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Repeat After Me: “I Want a BlackBerry”

John Paczkowski in News on July 29, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

The 52-week low that Research In Motion hit earlier this month is quickly receding on rumors of some big upcoming product announcements. Word on the street is that the company plans to uncrate the BlackBerry 9800 at an event in New York City next week.

HTC CEO Peter Chou Live at D8

John Paczkowski in D8 on June 3, 2010 at 11:54 am PT

HTC, a company which once built devices for other brands, is today a powerful brand itself. And CEO Peter Chou is largely responsible for that. Over the past few years, he has transformed HTC from a contract handset manufacturer into a smartphone powerhouse, a company that ranks behind only Nokia, Research in Motion and Apple in global smartphone shipments.

D8 Tech Demo: Start-Up Takes on the Textbook With Kno Tablet

Drake Martinet in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 11:12 am PT

Our garages have no flying cars, our cities are still built on the ground and our robots just barely clean the floor. But today, the secretive start-up formerly known as Kakai hopes to answer one of technology’s future promises by replacing the dense poundage of textbooks weighing down backpacks everywhere with its new Kno tablet device.

New BlackBerry Browser Thankfully More Like Safari Than Mosaic

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 16, 2010 at 10:12 am PT

The mobile browsing experience on Research in Motion’s BlackBerry is widely considered among the worst around. Inefficient and miserably slow, it is easily bested not just by the browsers of rival smartphones like Apple’s iPhone, but by third-party alternatives like Opera Mini. So long-suffering BlackBerry owners will be glad to hear that an all-new Web browser is on the way.

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

John Paczkowski 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.

Liveblogging From the Google Chrome Launch: Hello, Larry! (Wake Up, Sergey!)

Kara Swisher in News on September 2, 2008 at 1:06 pm PT

Finally, Google Co-Founder Larry Page takes the microphone and thanks the Chrome browser team and compliments them for their efforts. This is, as anyone on the receiving end of Page’s sometimes pointed manner knows (and BoomTown has been), a big deal. Page also starts to talk about how browser choice and innovation could make the planet a better place. Of course! World peace through better browsing!

The Entire Google Chrome Browser Blog Announcement

Kara Swisher in News on September 1, 2008 at 2:15 pm PT

As was reported earlier today by BoomTown, Google confirmed on its blog that it will launch its new Chrome browser tomorrow. Google said it would be launching Chrome in 100 countries, but but will only be available in beta in Windows (Google said Mac and Linux versions were coming soon). The move by the search giant, although the blog does not say so, is clearly a direct shot over the bow of Microsoft, which dominates the browser market with 74 percent share. Here is the full blog post by Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management at Google, and Linus Upson, Engineering Director.

Google Chrome: CliffsNotes on the Comic

John Paczkowski in News on September 1, 2008 at 1:27 pm PT

Though its Simon-esque logo and unconventional announcement in the guise of a comic book might seem to suggest otherwise, Google’s Web browser project, Chrome, proves the company is taking the browser war seriously. Here’s a quick-and-dirty executive summary of the project’s highlights.