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plenty of phones run gmail, googlemaps

Right but how many support them in their native forms as opposed to as a special app (as google's are)

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Yay, bad jokes!

10:28 am hangs up
10:27 am oh sorry - wrong number
10:27 am orders 4000 latte's to go
crowd laughs
10:27 am presses a button and calls starbucks
10:27 am finds a nearby starbucks
10:27 am finds moscone west

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Google maps has always been rubbish, the cartography is absolutely dire.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

You're such an earnest blogger, Jon.

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0212.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

presumably the yahoo account can check other accounts.
Yeh, I'd guess so. Although that's going to be just as out-of-sync as POPing gmail.

I have this, sort of, on my blackberry, and it's not that bad.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

10:28 am showing washington monument - real picture from satellite
10:28 am google maps supports staellite images
10:28 am after all the tapping, screen is still clear
10:28 am finds washington monument

IE, another big surprise.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Mr. Shasta you also did not believe that the playstation 3 was going to tank like the overpriced piece of shit it is. Who cares about phone geeks? This is for people who suck at machines.

― TOMB07 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link

10:27 am presses a button and calls starbucks
10:27 am finds a nearby starbucks

HELLO NU SEMANTIC WEB!!!

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

10:29 am all these amazing things - a breakthrough
10:29 am phone
10:29 am now colosseum in Rome

― g00blar (gooblar), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Wrapping up now, typical rubbish.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

10:31 am if we merged - would it be applegoog?
10:31 am Google CEO Eric Schmidt on stage now
10:31 am google - search built in, maps, thrilled with the results

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Looking at this thing it becomes strikingly clear why they crippled the ROKR so horribly. They didn't give a shit! Motorola got TOOKED.

― TOMB07 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

10:30 by the way, we also sell computers

This is going to be a big mac driver as you'll get limited functionality with windows.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Google CEO onstage to announce activation of SkyNet

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Mr. Shasta you also did not believe that the playstation 3 was going to tank like the overpriced piece of shit it is. Who cares about phone geeks? This is for people who suck at machines.

EXACTLY: In a year, we'll have more apps are ported to this thing than there are Symbian apps. It'll be close behind Windows Mobile.

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Ned so quick to slip back into the Zzzzzs

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

10:32 am talking about collaboration
10:32 am wimax is coming
10:32 am merge without merging

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Ned so quick to slip back into the Zzzzzs

The bridging bits between the info = yugh.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

EXACTLY: In a year, we'll have more apps are ported to this thing than there are Symbian apps. It'll be close behind Windows Mobile.

And it might even be able to hand off between cells without crashing.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Which this is in some respects. "Collaboration, partnership, world conquest, etc."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

or run a web browser without resetting. xp

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Yahoo buttering up now happening.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

This is like Jobs' 'two chicks at the same time' fantasy.

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

10:35 am mail is a killer app on phone
10:35 am yahoo go - yahoo one search
10:35 am incredible devices - would love to partner with apple
10:35 am yahoo search built in, yahoo imap mail - Jerry Yang co-founder of Yahoo

Etc. etc.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

This is like Jobs' 'two chicks at the same time' fantasy.

HAHAHA perfect!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

"Entry-level phone applet development is now HTML/CSS/Javascript and some design skills"

NuILX widget for fighting on internet from train on the way.

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

More tongue baths happening.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0224.jpg

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/dsc_0225.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Yahoo in "we're still relevant. no really!" non-shocka.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

So BTW, I'm pissed off at Nokia:
http://jaaksi.blogspot.com/2007/01/more-from-vegas.html

They just don't get it. Why will I buy another device from them to see support, upgrades and new applications for their older devices die off (gah Symbian)

― roc u like a § (ex machina), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

More Phil Schiller, thrills.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Anyone read the Dell Keynote from CES, didn't think so.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Nokia smartphones are fucked, surely. Did you buy the 770 Jon?

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

10:39 am works like iphoto
10:39 am looking for providence photo - emails it to Jon while still on the phone with him
10:39 am jon needs a photo - steve goes back to photos
10:38 am adds him to address book
10:38 am Jon Williams calling
10:38 am listening to noize - call comes in, music fades out

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Why will I buy another device from them to see support, upgrades and new applications for their older devices die off

UH THIS IS AN APPLE THREAD.

― TOMB07 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link

10:41 am showing blackberries, etc
10:41 am compares to other phones - laughter
10:41 am how does this stack up?

PRICE DAMMIT

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link

10:43 am bluetooth acc.
10:43 am accessories for iphone
look like ipod headphones. but have mic switch
10:42 am comparing features, after today, people won't thing those phones are very smart
10:42 am other handhelds look bad

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link

$299!

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link

5 hours battery life. UH

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

xp - no wai

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

AAPL is now up $4.63

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

$29.99!

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

10:44 am multitouch screen - 1st
10:44 am pushing the state of the art in every facet
10:43 am 16 hours just for audio
10:43 am 5 hours of battery life
10:43 am bluetooth headset - very small - looks like a pen cap

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

AAPL normally goes down on keynote day.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

10:43 am 16 hours just for audio
10:43 am 5 hours of battery life

Harumph...

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

iPod launch in 2001: what they said
“No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.”—CmdrTaco, Slashdot
"Sure, it looks to be a well implemented MP3 player but who cares? Apple loyals will swipe up a bunch of them but there really is little innovation to care about.” Forum poster, MacRumors.com
One of the “Top Five Worst Tech Gifts” to get for Christmas in 2001—TechTarget

“I’d call it the Cube 2.0 as it won’t sell, and be killed off in a short time… and it’s not really functional.”Forum poster, MacRumors.com

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

10:45 am advancing the state of the art of every facet
10:44 am innovating like crazy
over 200 patents in it
10:44 am precision enclosures, sensors, desktop-class apps, and widescreen interface
10:44 am miniaturization better than ever before

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

5 hours battery life? What does that mean?

― schwantz (schwantz), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

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