From Recession Delays Motorola Cellphone Spinoff, More Cuts Coming (MOT) (Sillicon Alley Insider): 8:24 Have had too much complexity. Today over 20 combinations of software, silicon, and UI platforms. This has resulted in high costs and portfolio gaps in 3G, smartphones, very low…
Call it 3G’s weakness, its Achilles’ heel, or 3G’s worst enemy…. ==> Power consumption Ironic it is, having a 3G device, but forcing it to 2.5G, to have a usable handset over time… After a 1-day test running on EDGE vs. 3G/UMTS on…
A reminder that next Monday Nov 3rd is the 2008 Mobile 2.0 event in San Francisco. The event has two tracks, a day long Business/VC-oriented track and a Builder Track in the afternoon. I’ll be charing the first panel of the Builder Track…
So I got an Android G1 handset. Cool. I’ve been using it for 2 3 days now. Overall I think it is a fine handset and mobile environment with great potential. Below are my quick first impressions: the good, the bad and the…
I’ve created a Google Group for Android Dev Austin. If you are interested in Android you should register. This list will be used for Android Dev Austin related news and events, including future AndroidDevCamp for Austin. Here is the info: Group URL: http://groups.google.com/group/android-dev-austin…
Great read Why Start a Startup in a Bad Economy by Paul Graham. Which means that what matters is who you are, not when you do it. If you’re the right sort of person, you’ll win even in a bad economy. And if…
Following Dean Terry (therefore) via Twitter, two interesting quotes caught me eye… as I couldn’t agree more: Mark Louison (Nokia): …user friendly, useful, beautiful applications will drive the entire mobile space – not hardware, bandwidth, etc. Roland Shah (Ericsson): …the power in the…
This week is the 2008 Texas Wireless Summit. OCTOBER 14-16, 2008 AUSTIN, TEXAS USA www.twsummit.com Friends of MobileMonday get $200 discount. REGISTER NOW at http://www.twsummit.com/register/ to attend and use discount code TWS08200D to get the $200 discount. Speakers include: Michael Bayle, Senior Director,…
Richard Garriot, a big name in Austin tech and gaming community, and gaming industry worldwide, founder of Origin Systems and other gaming companies, and creator of titles such as Ultima Online and many others, British citizen by birth, who is son of Owen…
Pretty awesome video of SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket Launch #4. As I understand it, SpaceX is the first private company (non-government involvement), to reach true orbital flight. Listen to the team cheering in the background as each major phase of the launch occurs……
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