Google’s (GOOG) new G1 phone announced today is the first real competitor to the iPhone. Like Apple’s (AAPL) product, it’s a serious handheld computer with a powerful new operating system (called Android) and a clever touch-based user interface.
In July, Walt spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival about the rise of the iPhone and similar devices and what it means for the future of the PC. Two videos of Walt’s presentation are provided, one showing the complete session and the other a shorter version on YouTube.
When I spent $2,200 two weeks ago for a Sony Vaio SZ laptop, I thought I was buying something I’d own — something that would be mine. That, apparently, was not Sony’s view of our transaction.
Sony had presold my desktop — my $2,200 desktop — to a bunch of companies which loaded it with craplets.
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Walt Mossberg is the author and creator of the weekly Personal Technology column in The Wall Street Journal, which has appeared every Thursday since 1991.
Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.
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