This has to be the funnies thing I’ve read for a long time, and it’s only so funny because thinking about some of the iPhone users I know, it’s perfectly true.
Apple granted permanent injunction against Psystar to stop selling Mac clones
Apple has been granted a permanent injunction against Psystar to stop them from selling their Mac clones complete with Mac OS X. More details here.
More details on Google’s HTC Android phone distributed to employees
news.com has more details here. I’d be surprised at this point if this is THE Google phone that all the recent chatter is about. It seems this is a ‘mobile lab’ for employees to dogfood some internal developments before they are released. Although the phone is unlocked and not tied to any particular carrier so there is some flexibility there, but typically unlocked phones are several times the subsidized price you get when you get a new device through a carrier with a contract.
To be honest I’m more interested in the rumors of a data plan only phone with VOIP capabilities, but there’s no compelling reason why any carrier would let you run that on their network if they lose the opportunity to milk you for voice calls.
Barnes and Noble’s Android based Nook eReader shipping
Here’s the first review I’ve seen of the Android based eReader from Barnes and Noble. Looks very slick.