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pedrosantosjr says...

Nov 27, 2009

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Some of my favorite phone designs - five of them, actually

I was watching old phone reviews on CNET last night, and upon waking up today I just thought of listing some of my favorite phones, based on hardware design. Here are five of them, in no particular order.

1. The HTC HD2: This phone could very well be the most beautiful piece of hardware I have ever seen. There's something about its simplicity, the clean lines, the brushed aluminum, that hugeness-wideness-thinness - it's just so beautiful it has got to be the ultimate of something. Too bad it's running Windows Mobile.

2. The Motorola DROID: This is one the most daring phone designs I have ever seen. The angles are sharp, the lines are cruel, the design is very unapologetic. It's definitely a statement, and a very powerful one at that.

3. The Palm Pixi: The Palm Pixi may be doomed to failure (Gizmodo calls its existence a cruel joke) but it will never die unappreciated. The design is so simple, it's almost a no-brainer - and yet no one has done it like this before. It just looks clean and fun to use. I love the soft-touch back, the front...hey, I love all angles of this phone. Easily the best-looking phone from Palm.

4. The Motorola CLIQ: It may have been permanently eclipsed by its bigger DROID brother, but the CLIQ is still one of my favorite phones in terms of hardware design. It was the first real lust-worthy Android phone (after the European HTC Hero, that is). The keyboard looks fun to use, the glowing Motorola logo on its back is nice. The phone may not stand out too much from the curent crowd of phones, but it is definitely well-designed.

5. The HTC Hero: And I mean the European version, not the uglified Sprint version. Who can forget this phone? This is probably the best implementation of HTC's trademark chin. At the time of launch (pre-DROID era), it was super-fresh and super-daring, not something that the world has seen before. Its vicious, sharp chin was really something to look at. Definitely a classic.

That's it for some of my favorite phone designs. There are a lot more, but these are the ones that immediately came to my mind. All images, by the way, are from Engadget.

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oracio says...

Nov 24, 2009

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mlevit says...

Nov 23, 2009

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Android Now Makes Up 11 Percent Of World Wide Smartphone Web Traffic

On a global basis, the iPhone OS now accounts for 50 percent of all mobile traffic, up from 43 percent the month before. Android has an 11 percent global share, which makes it third globally after Nokia/Symbian’s 25 percent share. The U.S. makes up 49 percent of all the mobile Web traffic, according to AdMob’s stats. Thus strength in the U.S. translates to strength in the worldwide numbers.

As major new carriers come onboard, the numbers can shift dramatically. Since Verizon launched the Droid two weeks ago, that single device now makes up 24 percent of all Android mobile Web traffic. The HTC Dream, which is the oldest Android device, is the only one with more, at 36 percent of Android traffic. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Droid passes that within the next two weeks.

via techcrunch.com

It's great to see some competition to the iPhone. The iPhone clearly dominates the world as far as smartphones go with a massive 50% of the market.

But with the release of Android 2.0 and the rise of Android based handsets I think this number could start changing. Interesting figures nonetheless. Maybe with this increased pressure, Apple might actually start releasing worthy upgrades to their phone.

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Ben says...

Nov 23, 2009

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My boss just handed me this IBM themed matryoshka doll

It's advertising their DB2 database format.

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aricmonts says...

Nov 23, 2009

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How A Droid Came Home With Me

I didn't leave the house anticipating that I would have a new best friend upon arriving back at home.

I really went down to get a haircut, but the wait was so long, I moved on. I parked a fair ways down the street, so I started walking back toward the car.

Then the Verizon Wireless store jumped out in front of me and wouldn't let me pass without going in. Fine, I thought, this would be a great opportunity for me to check out the Droid again. (You can read my first impression here)

It wasn't long before a sales rep found my weak side and started probing with the the right questions. Before long, he informed me that I was eligible for a phone upgrade and that the contract was a non-issue.

Then he really got heavy, he put a Blackberry Bold next to the Droid and started pointing out the features:

Video: The Blackberry seemed tiny and not designed for video. The Droid was theatre like and the sound awesome (it has a real speaker!) Droid won.

Email: The Blackberry wins for execution, but the Droid is designed to work with my Gmail account. Access to my calendar and email is just a click away. Droid narrowly won this one.

Web Browser: The rep informed me that the browser on the Droid was more robust than the Blackberry, which he said was an add-on. Droid was designed for web browsing, so it wins hands down.

Camera: Droid has 5mp camera vs a 3mp camera on the Blackberry. I think the Blackberry wins for quality here, the Droid camera just doesn't take as sharp of a picture as the Blackberry, despite the larger censor size. Blackberry wins.

Apps: The sales rep pointed to the "Market" icon on the Droid and asked me to find a few apps that I liked. Then he asked me to find a few apps that were similar for Blackberry. I couldn't and discovered that the open source Android OS has a lot more apps available to it. The rep smiled. Droid Wins.

I then asked about price. For $75/mo, I can have full functionality, including 3G, wifi, unlimited data and text, and email. Sold!

So that is how a Droid came home with me. It is my new best friend and I am happy that I adopted one. In my mind, the iPhone's market just shrunk.

Grab your new friend and buy a Droid!

Note: If the ringer volume is quiet and you miss calls, reboot it. Turn it off using the power button and then turn it back on. Ringer volume will be back to normal.

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Ben says...

Nov 22, 2009

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Playing with PicSay for Android

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smarthive says...

Nov 18, 2009

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iPhone Software Designed To Specifically Control Adroids

"Adding a new wrinkle to the 'droid versus iPhone debate, a project at Keio University in Tokyo have created iPhone software specifically designed to control androids. More specifically, they've created an interface that puts control of a humanoid robot right at your fingertips.

"Walky" takes advantage of an iPhone or iPod's touchscreen to create an intuitive interface that requires virtually no learning. Your fingers simulate the robot's legs: a walking motion using the index and middle fingers makes the robot walk, tapping the screen makes it jump up and down, and a flicking motion with one finger elicits a kicking motion."

[via PopSci, more here: http://tr.im/Fgvr ]