It was reported in the Daily Mail on Wednesday that Google boss, Eric Schmidt served notice that they are stepping up their assault on the mobile telecoms market.
In a potentially far reaching strategic shift, Google will make the bulk of its new services available for handsets before it puts them on desktop computers. “This is a first for us”, Schmidt told executives at the mobile World Congress in Barcelona. “The new rule is mobile first in everything.”
The move marks a change of tack for Google, which has built its impregnable position in the online advertising on the back of its raft of computer tools such as search engine and Gmail service.
Extracted from Daily Mail, Simon Duke in Barcelona
We are all aware that Google has been implementing street view into its web based maps application to assist us in viewing and navigating cities around the world.
The static images that make up street view are captured through special cameras and very sensitive GPS positioning systems that are fitted to special vehicles and relay the information back to Google HQ or processing and uploading onto the maps application.
To celebrate the start of the Winter Olympics, Google have gone off road to provide a mountainside view of the area of Whistler and Vancouver, where the games are being held.
How have they done it? Well they have attached the technology found in the cars that navigate roads to a snowmobile. Don’t believe us…take a look at the video below:
The Google Nexus one if the first truly Google branded smartphone to be brought to market by the US search engine giant. Currently only available in the USA, it is expected in the near future it will be released in the UK and Europe.
As Google do not have their own manufacturing plant, they have worked closely with HTC in the production of these devices.
HTC have been working for 10 years producing smartphones and have often manufactured devices on behalf of other companies.
In a unique series, Google and HTC have teamed up to provide a number of short videos that explain the whole process of design to final production.
We will bring you them over the next few days, but part one can be found below:
Its not surprising that, following the stir caused by the iPad, some concept photos (and a video) of a Google tablet have emerged. Now, these are only concept photos, but they do show the direction of Google’s thinking and have been posted on the official Chromium website. Chromium is the open source project behind Google Chrome and ChromeOS, and while it is not actually part of Google, TechCrunch has reported that the mock-ups were put together by Glen Murphy, the designer of Google Chrome.
TechCrunch points out that ‘there almost certainly will be multiple “Google Tablets”, given that Chrome OS won’t be tied to a single device. That said, Google is working with select hardware partners to ensure that it runs on devices that are up to its specifications, and there may be one tablet device that is designated as the “Google Tablet”, much like the Nexus One is the ‘Google Phone’”. It wouldn’t be all that surprising if Google has a director competitor ready to compete with the iPad by the time it is released in April.
With the release of the Nexus One, or so-called GooglePhone, imminent, more images and a video have surfaced. The images below have been released by a Google employee, as well as a short video of the device in action, which can be seen over at TechCrunch
A recent article in Mobile magazine has highlighted that apparently consumers do not understand what Google Android is.
Now we appreciate that many of you reading this are probably thinking WHAT? Google Android….of course I know what that is!
However IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo has stated “ Consumers steer clear of Google’s OS and sell-out is below everyone’s expectations”
What are your thoughts on this? You may know Google Android and even own a device with it on…but have you shown someone and they have had no idea? Did they then understand when you explained it?
Is there a need for no nonsense guide to Android to be created?
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