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Meet Apple’s iPad: Starts at $500, Supported by AT&T

in Mobile on January 27, 2010 at 11:25 am PT

At a 2007 all-hands meeting to discuss the iPhone, Apple CEO Steve Jobs remarked on the company’s product roadmap. The machines Apple will bring to market in the years ahead, he said, would be “off the charts.” This morning, Jobs made good on his word, unveiling a new multimedia tablet device called the iPad.

Google Android Phone: 3G, $179, Amazon MP3, App Store, 1GB, Copy and Paste

in News on September 23, 2008 at 8:24 am PT

The first Android-powered handset debuted this morning at a T-Mobile launch event in New York. Manufactured by HTC, the G1 is largely as anticipated. Peter Chou, CEO of HTC describes it as “iconic,” but that’s being a bit generous, I think. In design, the device seems to borrow quite a bit from the T-Mobile Sidekick, and its touchscreen GUI clearly owes a thing or two to Apple’s iPhone.