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Andy Ihnatko talks about Google’s Nexus One and how it fits in with the competition  Here’s an important snippet: The touchscreen is a serious source of concern. I frequently needed to tap buttons more than once to get the Nexus to recognize the tap. Just as often, an app would think I’d tapped an item [...]

Probably not, but who knows.  Don’t forget, the Google Nexus is HTC-developed hardware with the Google brand on it.  That’s not exactly the same approach Apple takes in developing literally every aspect of the devices they sell from hardware to software. And it probably means there’ll only be close competition until anyone else dedicates themselves [...]

16 Things I Like about the Google Nexus One (and 8 I don’t).

This is just the first of many new features that’ll bring MobileMe right into being your one stop “my personal stuff in the cloud” service. Expect more to come.  These services work even better on ten inch screens, and the iSlate will fill that nicely. AppleInsider | Apple releases MobileMe Gallery software on iPhone App [...]

Perhaps AppleInsider isn’t the place you’d normally go for unbiased analysis, but this is a pretty detailed summary for anyone looking at all three phones. AppleInsider | Google Nexus One vs Apple iPhone 3GS.

Om Malik brilliantly asserts that Motorola should be in the conference room working out a deal for Palm.  It’s simple: they need a great mobile OS and the only two competitive options are Palm WebOS and Windows Mobile. Then again, this time next year Windows Mobile won’t be competitive so that leaves Palm. Go for [...]

Anyone who wants to tell you “all touchscreens are the same” is fooling themselves.  Using just about any device in this test excepting the iPhone reveals Apple’s continued technology lead. I’d hate to see someone get turned off after using an inferior touchscreen. AppleInsider | Touchscreen analysis shows iPhone accuracy lead over Droid.

There’s no one better at talking gadgets than David Pogue.  And perhaps there’s no one better in the talking space at distilling the most important points and bringing them home. Right now the question posed of every so-called ‘smartphone’ is “does it kill the iPhone?”  Pogue’s obviously far more impressed with this phone than many [...]

GigOm seems to think the iPhone revolution (or, more appropriately, the smartphone revolution) is driven by the consumer, and this is the real reason why Windows Mobile is hemorrhaging market share faster than a soggy napkin sheds water.  Here’s more of that.