Ballmer mocks Android in Australia: “blah-di-blah-di-blah”
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has publicly mocked Android at the Telstra Investor’s Day Conference in Sydney, displaying absolutely no understanding of Android or it’s open source model.
Here are some of Mr Ballmer’s choice quotes when questioned about Android;
“They (Google) can hire smart guys, hire smart people, blah-di-blah-di-blah.”
“I don’t really understand their strategy … if I [...]
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T-Mobile has pre-sold 1.5 million G1 Android smartphones? Maybe….
According to a post at Pulse2.com and one at The Motley Fool, T-Mobile has already pre-sold 1.5 million T-Mobile G1 smartphones. That’s a pretty impressive number by anybody’s estimation. Neither site is saying who the source of this number is, though, so we might have to take it with a grain of salt.
My [...]
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Microsoft’s Steve Balmer is not impressed
In an interview with the BBC, Microsoft’s Steve Balmer gave his opinions on the Google Android platform. Needless to say, big Steve is not exactly impressed.
You’ve got to remember Android is version one….and it looks like version one.
He later added:
They’ve got one handset maker, we’ve got 55. They’re available through one operator, we’ve got [...]
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Fortune: Palm needs Android
Fortune Magazine’s Jon Fortt is marking the case that Palm needs Android to survive. Palm has seen its own OS delayed time and time again, and has been relying on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS as well as an ancient version of the Palm OS that hasn’t changed in years.
Fortt argues that the benefits of [...]
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T-Mobile G1 to be available in black, white, and….brown?
Ewwwww. Brown?
TmoNews has received a photo of a list of T-Mobile SKUs that includes three entries for the upcoming Google Android powered G1 smartphone. The three entries indicate that the T-Mobile G1 will be available in black and white color schemes, which we’ve seen before, and also in brown. Brown? Really? [...]
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THEM:Android will/will-not be ready for Q4. US:Puhleeze shut up
Just say no to idiots
You may have noticed that I haven’t been covering every single instance of some random analyst claiming to have sources that say that Google or HTC will or will not be ready in time for a promised Q4 Android launch date. I also feel no need to get all journalistic [...]
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