Steve Jobs Hates Android Phones

by Patrick Martin on February 2, 2010

Steve Jobs has attacked Google and Android saying that Google wanted to kill the iPhone and that Apple didn’t enter the search business so why should Google go after Apple’s core business.

Apparently he also said that Google’s “Don’t be evil” mantra is bullshit.

Jobs was talking at Apple’s Town Hall Campus in Cupertino following the announcement of the iPhone.  He made himself available for questions from Apple employees as he often does after big announcements.

Is this a sign that Apple and jobs in particular are feeling the heat from Google and Android?  They know they have a serious competitor and Jobs is just trying to dismiss them.

When Google relseased the Nexus One, Jobs said that he wasn’t worried about the competition because there was no danger of them catching up soon.  He went on to say that the iTunes store has 3billion apps.

Of course Google believe that the future is in web based applications not mobile applications, are they headed in the right direction and Apple aren’t?

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The Nexus One Dock has been Released

by Patrick Martin on February 1, 2010

Finally a dock for the Nexus One has come out.  Now you can use the phone as an alarm clock and keep it charging at night.

It includes a Bluetooth radio and when you put the phone in the dock for the first time it pairs with it automatically first time around.

You can watch a slideshow of your photos while the phone is in the dock as well.

It’s $45, which isn’t particularly cheap and it’s probably only something you will want to buy if you need the extra functionality that it provides.

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Is the iPad a Threat to Android?

January 30, 2010

The iPad is a brilliant device, somewhere in between a smartphone and a notepad it’s wasn’t really a surprise when it was launched but even if you aren’t a fan of Apple’s products you have to be impressed by the way they keep everything so secret in the build up to the launch.
Apple are masters [...]

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Could Android work on the iPhone

December 1, 2008

Amazingly it looks like someone at iPhone Dev has managed to install Linux on the iPhone, which in theory opens the door for Android to be installed on the iPhone.  This is being talked about with excitement already.
In fact this was always going to be a possibility, an exciting one at that.  All those people [...]

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Google Phone Texting Bug Fixed

November 11, 2008

An embarrasing bug found on the G1 Phone has been fixed by Google.  After starting up the phone if a user then typed “reboot”, the phone would reboot.
The bug was found accidentally by a user who happened to type “Reboot” into his phone.
Google moved quickly to fix the problem, users in the US are already [...]

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One Billion Ad Impressions for the G1 Phone Online

November 10, 2008

Have you ever thought that you were a bit disappointed with the lack of main stream coverage of the T-Mobile G1 Phone?  I have to say that I thought there would be more advertising spend to announce the launch.
Maybe that was the plan by Google and T-Mobile because they have announced that over two days [...]

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The G1 Phone Jumps Across to the UK

November 1, 2008

The G1 phone has reached the UK, it was released on Thursday.  25,000 people pre registered for the phone when it was first announced and on the morning of the phones release people were queing outside the T-Mobile shop in Oxford Street London.

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No More Google Android-iPhone Comparisons

October 10, 2008

Since the release of the T-Mobile G1 Phone it seems that it has been comparison after comparison of the new first Google Android phone with Apple’s iPhone. I’m not surprised by that at all, I think we have waited so long for the release of the first Android phone that we all couldn’t wait to [...]

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Your Android Phone will Replace your Wallet

October 9, 2008

Visa are developing an application for the Google Android mobile platform that will enable mobile users to pay for goods and services using their phone as well as receive information about activity on their bank accounts.
Visa is not only working with Google Android though. Plans are in place for Nokia’s new 6212 phone to have [...]

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G1 Phone Has Strong Demand Already

October 7, 2008

It looks like sales of the T-Mobile G1 phone are going well. T-Mobile has had to increase production of the handsets to keep up with the pre-sale demand. The phone won’t be available until October 22nd but it seems that people can’t wait to get their orders in.
T-Mobile have predicted that they will sell 500,000 [...]

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