http://technologizer.com/2009/10/27/myspace-looks-past-social-networking/
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MySpace has been especially busy it seems in recent weeks to recast itself as an entertainment destination as it cedes the social networking space to Facebook. In fact, the two sides are talking about ways they could work together, according to comments made to the Telegraph newspaper.
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Care to comment?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPYM-XTqcec

They made it.  If I understand it correctly, Verizon made exactly the phone I wanted.  An Android phone that will lure people from, 

A.iPhone
B.Sidekick
C.Blackberry
D.Any other US carrier

http://cliq.t-mobile.com/register.aspx?g=393630

I entered this contest.

Model: Google Ion
Carrier: None, connnecting over wifi
Steps to reproduce:
1.Download and install application from Android market
2. Launch application and click OK and do not ask again to the you should get an unlimited data plan prompt.
3.See this error message pop up:
Unexpected HTTP error occurred code: 502 while StartupAsyncTask

I love this phone.  Also known as the HTC Magic.

I still don't really understand what Microsoft did with the Danger / Sidekick purchase.

I'm betting they're losing lots of Sidekick users to the G1, and now the MyTouch.


One of the things I like about Microsoft is that it's a software company.  It has repeatedly made major forays into software on a competing partners platform.





I would love to see Microsoft Embrace and Adopt Android.  Let them try Extinguishing it with some Windows Mobile/Android fork even.  It would greatly raise the quality of Windows Mobile software.


Android is so very open that there are lots of angles by which Microsoft, or Yahoo, or anyone trying to eat Google's lunch could compete directly with google on the Android platform.

I'm sure Google has bet that Android user's will remain Google user's, and will see lots of google Ad traffic.  But I see real opportunity for other's to compete that for ad traffic.  AdMob and other mobile ad companies out represent Google on the mobile application add dollars.  (Although IIRC google did announce a limited app/add beta that application developers could apply for).

Google can be replaced as the default search, mail, etc. client.  The activity and intent model makes it reallly easy for user's to pick new defaults, and for applications to register as a default.






The user's are scheduled for Android before year end.  The big mobile buying season is Christmas, and I'm sure everyone who has announced an Android handset will launch in time.  (OTA firmware updates after launch are so easy on Android I expect they'll all put something out).




I'm pretty excited about the opportunities right now in the Android market, and having trouble myself deciding what to work on :-)

I am really looking forward to the launch of the T-Mobile MyTouch. It has the form factor I believe consumers are looking for. (Basically an iphone that also has the four main buttons found on Blackberries and a couple more.)

I read this article this morning:
"MySpace Executes 30% Staff Reduction Today"
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/16/myspace-executes-30-staff-reduction-today/

turns out it's true.

Me and my wife are both pretty happy with our dell laptops. So by default I would just buy the cheapest dell I can find running a good graphics card.