Mobile Lab = Nexus 1 = Google Phone

The phone is called the
Nexus One
Google by HTC Corp.,
runs Android
SOLD DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS FROM GOOGLE WEBSITE!! BRILLIANT!

Google Phone becomes official!! After rumors for all over the web. http://macspotlight.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-phone-by-google-true-or-false.html One thing is for sure, the pace at which Google is evolving is stepping on everyone's toes even their own allies. This might make HTC, Motorola & T-mobile a bit nervous... Posted by Mario Queiroz, Vice President, Product Management confirms that it is true the phone is being tested. What's not clear is why they felt that they should make their own phone rather than improve on what their partners are doing. Steve Ballmer thinks their confused and can't figure them out.

While the rest of the millions that went out to buy the dozens of new Androids and waiting for the Eclair Update 2.0. Google's on to the next one.

We recently came up with the concept of a mobile lab, which is a device that combines innovative hardware from a partner with software that runs on Android to experiment with new mobile features and capabilities, and we shared this device with Google employees across the globe. This means they get to test out a new technology and help improve it.

Unfortunately, because dogfooding is a process exclusively for Google employees, we cannot share specific product details. We hope to share more after our dogfood diet.

Posted by Mario Queiroz, Vice President, Product Management

But rest assured that whatever Apple releases this summer that's currently being tested in San Francisco might blow out the steam from this project if Google doesn't get it right.


More on the Google Phone:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703757404574592530591075444.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10414406-94.html
CNET TV Associate Producer Jason Howell, who had a very brief hands-on with the gadget Friday night and first relayed the news on Twitter, confirms that the "mobile lab" device is an HTC phone running the Android 2.1 operating system.

"I knew it was an HTC device," Howell said. "It looked like the Touch, but was a lot thinner...it was a slick-looking thing and very nice." He also spotted a trackball and four standard Android menu controls, and he said the display was "supersharp" and rivaled that on the Motorola Droid.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/12/google-phone-unlocked-confirmed/
The phone is “really, really fast,” says someone who has seen one in action. It runs on a Snapdragon chip, has a super high-resolution OLED touchscreen, is thinner than the iPhone, has no keyboard, and two mics. The mic on the back of the phone helps eliminate background noise, and it also has a “weirdly” large camera for a phone. And if you don’t like the touchscreen keyboard, a voice-to-text feature is supposed to let you dictate emails and notes by speaking directly into the phone.

Verizon Blackberry 8530 launches quietly

Research in Motion's Blackberry Curve goes for sale on Verizon Wireless online.

One of the quietest debuts for any RIM phones in a while, but will be a hard sell with the 8900, Bold and Storm on sale for a penny(all have a better camera and resolution). With the Motorola Droid, HTC Hero and iPhone GS released this summer some great RIM products are left in the storm(no pun). RIM should focus on ONE product or two and do it well then release it to the market. Some of the recent products didn't give customers a great reason to switch over and felt/were incomplete at launch.

1. The original bold went through complete plastic surgery(I believe in Germany).

2. They forgot to add the Trackpad and Wi-Fi on the Tour. %50 of people returned or exchanged the Tour due to faulty trackpads.

3. And due to outdated contract styles they released the blackberry 8530 on Verizon/Sprint, 6 months after they release the blackberry 8520 on T-Mobile.

Don't get me wrong RIM is a great company with a lot of great products and a proven history of innovation. But if they want to be the best in this game that's changed dramatically in the last two years. They will have to get their act together. The iPhone only release one phone and one upgrade this year. Their customers have little confusion over what is what. With RIM within the last 360 days we've seen, The Flip, 8900, 8520/8530, Tour, Storm 2 and Bold 2. Even more confusion on which has 3.2 mega pixel cam, 480/360 res, 3G and Wi-Fi. If the customers are confused that means the management and company are confused as well.

It's really funny how a lot of companies are copying the iPhone at every square inch. But in last two years they can't do the one thing the iPhone has done well. Make one solid product and then release it when it's ready with a bang, not quiet release.




more info on the blackberry
www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/