Google will now be offering a developement version of the G1 Android phone. What does that mean? NO LOCKS! They will be removing the SIM locks and hardware locks allowing developers to modify the phone as well as create applications for it without the hassle of getting a T-Mobile contract and then bugging them for the unlock codes. Price is said to be $399 with a mandatory $25 registration fee on the Android Market site (where you will be selling your applications you are supposedly developing with your new phone....right). Sorry Apple but i might be changing my mind on getting an iPhone......hmmm.
More from Google. Ever heard of Cloud Computing? If not, Cloud Computing is supposedly the future. Cloud Computing will allow a user to access their personal documents, videos, music, pictures and just about everything else they do with their computer......anywhere! All you need is a subscription to a host server where your files are stored, and a terminal with internet access.
The concept has been around for a while, in some way or another, and i think Google will be the first there. Google already has the capabilities. What am i talking about, you might ask? The Google Cloud OS, naturally. Yes they have it in testing stages already, and to me it looks like it's going to be a big deal. The OS boots in about 6 seconds (yes 6 seconds. i saw it for myself) and consists of nothing but a Chrome Browser window. Don't panic. Theres more to it than that. The chrome browser features a "Mac like" dock at the bottom of the window with shortcuts to common applications, most, if not all of which are web based (e.g. Google Calendar, Docs, Reader, Blogger, Gmail, Youtube, etc.). If you ever used any of the original gOS's such as gOS Space or gOS Gadgets (if you dont know, visit gOS, googles operating system homepage), you will be familiar with the dock.Obviously MP3 and Video playback is supported (somehow. i havent been able to get my hands on a copy of the OS unfortunately) as well as other normal features like volume control and battery level indicator, which are both integrated into the browser window. Best feature of all is the OS can run on any machine thats x86 based and with 128MB RAM. So dig up your dinosaurs from that closet in the back room and set up a quick access internet terminal? Why not, if you wanna get online fast and just browse and stuff, its worth it. And don't worry about rendering XP (or whatever OS you have on your computer. Mac and Linux included) useless. Cloud has a button on the dock that allows you to boot into your host OS at the click of a button.
I want this.....but rumor has it that the release will be in January. Oh well, another month.
Now you would think with Psystar's legal issue with Apple, anybody making a Mac clone would think about backing off and scrapping their project until things settle. No. Yet ANOTHER company has brought out a Mac Clone. This one being a Tablet version of a MacBook called a Modbook. It's actually an updated version to a previous one they released, but i still dont think now is the right time. And at $2,249? I guess it really is a Mac clone huh.
Now to start saving up for the G1.....fun. Is that model even going to be available in europe? Huh.
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