Google launched the first Nexus smartphone in the first half of 2010. The HTC Nexus One was well built, had one of the fastest mobile processors available at the time, and showed Google’s vision for what an Android smartphone should be at the time. More than three years later, the Google Nexus One hardware looks […]
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Brad’s mobile reporting kit (CES 2012 edition)
I’ll be spending next week in Las Vegas covering the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Since I cover mobile technology on a daily basis, I figured you might want to know what’s going in my gear bag. As it turns out, this year’s kit looks an awful lot like last year’s. I’m still using the same […]
Giving old gadgets, new life (or how to interrupt planned obsolescence)
Google recently announced that it would not be releasing a Google Android 4.0 software update for the Nexus One smartphone, because less than 20 months after release, it’s apparently “too old.” Instead, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will focus on its newer flagship phones. First it will launch first on the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus […]
Deals of the Day (5-26-11)
Today’s deals include a budget Android tablet, a few dirt-cheap netbooks, a refurbished iPod touch, and an unlocked Google Nexus One Android smartphone that’s almost cheap enough to be the Android equivalent of an iPod touch, even if you never activate the cellular capabilities. For good measure I also threw in a link to a […]
Brad’s mobile reporting kit (CES 2011 edition)
I’m on my way to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. While the show doesn’t officially kick off until Thursday, the first pre-show press conferences start on Tuesday and I’ll be there to cover news from Asus, Toshiba, NVIDIA, and others. Since I’ll be spending a week reporting from the road, I thought I’d […]
Does the fate of the Google Nexus One spell doom for the mythical Google Tablet?
There’ve been rumors going around for ages that Google plans to build a tablet. They’ve pretty much replaced the earlier rumors that Google would be bringing a netbook to market under its own name. For a long time critics could easily point out that Google is a software company and doesn’t produce consumer electronics. And […]
Google probably won’t “need to” launch its own Chrome OS netbook
Google is a software company. Google’s best known product is probably its search engine, but over the last few years the company has also launched the Google Docs online office suite, acquired YouTube, and introduced the Android operating system for smartphones, among other things. And Google is working a new operating system for netbooks called […]
Google Android 2.2 Froyo arrives: WiFi tethering, Adobe Flash, and more
Google began rolling out Android 2.2 Froyo for Google Nexus One smartphone users this weekend. It could be days or weeks before all Nexus One users get the update, but if you’re not the patient type, you can download and install Froyo manually. I’ve been playing with Froyo on my phone for a little less […]