Slashdot Mirror
HTC Dream (Android) Video Emerges
Barence writes "A video purporting to show the new Android-based handset from HTC has surfaced online. The video claims to show the HTC Dream, with its orientation sensor in action, automatically flipping the screen as the user changes from holding it horizontally to vertically. HTC announced earlier this month that it would be ready to release an Android handset before the end of the year, with speculation that this referred to the Dream handset."
In all the coverage that I have seen, they keep talking about the phone itself. In my opinion, the reason the ipod was so successful was not as much because of the device, but rather on the integration of an easy to use platform of services for consumers. The ease of use App Store for the iPhone is a great example of this, but is only a small piece long term. In Apple's case, you can bet they have big integration plans for their OSX/iPod/iTunes/iTV product lines.
Meaning, I really question is the industry can effectively challenge Apple in a long term sense without the full underpinning support of Microsoft and eventually the Linux community... I guess we will see, though...
Both the Boy Genius Report and Engadget are fairly skeptical that this is the "final" Dream, mostly because the phone in this video isn't nearly as attractive as HTC's other recent phones.
I hope it's not final. Why would HTC release something that looks like the generic phone in this video for their first android handset when the company is perfectly capable of making something as attractive as the Touch Diamond?
Also, I know that Youtube comments are generally about as useful as catshit, but the uploader claims in the comments below his video, "i Think Semi-final but not Sure. And there is a black one. i'll upload the live demo of it."
Mod my comments down. It'll be fun.
I'm kind of curious -- now that the App Store is ramping up with useful stuff (there are, for example, at least two SSH apps posted now, with more to come), what's the compelling reason to jailbreak? Is it just tethering?
And I don't get what "attorney-client privilege" has to do with MobileMe... surely a law firm would run something like Exchange and use the iPhone's ActiveSync support, or alternately, Lotus Notes with the upcoming Notes client for the iPhone? It's not as if Apple's model suggests that enterprise business customers would use MobileMe.
I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.
The App Store will need considerable improvement if Apple is to keep up.
Keep up with what? No one else has anything like it yet. At least wait until the first big competitor emerges to decide what Apple has to do to "keep up" with them.
Yes, the App Store needs refinement. On the other hand, Apple now has a HUGE amount of data they can sift through to improve things. They know where referrers are coming from. They know how many hits each page is getting relative to the number of purchases. They have a database of all the descriptions, icons, and screenshots of all applications and can analyze what sells and what gets attention. They know how all the sell rates change as advertising hits their site.
The competitors are going to be coming up against a vast mine of data that Apple can use to refine their product.
E pluribus unum
Well, it's GPL, so it certainly is possible. Imagine your Android Dream phone in sleep mode generating Electric Sheep. That's as close as it gets :)
Misleading titles? Inflammatory blurbs? Keep in mind that Slashdot is a tabloid.