Sketches of Bits

2009 iPhone 3GS gets iOS 5, 2010 Nexus One doesn’t get Android 4.0

Sure way to help with sales!

Notes: 14 • View comments 10/27/11, 7:30pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZFakayBAY5cG Filed under: #android #google #samsung #iPhone #apple #iOS

This is an example of one of those design decisions that you don’t usually notice until you see someone doing it wrong. (via 3.5 Inches - Dustin Curtis).

High-res Notes: 45 • View comments 10/8/11, 6:53pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZFakayAQBtlv Filed under: #apple #iOS #iPhone #android #samsung #display #technology #design #industrial design

How Google Controls Android: Digging Deep Into the Skyhook Filings by Nilay Patel

In order for a specific device to get a license for the apps, it must pass the Android Compatibility Test Suite and meet the Android Compatibility Definition. How Google exactly determines what passes the test is really the core issue in this case — Skyhook claims Google uses the threat of incompatibility to act anti-competitively.

Yay to “openness”.

View comments 5/13/11, 7:30pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZFakay54jU5T Filed under: #google #android #open source #technology #mobile #smartphones #motorolla #samsung #law #legal

DF: Oh, Samsung

Oh, Samsung
Harry McCracken finds Samsung’s tablet-thinness claims sketchy, and catches them using actors to portray purportedly real Galaxy Tab users. Good journalism.

What more can I say?

View comments 3/26/11, 10:48am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZFakay3qIbFz Filed under: #samsung #tablet #iPad #apple #technology #marketing

Yikes: The Galaxy Tab is Going to be Expensive

Yeah yeah, Apple makes expensive products. Check out the next iPad competitor!

Notes: 1 • View comments 9/6/10, 8:53am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZFakay-xIYh Filed under: #apple #samsung #iPad #tablet