NZXT has unveiled a gaming mouse called Avatar. Equipped with a 2000 dpi optical sensor, this USB mouse features an ambidextrous design and has 7 programmable buttons (that have a life span of 5 million clicks) that allows the users to customize their games configurations. A rubber grip helps avoid slipping during intense game play. It’s MSRP is of USD 60.
Despite of expectations and promises, the long-awaited phones featuring Google Android operating system (OS) may note emerge on the market until sometime in late Q1 2009 since handset maker High Tech Computer (HTC) has certain software related problems.
According to Trip Chowdhry, an analyst of Global Equities Research, HTC is “having structural problems to incorporate Google’s demanded feature set”. Apparently, HTC is “demanding a guaranteed minimum revenue surety from Google”, from which Mr. Chowdhry concludes that “HTC does not think there will be enough demand for GPhone,” reports Barrons web-site.
The fact that Google demands pre-specified feature-set from the Android-powered phones is definitely positive, as it greatly eases choice for end-users. However, the fact that HTC is unsure about the success of the so-called Gphone is alarming. Read the rest of this entry »
Over the weekend, a stream of rumors flowed from Sun Valley, Idaho, where Google (NSDQ: GOOG) executives supposedly talked about a Google-branded phone. Iā€™ll explain what happened, but first off, it doesnā€™t appear to be true, and second, what is more important than whether a gPhone is in the works or not, is that the Google Android developer community is starting to show signs of malcontent.More…
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2007 was the year of speculation of a Google Phone, or Gphone. Handset manufacturer HTC was the center of attention around most of the rumors. But Google eventually squashed those rumors by announcing the Open Handset Alliance and Android. Instead of building an iPhone like device and service combined, theyā€™d be backing an open source mobile operating system that could finally break the carriersā€™ stranglehold on the mobile market.
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We have been playing with the Android prototypes scattered through the Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona. ARM had theirs running on one of their lower-end processors. No fancy graphics demos, no iPhone-style multimedia fizzbang, just a humble ARM9 processor in a plain white prototype “to demonstrate the scalability of Android” and serve as a “development platform.” Our verdict: it works, it’s fluid, but it’s boring. Qualcomm’s Android prototype, however, is a real beast
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Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we’re not announcing a Gphone. However, we think what we are announcing — the Open Handset Alliance and Android — is more significant and ambitious than a single phone. In fact, through the joint efforts of the members of the Open Handset Alliance, we hope Android will be the foundation for many new phones and will create an entirely new mobile experience for users, with new applications and new capabilities we canā€™t imagine today.
Google has made no secret of its ambitions in the mobile space. There are mobile versions of all its key services, such as search, e-mail and calendar.
