Google Sales Chief Says Desktops Will be Irrelevant in 3 Years
The translation for that brings up the second point. Herlihy is a Google VP for Global Ad Operations. Obviously is focus is on placing ads on all that content he sees you and I consuming. Of course he's hoping that will be the case. That's his job.
His statements go further and he makes some interesting claims. He says that in Japan today most research is done on mobile devices not desktop PCs. As big of a mobile geek as I am, I don't see this trend accelerating quite that fast, at least here in the US. Technology is advancing at a rapid rate, so rapid that it is almost impossible to keep up. That's one of the strengths in the industry's growth and also one of its weaknesses.
The strength is simple to see, even in tough economic times we seem to have an insatiable hunger for these devices we can carry in our hands. But for desktops to really become irrelevant, consumers (and to an extent businesses as well) will need to see something really take hold with some sense of lasting significance before we'll see desktops start disappearing from dens and cubicles. Call me silly, but I think the breathtaking pace of change at the moment is too quick for things to really permeate with any lasting affect.
Now, maybe 7 years is another story. What do you think?
Sony Getting Ready to Make Mobile Play
Supposedly this is a new lineup of handheld devices one of which is a phone that will be capable of downloading Play Station Portable games. Another is supposed to blur the distinction between netbooks, e-Readers, and Play Station Portables. As if this market didn't have enough blurry lines to begin with.
Sony is readying a new online media service set to debut later this month, and of course these devices are going to be aimed at using that service. Sony has seen down times of late and obviously needs to make a comeback. I'm guessing this isn't going to help Sony's case much as it sounds more like a scramble to keep up and keep relevant than anything else.
MOTOBLUR comes to Telus with Motorola BackFlip
Motorola Backflip heads to Telus Mobility
The Android evolution continues north of the border. You can already get your hands on such handsets as the HTC Hero, but you will soon have access to the winner of the 2010 CNET Best of Consumer Electronics Show award. The Motorola BackFlip is indeed enroute to Telus Mobility.
This isn't the first Google Android phone to be sold through Telus, of course, nor is it the first Motorola-sourced Android phone. In addition to the Motorola Milestone, you will be able to flip out with the Motorola BackFlip.
Dubbed the ultimate smartphone, the BackFlip features the same MOTOBLUR user interface that we've seen on the Motorola Droid from Verizon. This gives you great access to social networking, personalization, and multitasking.
The unique backward flip design is pretty neat too. There's a QWERTY keyboard, a large touchscreen, and an innovative touchpad on the back of the touchscreen. And yes, it takes advantage of the Telus 3G+ network, as well as the usual suite of Google Android-fueled goodness.
The press release makes no mention of a launch date or price, so we'll just have to sit tight for now.
Gadget Lab Hardware News and Reviews Dead Xbox 360
The red ring of death is an inevitable conclusion for most Xbox 360 owners. But instead of mourning his console's loss, U.K.-based student Jasper Stevens did something fun to give his lifeless and out-of-warranty Xbox 360 a second chance.
"The copper wire used in the piece, the flexicable stuff and some other pieces of wiring is from outside," he says. "Everything else is from the Xbox."
It's the first sculpture he has made out of gadget parts. And it took just about three hours to create.
"My recent art exam was around the theme 'discarded' ," he says. "So I salvaged the parts and used some of the wire I had hanging around to make this." Stevens then clicked a few photos and sent it to the Technabob blog.
The entire piece is connected using wiring and there's no glue or tape holding the parts together. The Xbox 360's DVD drive founds its place as the base of the sculpture. The robot's joints are flexible but it doesn't have any batteries so you can only move it around like an action figure.
Check out more photos of his fun and creative re-use of electronic parts.
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