what developers have submitted in the first round of Google's $10 million Android Developer Challenge: games, social-networking apps, productivity programs.
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POPSNo Firefox For iPhone The iPhone's current platform, says Mozilla, is too restrictive to make the match work. Open access should help Firefox uptake on other platforms/networks, though.
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POPSHow To Build An Android-Themed PC Inspired by the (admittedly very cute) logo for Google's Android mobile operating system, an engineer crafted an Android-themed PC. On Saturday, he sold it on eBay for $187.50--a bargain given the long process, detailed in 18 steps on his blog.
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POPSEric Schmidt's Conflict of Interest with Apple Google's lobbying efforts get the Ken Auletta treatment in this week's New Yorker. TechCrunch culls the most interesting detail -- that Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who sits on Apple's board, doesn't participate in Apple discussions on mobile phone strategy because of potential interference with Google's mobile ambitions. Is the move commendable? Or counterproductive?
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