David Pogue: A Look at Google’s First Phone
October 20, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
The T-Mobile G1 Android-powered phone (click image for cool demo)
I am a huge fan of David Pogue. Among other things, Pogue is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. Each week, he contributes a print column, an online column and an online video. His daily blog, “Pogue’s Posts,” is the Times’s most popular blog.
He recently wrote a terrific story about the new T-Mobile G1.
(note: for those of you who are interested, David will be the keynote speaker on November 20th at The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism entitled “Consumer Revolution on the Web: Opportunities and Dangers for Journalism”)
October 16, 2008
State of the Art
A Look at Google’s First Phone
By DAVID POGUE
The Google phone is real, and it’s finally here. Stand clear of popping corks.
Actually, to be completely accurate, there isn’t anything called “the Google phone.” You can’t buy “the Google phone,” any more than you can buy “the Windows PC.” Google makes the software (called Android), and it’s up to the phone manufacturers to build cellphones around it. Read more
Cloud Computing: What is it and what does it mean to you?
October 3, 2008 by Bill Sobel · Leave a Comment
I owe alot to Shelly Palmer. Not only has he been a good friend, colleague, our first NY:MIEG speaker (ever!) and advisor for many years but his MediaBytes has become a regular stop for information about everything media. In this mornings report Shelly talked about the notion of “Cloud Computing” and it got me to thinking…I sort of know what it is, have heard the term for the past few years but now it seems to be popping up everywhere. And now that the Grand High Exhalted Mystic Ruler of All Things Media is pontificating about it I decided its time to do a bit of reading myself…basically look for the simplest and most understandable definition of the term “Cloud Computing” Read more
