My other Android is a G1. All right, my only Android is a G1. I’m rather fond of it. A few days ago, Android Guy Ray reported that “T-Mo has stopped listing and selling the unit.” He hails the G1 for its place in smartphone history and for its place in his heart. Similarly, Devin [...]
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From Icon to…
It’s just a few semantic steps from icon to saint to death. A couple of weeks ago (in the previous post, in fact) I called the Nexus One iconic. Now arises the question: should Google kill the Nexus One? Early responses to the question (over at GigaOm) tend toward the emphatic no. Some emphasize that [...]
The Iconic Nexus One
Nexus One, this is your day. You the phone. You the Google phone, and you got the URL to prove it: http://www.google.com/phone/.
Droid Fonts
Before Droid was the name of an Android phone from Verizon and Motorola, it was the name of this collection of fonts. These fonts are available under the Apache license. There will be more about this license, and Android’s use of it, in a future post; for now, I’ll just remark that it’s a free [...]
Phones
It’s time to recognize that Android is for phones, rather than being an excuse for an icon. I’ve had a T-Mobile G1 since September. Brief review so far: good phone, in terms of the device itself and in terms of service from T-Mobile; useful for checking email, and for some other webby things; decent camera; [...]