Week In Review 37W2009
Motorola has finally announced their Android phone, the CLIQ. The home screen is kind of interesting and the Blur aggregation system shows potential but it might get overwhelmed by the fact the phone is kind of meehhh. The camera is nice but the keyboard looks really awkward (I’m looking at you too Nokia). The screen is OKish but it doesn’t have WiFi. It’s a ButPhone!
T-Mobile and Orange want to merge in UK. Somehow I think we’ll see some more consolidation in Europe.
People were reporting Nokia was going to plant its feet regarding N900 breakage by carriers. Turns out such reports were greatly exaggerated and Nokia welcomes carrier “customization”.
And cause everybody wants safe children the scumbags at Sentry/FamilySafe are selling children’s IMs to copyright loving companies such as Fox and Viacom. Bring out the wild horses …
On unnews news, iTunes9 breaks Pre sync. Notice the major version bump there, now you just have to upgrade.
In a rather funny turn of events a Mexican artist is sueing Sony for piracy. If the statutory damages precedents from recent US copyright related cases hold Sony is looking at paying USD 4B (yeah, 4000 million). Somehow, I don’t think they will.
In solar news, a massive 2GW solar plant will appear in Nevada.
