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  • Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode”

    Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode”

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
    During Google's third quarter earnings conference call today, one message came out loud and clear: Google's mobile strategy is starting to pay off. "Android adoption is about to explode," declared CEO Eric Schmidt, explaining that all the "necessary conditions" are set for growth: There are now 12 Android phones out there (most recently the Motorola Cliq) across 32 carriers in 26 countries. The whole Android strategy, of course, is to offer an low-cost, fully-featured, open-source OS and hand that to the cell phone manufacturers so that they can concentrate more on designing desirable hardware. And what does Google get out of all that? More mobile searches, which could be one of its biggest sources of growth in the coming years.

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  • Oops! Verizon’s two Android phones get caught on camera

    Oops! Verizon’s two Android phones get caught on camera

    Posted on October 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Duhwaaaah? Verizon was workin' all hard this morning to ensure that no one slipped up and mentioned any names when it came to the devices that would emerge from the VZW/Google partnership. Then, not even an hour later, they put a picture of Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam holding two separate devices in their own press release. Bloops!

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  • Google CEO Eric Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board. Surprised?

    Google CEO Eric Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board. Surprised?

    Posted on August 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Lots of people will be arguing today that this was inevitable, but the news comes faster than expected. Google CEO Eric Schmidt is no longer going to sit on Apple's Board of Directors, nearly 3 years after accepting a seat. The resignation comes a few days after the FCC sent letters to Google, Apple and AT&T inquiring why Apple denied the Google Voice application from its iPhone App Store. Here's Apple's statement on the matter: (after the jump)

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