Roundup: 18 Android phones coming this year, MySpace hoping for innovation, and more
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Google: Expect 18 Android phones by the end of the year — That number could be as high as 20, says Andy Rubin, senior director for mobile platforms.
News Corp. and MySpace execs say MySpace needs to innovate — During an interview at the All Things Digital conference (owned by News Corp., incidentally), MySpace chief executive Owen Van Natta also discussed concerns that the site might lose its lucrative search deal with Google, saying the… Continue Reading
Google Android phones ready to invade Asia — with a stylus
Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Google’s mobile phone system Android, has emerged from relative silence with a CNET interview entitled “Android a ‘revolution,’” which reads like the speech of a victor.
Rubin’s confidence comes coincidentally just as VentureBeat learns that John Lagerling, Google’s head of mobile in Japan, has left the company. He’s left to become vice president and general manager of Japan for Admob, a mobile advertising company.
Rubin has been relatively silent over the past two years. Since… Continue Reading
More rumors on the Google Phone
(Updated with comments from Simeonov)
A venture capitalist says he has caught wind of a project at Google to make its own phone, and has details from an “inside source.”
There have long been rumors that a Google phone is in the works, but nothing has been confirmed. Simeon Simeonov, of Polaris Venture Partners, says his source has told him that it will look like the following:
* Blackberry-like, slick device
* C++ core w/ OS bootstrap (some version… Continue Reading