It seems like once a month there is some talk of either delays or dismay surrounding Google’s mobile Android platform. Today brings a new report that the first phones built for Android, so called “Gphones,” could be delayed from the end of this year until the beginning of next year, according to Barron’s.
Specifically, one of the handset makers that is thought to among the first to deliver a device, HTC, is “having structural problems to incorporate Google’s demanded feature set,” Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry says. He goes on to say that he’s learned that developers are staying away from Android at this point because they are focused on the systems already out there: BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Mobile and of course, the iPhone.
Since the launch of the iPhone I’ve had a chance to talk to a lot of third party application developers and almost all of them have said they are staying away from the Android platform unti...
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Black Friday better than the last one [E-commerce]From: feeds.gawker.com
Post Date: 2007-11-26 10:29:48
Despite Sears’s best efforts to slow things down with a faulty website, Black Friday this year saw $531 million in online retail spending. That’s up about 22 percent over last year. Here’s the chart from ComScore:
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Lolcats history video — yes, it’s a gag [Boing Boing]From: feeds.gawker.com
Post Date: 2007-11-26 10:16:33
Boing Boing’s video tracing the origins of Lolcats to a 1912 comic strip, The Laugh Out Loud Cats, is a parody. Or a satire. Or whatever it’s a joke OK? I would say I can’t believe people think this thing is for real, except they do and I believe that.
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16GB iPod touch for $344 Shipped [Dealzmodo]From: feeds.gawker.com
Post Date: 2007-11-26 12:10:45
With the 20 percent cashback deal at Paypal retailers mentioned in Mark’s sweet Cyber Monday guide, you can pick up a 16GB iPod touch from Newegg for just $344 shipped, or the 8GB model for $244. We’re using it on some new speakers. [Newegg, Newegg via CrunchGear]
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