A prototype for a mystery Android touch phone is making the rounds thanks to video from BBC. BBC says the prototype device was manufactured by a Google partner and moves towards touch screen. The mystery device is driven by a touchscreen and includes a minimal set of physical controls.
Ubergizmo has a photo look at Google's new user interface for Gmail . Google has updated interface with ajax code to avoid page refreshes.
"We also implemented two of the coolest and most requested features for this release: pre-fetching and auto-complete. Now when you use Google on your iPhone, Gmail will automatically pre-load all your most recent messages for you. So when you decide to read a message it will be on your screen in a snap... "
"With auto-complete you can often get the right email address on your screen within 2-3 key strokes."
The New York Times says that there won't be a Google Phone, despite all the gossip pointing to one. .
Miguel Helft, for NYT report, says :
In short, Google is not creating a gadget to rival the iPhone, but rather creating software that will be an alternative to Windows Mobile from Microsoft and other operating systems, which are built into phones sold by many manufacturers. And unlike Microsoft, Google is not expected to charge phone makers a licensing fee for the software.
The White Space Coalition, (which include the biggies like Microsoft and Google, as well as HP, Dell, Intel
banding together for open-airwaves internet access); This promising tech transmits broadband-speed data in the "white space" between existing television signals, but failed its initial FCC testing by causing static on nearby channels.
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has hit back at Goggle , after the search giant filed a complaint with the Department of Justice in December, claiming a feature built into Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system that allows users to search a computer's hard drive did not leave room for competition from other desktop search applications.
Digitimes is reporting that High Tech Computer (HTC) is manufacturing Google handsets with shipments at the end of 2007. The makers also said the shipment volume will reach as high as one million units.
The Google handset will support Texas Instruments' (TI) 3G platform and EDGE, pointed out the makers. The handset, however, will not feature GPS functionality. The device will also feature built-in G-mail and Google search.
Software giant Microsoft is reportedly urging regulators to look into Google’s plan to buy DoubleClick, an online advertising company.
Microsoft contends that the $3.1 billion deal, announced on Friday, would hurt competition in the fast-growing market for advertising on the Web and raises questions about how much personal information would be collected by Google, already a dominant player in online advertising.
Bradford L. Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, said in an interview yesterday that Google’s purchase of DoubleClick would combine the two largest online advertising distributors and thus “substantially reduce competition in the advertising market on the Web.”
Google and Dell have reached an agreement to install Google software on millions of new Dell computers over the next few years, Google's chief executive said on Thursday.
The executive, Eric E. Schmidt, said the arrangement meant that Google's search toolbar would appear on the screens of new Dell systems, and that Dell users would be directed to a Web page branded by the two companies reports NYTIMES.
Microsoft is hawking its Live Search software to businesses in a bid to grab some of Google's market share.
The new product binds together previously separate searches, including Windows Desktop Search, intranet search from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and an internet search, among others reports Vunet.
"Information workers tell us they need more than an internet search box," said Kevin Johnson, co-president of the platforms and services division at Microsoft.
"They want simple tools that help them effectively manage information stored in multiple locations and that give them quick access to relevant data and people through actionable results, not just lists of links."
Nokia has introduced a new software upgrade for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. The upgraded features of the introduced OS 2006 edition include support for rich Internet communications, including pre-installed Google Talk(TM) - all on a portable broadband mobile device. Google Talk(TM) is Google's free instant messaging service that enables people to chat and make calls through the Internet.
Additional features of the new software edition include enhanced text typing with full-screen finger keyboard, improved memory performance and refreshed look. There is also an improved home view desktop allowing users to choose from a variety of small applets to enable fast access to Internet services.
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