During a town hall meeting with Apple employees after the big iPad launch, Steve Jobs got quite a few big cheers from the crowd when he gave out some quote-worthy answers to questions about the competition. According to the Wired report (who apparently got the quotes from someone who was there but can’t be named), Jobs had this to say about Google:
“We did not enter the search business. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake, they want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them,” he says. When the topic was about to go another direction, Jobs continued his rant. “I want to go back to that other question first and say one more thing, he says. This don’t be evil mantra, it’s bullshit.”
Mozilla has just announced that they’ve released a mobile version of their Firefox web browser. The good news is that we can get a mobile phone-based browser that we’re all (or at least those of us who use Firefox) familiar with. The bad news is that the first version of Firefox Mobile will be for Maemo-based mobiles only, so unless you own a Nokia N810 or N900 (Nokia’s “mobile computer”), you’re going to have to wait for another version.
Alienware has finally released the two new full-sized gaming laptops that they showed off during the CES show. They’re actually updates of existing systems, now running on Intel’s new Core-platform processors with the 15-inch M15x starting with an Intel Core i3 processor, while the M17x—“the most powerful 17-inch gaming laptop in the universe”—runs on top-end Core i7 chips.
A photo, along with some details of Samsung’s Galaxy 2 have turned up on AndroPhones.com, outlining a top-end Android-based model with specs that could give Google’s Nexus One a run for its money.
The details are unconfirmed, but if the specs hold true, then we’re looking at a serious performer here. According to the report, Samsung’s upcoming smartie will pack in a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 32GBs of internal memory, a 5MP camera, Wi-fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and an Android 2.1 operating system on a frame that also holds a large 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen.
Official pricing and release dates are unknown, but we expect to learn more soon: an official unveiling is expected during the Mobile World Congress in March.
We can’t say we didn’t expect it, but French-based ExoPC just came out with the Slate (click here for the translated page), an 8.9-inch touchscreen tablet that looks like Apple’s iPad, but probably better if you’re looking for full operating system features. Now, it might not come with Apple’s slick interface, but it does run on Windows 7, giving you multi-tasking, full PC functionality, a full browser with Flash, and more flexibility regarding content and functions.
