Ρίξτε μια ματιά στην συνοπτική παρουσίαση που έχει δημοσιεύσει το myphone. Επίσης, κάποιες από τις δυαντότητες του σχετικά με χάρτες μπορείτε να τις δείτε στο παρακάτω video:

Γενικά οι απόψεις διίστανται, τόσο περί εμφάνισης όσο και χρηστικότητας, το μόνο σίγουρο είναι ότι το iPhone θα έχει πλέον αντίπαλο.

Για να δούμε τι μπορεί να γίνει στην Ελλάδα με την Cosmote(->ΟΤΕ->Deutsche Telekom->T-Mobile)... και ανα προβλέπετε να το έχουμε στα χέρια μας και εμείς οι Έλληνες μέσα στο 2009.

From the Wall Street Journal:

Research in Motion Ltd. is rolling out its first real answer to Apple Inc.'s iPhone, the touch-screen BlackBerry Storm, which will work on broadband networks on both sides of the Atlantic and be exclusive to Verizon Wireless in the U.S. and to Vodafone Group PLC throughout Europe.

BlackBerry will have to distinguish itself amid the wave of other sleek do-everything smart phones coming to market, like Google Inc.'s G1, made by HTC Corp.. The Storm, BlackBerry's first touch-screen device, aims to make it harder to inadvertently select items while moving images across the screen.

The success of Apple's iPhone has spawned a series of touch-screen smart-phones from manufacturers around the world over the past year. Consumers will have a multitude of options this holiday season -- among them, Samsung Electronics Co.'s Instinct, LG Electronics' Dare, and the soon-to-be-launched G1 from T-Mobile USA Inc., a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, and Google.

From InformationWeek:

The much-awaited smartphone sports many of the features of Apple's handsets, and even outshines it in certain categories. The touch-screen smartphone may give Verizon Wireless a legitimate rival to the iPhone 3G, and it may help stem the loss of subscribers to AT&T. The Storm has 3.25-inch touch screen that has a 360 by 480 resolution. Like the iPhone, the Storm has support for multi-touch interface, but RIM's device will have haptic feedback for its virtual keyboard, and it will be capable of cut and paste. The keyboard will have RIM's SureType layout in portrait mode, and it will be a full QWERTY layout in landscape orientation.

From CNET:

Tech journalists and gadget lovers across the globe are rejoicing over the announcement of the BlackBerry Storm, RIM's first touchscreen cell phone to compete with the iPhone.

Those who can't wait to get their hands on BlackBerry's latest call it a marvel and its keyboard functionality, which makes you press down on the screen to register a "touch", is something worth drooling over.

OK, I guess I can concede that the Storm is really neat and the touchscreen idea is fantastic. But I still don't see how the BlackBerry Storm will be able to compete on any level with the iPhone 3G.

It's not that I have a problem with RIM--I think the BlackBerry Curve is a fantastic device--or that I'm not impressed by the Storm. I just don't see how BlackBerry's first touchscreen device can compete against the iPhone if the vast majority of "mainstream" users simply don't know anything about it.

Go ahead and ask the person next to you at the office about the BlackBerry Storm. Chances are, if they aren't in to technology like you and I, they wouldn't have the slightest clue about it even though it's making headlines all over the tech world today.

Then ask those people what they knew about the iPhone the day after it was announced. I'll bet you'll find that they knew much more about the iPhone than the BlackBerry Storm.

Do you see what I'm getting at here? No matter how important a new device in the cell phone business may be to the growth of the industry, it will never be able to outshine the iPhone.

From ZDNet:

I just got done reading Matthew Miller’s preview of the BlackBerry Storm, RIM’s first BlackBerry that’s replaced the keyboard with a touchscreen system — one that you must physically depress with your finger to manipulate (resulting in a “satisfying click,” as many reviewers have reported).

My question is simple: is this truly an advancement?

It occurs to me that, while RIM’s responsive touchscreen technology, called ClickThrough, allows it to differentiate itself from the iPhone, it’s not a great advancement in the long run. Well-built as any BlackBerry is, I feel that the screen would eventually give out over frequent, Crackberry-level usage. And when the screen doesn’t press anymore (or worse, when it presses too far), then what?

It strikes me that such physical use of the device is actually backtracking a bit, technologically. Perhaps advancement, to me at least, is removing a “touch” altogether.

RIM’s “push-screen,” as I think it should properly be called, seems to bridge the gap between a true keyboard and a true touchscreen. Which is good for RIM’s keyboard-happy users, but by no means some groundbreaking new technology.

Plus, it also occurs to me that this technology would actually slow down the speedier users among us, because you actually have to take the time to depress the screen when tapping a message out.

But we’ll see when Matt gets his hands on one in a month or so.

Europe's leading telecommunications company, Deutsche Telekom, has admitted that it has lost confidential data belonging to 17 million T-mobile clients. The theft, in 2006, which is now subject to a judicial inquiry, involved telephone numbers, dates of birth, addresses and email addresses, subsidiary T-Mobile said in a statement.

Spokesman Frank Domagala said that bank details were not attached, and that "according to our information, even though these details have been put up for sale on the black market, there has not been a buyer."

Domagala added that data security procedures have been reinforced since 2006.

Whoop-de-doo!

According to news weekly Der Spiegel, copies of the information continue to circulate.

If this isn't something that had to be reported to T-mobile clients - why not?

Public payphones take coins or telephone chip cards; you can purchase these chip cards at any Deutsche Telekom shop for 5 or 10 euros. (If your card expires before you've used up all the credit, take to any Telekom shop or file a claim for the remainder on a new card here.) Benefit to using a card: not always having to have 10- or 20-cent pieces to feed the phone! Card phones are also far more prevalent than coin-operated phones.

If you do use coins, be sure to have plenty of small change on hand. Local calls are inexpensive, but calls to mobile phones will rapidly eat through a handful of coins. If you put in a 1- or 2-euro coin, you will have to feed the phone the exact amount flashing when finished in order to get your change back (i.e. YOU rather than the phone has to make exact change). Don't perform this quickly enough and the phone will swallow your large coin, never to return! Buy a little time or continue telephoning on the leftover amount by replacing the phone in the cradle for just 1-2 seconds and immediately picking up again. (This is also a way to gift your remaining credit to the next person in line rather than simply giving it to Telekom!)

If you'll be traveling in Germany for two weeks or more, it will save you time, money and energy to buy a German SIM card for your unlocked SIM-ready phone. This has become easier and more inexpensive than ever, with the entry of Germany's discount supermarkets into the mobile market.

> For example, PLUS is now offering a pay-as-you-go SIM card for just 5 euros, including a 5-euro credit on the phone. Calls to all German numbers -- landlines and mobiles -- are just 9 cents/min, with each SMS also costing just 9 cents. That's over 55 minutes of phone time or 55 SMS! You can top-up your phone 15 euros at a time only at PLUS locations. The card is active for 12 months from each top-up.

> LIDL offers Fonic prepaid SIM cards for 10 euros, with a 10-euro start credit. Calls and SMS are also 9 cents/min: that's 111 minutes of phone time or 111 SMS. You can top-up your phone direct from your mobile or online, withdrawing directly from your account. Top-up cards are also available at all DM drugstores, Real supermarkets and Jet gas stations. Top-ups are available for 10, 20 or 30 euros. At the end of each quarter, you can have available credit paid back to your account. The card and your balance are active indefinitely. More info online here.

> ALDI offers AldiTalk prepaid SIM cards for 13 euros, with a 10-euro start credit. Calls and SMS are 13 cents/min (3 cents/min to other AldiTalk users): 76 minutes of calling time. You can top up your phone only at Aldi locations, for 15 or 30 euros. AldiTalk is the only card that reckons calls per second after the first minute of calling. The card is active for 12/24 months from each 15/30-euro top-up.

+ If you're going to buy a SIM-unlocked phone in Germany, used phones will be your cheapest option. Be sure to get one with charger included (replacing this element alone can cost anywhere from 15-25 euros). Don't balk at an initial investment of 10-20 euros -- you will be able to use this phone all across Europe and many other parts of the world and by putting in local SIM cards can call cheaply everywhere!

+ If you need a phone and are short on time, every Vodafone shop has a Call-Ya Starter Packet you can buy: new phone, SIM card and 10-euro starter credit cost just 20 euros. The difference here is these phones are locked to the Vodafone card provided and cannot be "unlocked" for two years; in the meanwhile, calls and SMS are more expensive than those listed above, between 19 and 29 cents/min or SMS.

Finally, if you need to call to the U.S., Canada, Australia, China or anywhere else on Earth, give your pocketbook a break and sign on to Skype, an internet telephony system which allows you to place international calls from a computer to any telephone for as low as 2 cents/min. Calls from computer to computer are free! Every internet cafe these days is Skype-ready, with software already downloaded and headphones with mic available upon request. Just plug in, log on, and get calling! To ensure the integrity of your credit card data, it's best to set up your profile and calling credit from your home computer before the trip begins.

Have you discovered other tricks for phoning cheaply in Germany? Add your wisdom in the comments.

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The store itself looks pretty interesting and glossy so I expect the traffic to be high, even if customers are only there for the iPhones!

The store is located at the intersection of Alte Schönhauser Str. and Münzstrasse. on Weinmeisterstr.

Google, Microsoft und eBay sind, laut einer Studie von Nielsen Online, die Favoriten in deutschen Privathaushalten. Im August 2008 konnten diese Konzerne mit ihren Webangeboten die meisten Nutzer ansprechen. Dies ergab die Untersuchung der „TOP 20 Parents“ des internationalen Medien- und Marktforschers.

Zu Google, man muss dies hinzufügen, gehören nicht nur die Seiten der Suchmaschine, sondern auch Unternehmens-Auftritte wie die des Videoportals YouTube oder die Blogging-Website Blogger. Mit Microsoft verhält es sich ähnlich: im Ranking mit eingeflossen sind auch die Nutzerzahlen der hauseigenen Marken wie MSN, Windows Live Messenger und der Windows Media Player. Dienste wie PayPal oder Skype gehören hingegen zum eBay-Konzern. Auf Platz vier befindet sich die Deutsche Telekom. Beliebt waren hier die Inhalte der Telekom-Familie wie T-Online und die Scout24-Angebote.

Das TOP 20-Ranking wird allgemein von international agierenden Medienunternehmen dominiert. Das gute Abschneiden der Wikimedia Foundation (Platz sieben, 13 Millionen Besucher) zeigt, dass das Internet ausschließlich nur zur Unterhaltung und zum Einkauf genutzt wird.

01. Google | 30.097 Mill. Besucher im August 08
02. Microsoft | 23.004
03. eBay | 20.692
04. Deutsche Telekom | 16.615
07. Wikimedia Foundation | 12.892
08. ProSiebenSat.1 | 12.260
09. Bertelsmann | 12.151
11. Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck | 11.732
12. Amazon | 11.711
13. Axel Springer AG | 10.848
14. Yahoo! | 10.455
15. Hubert Burda Media | 10.340
19. ARD | 7.556

Quelle: Nielsen

Nachdem man mich nun schon mehrfach gerügt hat, dass ich keinen Festnetzanschluss (und -telefon) mehr habe (deswegen telefoniert man jetzt weniger) und mich in der letzten Woche leidenschaftlich zum T-Mobile G1 geschrieben habe - für dieses mobile Gerät braucht man definitiv keinen Festnetzanschluss - fühle ich mich endgültig motiviert ein paar ergänzende Takte dazu loszuwerden. Einerseits als Rechtfertigung für mein unzeitgemäßes und unangepasstes Handeln heute. Andererseits aber gerne auch als Argumentationsgrundlage für alle, die meiner Vision folgen möchten.

Was in Amerika schon deutlich weiter fortgeschritten ist wird bei uns erst in ein paar Jahren so deutliche sichtbar werden: Ja, auch wir schaffen das Festnetz ab. Weil es zu teuer ist/ wird. Frei nach dem Motto 'Always on, always connected' werden in den nächsten Jahren immer weniger Gesprächsminuten auf das Festnetz entfallen. Und damit auch in zahlreichen Haushalten überflüssig und abgeschafft. Warum?

Nielsen hat sch hier das Thema zumindest für Amerika schon etwas genauer zur Brust genommen. Hier können sogar schon Aussagen darüber getroffen werden, wer sich seines Festnetzanschluss entledigt hat. Es sind, und das überrascht nicht wirklich, die Jungen und die Armen - 2/3 sind unter 35 Jahre alt und 46% verdienen weniger als 50.000$ pro Jahr. Es konnte nachgewiesen werden, dass Singles und Doubles verglichen mit einem Festnetztelefon bis zu 33$ pro Monat sparen können. Das sind eine Menge Big Mäc.

Ich möchte mich nicht zu weit aus dem Fenster lehnen, aber ich könnte mir eine ähnliche Entwicklung auch für Deutschland vorstellen. Rein statistisch gesehen hat jeder Deutsche etwas mehr als einen Mobilfunkvertrag, das heißt Festnetz konkurriert gegen Handy und nicht umgekehrt.

Mit den jüngsten Smartphones wird nun auch noch Internet mobiler und VoIP verfügbarer. Die Prognose für die nächsten 10 Jahre sagt, dass gerade Privathaushalte mit mittlerem Einkommen sich für eine sog. Medien-Flatrate entscheiden werden, die einfach alle Verbindungen des täglichen Lebens beinhaltet und abdeckt.

In Italia il Google-fonino potrebbe essere disponibile già dalla prossima primavera. Secondo esperti ed analisti, l'operatore in lizza per lancio dovrebbe essere Telecom Italia con Tim. Fosse anche perché il gruppo guidato da Franco Bernabè è stato tra le prime aziende ad entrare nella Open Handset Alliance, il consorzio che ha iniziato a studiare, basandosi sul progetto iniziale di Google, l'idea di un software "aperto" per cellulari. Angel Secondo quanto risulta al «Sole 24 Ore» già in queste ore Tim sarebbe in contatto con almeno tre produttori di cellulari, oltre ad Htc, che dovrebbero essere Samsung, Motorola ed Lg Electronics. Una partita che di fatto crea un nuovo segmento di mercato, per un telefonino meno "attraente" dell'iPhone e dedicato a un pubblico più professionale. Un prodotto più modellabile grazie a un software veramente "open" che consentirà a Google di presidiare da vicino un mercato – quello degli annunci pubblicitari collegati ai motori di ricerca – che solo negli Stati Uniti varrà l'anno prossimo quasi 200 milioni di dollari.

Si inizia a scommettere sul prodotto, i titolo rimane sempre Googleplex2008 disponibile nella versione 200$ e 500$, linvestimento è stato fatto e non appena possibile vi indirizzo un po sul trend.

ps: indiferent de raspunsurile pe care le primim, imi place google phone. si il cam vreau. pana la ziua mea, retelele au timp sa-l aduca!

Inneres. Wie heute bekannt wurde, sind von der Spitzel Affäre bei der Telekom auch ranghohe Gewerkschaftsfunktionäre betroffen. "Mehrere Aufsichtsräte" sollen betroffen gewesen sein, heißt es aus der Bonner Konzernzentrale des größten deutschen Telekommunikationsunternehmens. Wie der rosa Riese heute mitteilte, nun auch der Chef des Deutschen Gewerkshaftsbundes (DGB) Michael Sommer. Mit Fug und Recht lässt sich solch ein Skandal als irreparabel für das gesamte Unternhemen bezeichnen. Der Vorstandsvorsitzende des Unternehmens, René Obermann, kann derzeit nur noch Schadensbegrenzung betreiben und so gut wie möglich zur Aufklärung der Spitzelgeschichte im eigenen Haus beitragen. Alle Vorwürfe richten sich gegen Sachverhalte vor seinem Amtsantritt im November 2006. Zuvor leitete Kai-Uwe Ricke das Großunternehmen. Leid tun muss einem Obermann deshalb aber noch lange nicht. Schließlich ist es sein Job für Ordnung zu sorgen. Neben DGB Chef Sommer ist von den neuerlichen Vorwürfen auch Lothar Schröder, der Vizechef des Telekom-Aufsichtsrates, betroffen. Wir reden hier also nicht von irgendwelchen kleinen Mitarbeitern (deren Bespitzelung zwar auch ein Skandal wäre) aus der Rechnungsabteilung, sondern von einigen der wichtigsten Arbeitnehmervertretern im gesamten Unternehmen, welches fast eine viertel Million Angestellte zählt. Laut einem Telekomsprecher sollen besagte Aufsichtsräte nicht Ziel eines konkreten Ausspähungsangriffs gewesen sein. Der Staatsanwaltschaft legen dazu keinerlei Beweise vor. Was anderes hätten man auch nicht erwarten können. In solch einem riesigen Unternehmen wie der Deutschen Telekom lässt sich belastendes Material mit Gewissheit leichter beiseite räumen als den Ermittlern lieb sein dürfte. Erst kritische Journalisten, nun sogar Aufsichtsräte. Das Vertrauen der Kunden in den Konzern ist erschüttert, schon vor dem Auftauchen des aktuellen Skandales liefen dem einstigen Monopolisten die Kunden davon. Die aktuellen Vorgänge werden diesen Trend sicherlich nicht bremsen. Denn wenn schon die eigenen Leute Ziel einer Spähktion geworden sind, wer kann dann garantieren, dass nicht auch der ein oder andere unliebsamme Kunde hinters Licht geführt wurde? Foto: Material Boy Creative Commons

Gizmodo has full details of the gPhone:

The long-awaited HTC Dream, the first commercial handset running Google's Android operating system, will be coming to T-Mobile as the G1 for $179 on October 22nd. Featuring a 3-inch touchscreen, internet navigation buttons and a full QWERTY keypad, the smartphone market has finally broken free of Symbian, Windows Mobile and the sweet clutches of fruit companies. Read on for the details, and you can decide whether or not the competition is a good thing.

Features:

Date and Pricing
$179 on October 22nd. (That's with a two year contract.) Unlimited internet with "some messaging" will run $25/month. Unlimited internet and messaging is $35/month. Data plans will require voice plans.

Screen
The G1 sports a 3.17" 65K color touchscreen that runs in HVGA (480×320) resolution.

Battery Life
You can talk for 5 hours, or keep the phone in standby for 130 hours.

Camera
3.1MP, or right around 35mm quality.

Frequency Fun
GSM/GPRS/EDGE/Wi-Fi and UMTS/HSDPA
850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100Mhz

Dimensions
4.60” x 2.16” x 0.62”; Weight: 5.6 ounces. And available in white, black and brown.

Storage
1GB MicroSD card preinstalled. Supports 8GB MicroSD.

GPS
Of course, what would Google Maps be without it?

Google Maps
As we've seen in a recent update, the G1's Maps application will integrate Street View so you can see where you are going. But in an industry first, a built-in compass orients the map to your position. North is always up!

Android Market
Similar to the iPhone's mobile App Store, the Android Market will allow downloading of various Android apps from the phone, to the phone.

Amazon MP3 Store
Amazon's MP3 store will be preloaded on every G1, allowing the download of 6 million DRM-free tracks with singles starting at 89 cents. Downloading music requires a Wi-Fi connection, previewing can be done over T-Mobile's network.

YouTube
Yup, it's on there.

Other Apps
ShopSavvy: designed to help people do comparative shopping

Ecorio: developed to help people keep track of their daily travels and view what their carbon footprint looks like BreadCrumbz: enables people to create a step-by-step visual map using photos; customers can create their own routes, share them with friends or with the world

Dan Frommer at Silicon Alley Insider has live coverage from the Google press conference:

We're here at Guastavino's under the Queensboro Bridge, where Google (GOOG) and T-Mobile will unveil the first Android-powered 'GPhone' in a few minutes. We'll be covering the announcement live; please refresh this page for live updates. (It looks like T-Mobile is offering live video of the press conference here, too.)

LIVE notes; refresh for the latest.

10:28 Lights dimming, latecomers taking their seats. On today's agenda: Chats from Cole Brodman, CTO for T-Mobile; Christopher Schläffer, Deutsche Telekom (DT); Andy Rubin, Google's Android guy; and Peter Chou, CEO of HTC, the company that's making the G1.

10:29 Silence!

10:30 Eurofunk music. Video showing scenes across Europe and the rest of the world.

10:30 Brodman takes the stage. Welcome, thanks for joining us! "That video cptures the human essence in our need to connect with one another." Can't be face to face anymore. Technology has bridged that gap via mobile phone and Internet. Haven't been able to rely on integration of those two in the past. Here today to change that: New platform, new device, new system, new set of services.

10:31 Introducing the others, who are sitting in the front row. Andy Rubin wearing a suit! Very nice.

10:32 Chris from DT here. Austrian! Not German! Continuing strong tradition of being pioneers of open mobile Internet. Launching the world's first Android-based phone ,T-Mobile G1, in an exclusive partnership between Google and T-Mobile. For us, this is first because we're launching the same device on both sides of the Atlantic.

10:33 Come along way with partners and friends at Google in pioneering approach to open up the wireless Internet. Since 2005 first telecom operator to open up, move away from walled gardens/closed portals. Really? We'll take his word for it. Dress code appears to be suit, no tie today, btw. Think mobile Internet is huge growth opportunity going forward. In Europe, grown mobile data revs without SMS by 43%. Also traffic has grown 250% or so. Needto capitalize further on that opportunitiy.

10:35 Going through history with HTC. Ladies and gentlemen, Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile is committed to open platforms. T-Mobile G1 is a milestone in bringing the open mobile Internet to the mass market. Thank you. Here comes Andy Rubin.

10:36 Rubin takes the stage. On G1, a dev will be able to use as a platform. Dev will also be able to modify the platform and make it better. Somewhat future proof because it has openness built in. So far this is NOT like a Steve Jobs keynote at all. Lots of "open" ...

10:37 Peter Chou, CEO of HTC congratulating team on strategy, execution, etc. Tremendous effort to make this Android Open Handset Alliance happen. Good job!

10:38 A variety of Google services, content, etc. for people to use and enjoy. HTC has worked closely with Google and T-Mobile to develop a unique iconic design unlike anything else in the market that will maximize mobile Internet experience with impressive touch experience and a cool keyboard. Will appeal to a broad variety of people.

10:40 Android is nimble, flexible, and powerful. Contributing to a fundamental shift of how people will use the mobile Internet. Lots of hype, we'll see...

10:40 Cole back on. Started about three years ago, thanking people for their contribution. Why did we invest in the Android platform with HTC and Google? Mobile broadband networks have been around, but what's been missing is compelling set of devices and services. US Consumers overconsume everything! Yet mobile Internet penetration lags at dismal 16%. Why? Haven't been that many compelling experiences.

10:41 Open, open, open! Embrace third parties that have driven the creation of the Internet to create new services for mobile Internet.

10:42 No more fuzzy pictures, no more unsubstantiated blog posts, no more rumors! Here it is.

10:43 Video showing lots of iPhone-like features -- touch gestures, video, Amazon MP3 store, etc. Now the four guys are on stage posing with the phones like it's some sort of Olympics medal ceremony. Wow.

10:44 Photo shoot still going on. Guys posing for at least 20 cameras. And counting...

10:45 We'll all get to photograph it LIVE! later. And use it.

10:45 Another video -- the services. Great touch screen. Swiping gestures. Also "long press" to open options and features. Drop picture on your home screen. Drag and drop any application. Amazon MP3 store.

10:46 "Terrific" music player. Music recommendations? "Powerful communicator" with IM.

10:48 Google maps with Street View. Wonder how fast it'll load over 3G. Compass mode. Pretty cool.

10:48 Zooming in Web browser doesn't look as elegant as on iPhone. Lags while dragging on video. Search button on keyboard.

10:49 "Copy Link URL!" COPY AND PASTE!!! Get on it, Apple!

10:50 "Always something new to discover." So whaddya think? Woo! says the audience. "Trust me, it's a lot of fun." Cole says he played Pacman for 30 minutes instead of preparing speech notes. But where is SPORE?

10:51 The beauty and magic of android platform is rich toolkit. One thing as humans we can always count on is change. This platform is going to embrace that change by allowing third parties to write whatever they want. From garages to graduate schools, from small towns to big cities, think third parties will drive innovation. SAPPY!

10:52 Another video. Nerds sitting in a room talking about open source. WHAT IS THIS FOR?! MORE PHONE!

10:53 This video is a little ridiculous. Lots of dudes talking about open source. You're not missing anything. These guys appear to be sitting on an orange/red leather IKEA Klippan couch talking about open source.

10:54 Applause. Cole back on stage.

10:55 Carbon footprint tracking people here. Shopsavvy people too. I think these are Android developer challenge winners. Yes, these are the barcode scanning people. Not sure they they're not giving demos.

10:56 15-minute Q&A period led by T-Mobile Flack. $179, existing T-Mobile customers can buy. Can order and have it shipped to their phone. October 22. Two very compelling data and messaging plan options. $25 option with limited messaging, web, etc. $35 with unlimited.

10:58 27 3G markets by mid-November. Europe? Keen to launch in Europe? Is that what he said? UK in November, across europe in Q1 of 2009.

10:59 Rubin: Open sourcing platform. Beyond that, pretty focused road map. Going broader with more features and functionality. LONG TAIL!

11:00 HTC guy talking about mobile Internet innovation. Very proud of it.

11:00 Now Q&A opening up. Tethered modem? On top of voice plan or just data plan? All in one device; mobile device, not a tethered modem. Data plan will require a voice plan on T-Mobile's network as well.

11:00 Gartenberg: Any support for Office or Exchange? Can read Word docs and PDF docs; Excel docs. Currently no Exchange compatibility but perfect opportunity for third-party developer. SIM Locked to T-Mobile.

11:02 GMAIL IS PUSH, other IMAP is not.

11:02 Missed this one. Something about syncing. Will be available in markets without 3G. Device also includes wifi.

11:03 Digging a little bit deeper into SIM lock question. How locked is it going to be? With iPhone, space race to unlock, etc. Any comments to that? No guarantees in technology, seen a lot happen in the last year and a half "with the device you mentioned"... $179 is cheap compared to T-Mobile's full cost; hence is reason we've locked it to T-Mobile.

11:04 Google will help marketing starting in October, the biggest marketing campaign T-Mobile has ever launched. Very unique business relationship with Google; not worth commenting on at this point.

11:05 No desktop application; what Bluetooth profiles supported? Device syncs to Google services, also Yahoo, Microsoft and AIM, as far as Bluetooth profiles: headsets, handsfree, others coming later.

11:06 Who device aimed at? Business users? Consumers? Corporate market? How broad? This device going to have "mass appeal." Something for everybody. Set off in beginning to build a device that appeals to young and social segment. Consumer device, not necessarily enterprise device. But you'll see enterprise workers use it for that as well.

11:07 More about GMail? Rubin: As far as GMail goes, pretty robust Gmail experience. Same threading; ALLOWS YOU TO SEARCH EMAIL. A lot of email services will be integrated via Gmail powered front-end. IM: First implementation of online presence inside the phone book. More powerful communications services built into phone book.

11:08 Will it work with iTunes? Supports AAC, WMA, MP3, etc, but not iTunes-DRM compatible. Content would have to be DRM-unlocked. No Skype. Will work with any GSM network in the world, then bands that Tmobile will operate on in US, other bands around the world.

11:09 LARRY AND SERGEY! Rushed here from Google Transit launch; very exciting to be here today, says Sergey. What really gives me pleasure: I'm a bit of a geek. The way I grew up playing in college and grad school with computers, mess around with Linux, touch all the parts of the system. Get the same pleasure playing with the G1 here. Have been using it for a while now.

11:11 Sergey wrote an app that lets you throw phone up in the air, measure how many seconds until you catch it or it hits the floor. Exciting to me as a computer geek that I can have a phone I can innovate on as I have with computers in the past. Larry page talking about enjoying using it for email, been giving Andy lots and lots of feedback. Excited about possibilities it means.

11:12 As good a computer as we had a few years ago is in this phone. If asked you guys to do a Web search, coudl see how long it takes. Hard to carry your laptop "especially if you're rollerblading."

11:14 We now pause for a very special photo session with everyone holding their phones.

11:15 Press conference over, people filing out and heading down to demo stations.

Live blogging also from TechCrunch:

What’s known so far:

• In-store, immediate sales only available in locations within 5 miles of a 3G covered area. If a store is beyond that range, representatives will walk customers through a T-mobile.com purchase
• One touch access to: Search, Maps, Gmail, Youtube, Calendar, and Google Talk
• Gmail account and data plan required
• GPS
• 3.1 mp camera, no video recording
• No stereo bluetooth (A2DP)
• Dimensions: 4.6 x 2.16 x 0.63 in
• Weighs 5.6 ounces
• 480×320 65K color screen
• 5 hour talk time, 130 hour standby time
• Expandable up to 8GB

From Fortune:

If Google plays its cards right, its unveiling of the first Android-powered phone on Tuesday will prove to be more than a distraction from iPhone-mania – it will be the moment the search giant capitalizes on Apple’s control issues.

From InformationWeek:

The feverish readers of TmoNews.com have discovered some images and specifications of the G1 phone from HTC, set to be announced later this morning. What's surprising is what isn't included.

It appears that the G1 will only be available in regions covered by T-Mobile's 3G network. Given that there are only a dozen or so active 3G markets across the U.S., that's a pretty limiting factor. T-Mobile is set to expand its 3G footprint in the coming months, but to limit the availability of a phone people have a lot of interest in is a weird move.

TmoNews quotes a source as saying, "Available in all stores within 3G boundary area, regardless of whether or not store is in a 3G dead spot. Available in some locations directly outside of the 3G boundary area due to the fact that some customers who live in the 3G boundary area shop within a 2 - 5 mile radius and the store they would go to is outside of the 3G boundary area. For those stores not in 3G markets, a demo unit and merchandising will be in store so rep can show customer what the experience on G1 is like on the 2G network. If customer is ok with experience, Rep can help them purchase a device on T-Mobile.com."

Other specs that TmoNews was able to snag show that the device will have one-touch access to the Internet, Maps Gmail, YouTube, Calendar andGoogle (NSDQ: GOOG) Talk (Google's chat program). A Google account is required. You have to have a Google account in order to use the phone. This isn't overly surprising. Being that the Google faithful are the ones likely to be most interested in this device, that isn't going to put too many people off.

It will have a 3.1 megapixel camera, but the camera won't be able to shot video, just as with the iPhone. This makes it a non-starter for me. I really like to be able to shot video. The phone also doesn't include support for stereo Bluetooth, which is another feature lacking on the iPhone and another disappointment.It will, however, include GPS.

From ZDNet:

There’s a feeling of excitement around today’s expected launch of Android, Google’s long-anticipated mobile operating system. But when I drove past a few electronics stores last night, I didn’t see anyone camping out the way people were lined up for Apple’s iPhone.

I suspect there’s some confusion about what Android is, exactly. Early on, it was dubbed the gPhone - but that’s somewhat misleading if you try to do an Apples-to-apples comparison with the iPhone. In the case of Apple’s iPhone, it was an operating system, too, but for one phone only - Apple’s. Google’s operating system, which also encourages the development of mobile applications, is eventually expected to land on a variety of devices. And now, there’s some buzz that the Google’s open-source operating system might eventually reach beyond phones and land on other products - maybe set-top boxes, TVs or even cars.

For now, the emphasis is on mobile phones. A growing number of mobile phones - beyond the iPhone - are already Web-capable. Google wants to supply those mobile surfers with the information they’re seeking from a mobile Web connection.

To a certain extent, Google is already doing that by enhancing its mobile offerings. Applications like Gmail, Reader and, of course, search are already available through a mobile Web browser. In addition, a number of other operating systems - iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and others - are supporting Google Apps for Mobile, a much more attractive and user-friendly version of Google’s most popular services. Last week, Google Maps for Mobile was upgraded to include Street View images. In addition, Google has been offering for some time now an SMS version of its search functionality. Send a SMS text message to GOOGL (46645) with a simple search such as “pizza, 94105″ and you’ll receive a text listing of pizza joints in the San Francisco zip code.

I’ve been running Google services on my phone (a Blackberry) for some time now so the excitement around a gPhone - err, Android - just isn’t all that exciting to me. I’ll certainly check out an Android phone as soon as I can - but I don’t think I’ll consider a switch to T-Mobile the way I considered a switch to AT&T for the iPhone.

Why would I? In many ways, I feel like my phone is already a Google phone.

From the article:

The first mobile device powered by Google Inc.'s "Android" mobile phone software is expected to sell for $199 and will showcase the Google brand, people familiar with the matter say, a departure from the standard practice of listing only the manufacturer and wireless carrier on handsets.

The phone, which is being manufactured by Taiwan's HTC Corp., will require a service contract with T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, which plans to announce the phone Sept. 23. The carrier plans to unveil new data plans in conjunction with the device that will be "aggressively priced," the people said.

T-Mobile is hoping the price of the phone and the data service will make the device attractive to the mass consumer market, rather than just gadget lovers with deep pockets. Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc. set $200 as the rough bar for consumer-oriented smart-phones when they priced the "3G" iPhone at that level this summer. Some handsets in the category are even less expensive, such as Sprint Nextel Corp.'s $129 Instinct by Samsung.

Google is indirectly helping to reduce T-Mobile's costs by contributing resources toward development of the phone, the people said. The Internet giant wants to see the phone sell at high volumes to encourage other manufacturers and carriers to produce Android handsets. Google's brand will be listed alongside that of HTC and T-Mobile on the phone.

There is a general industry trend toward software makers working more closely with carriers and hardware manufacturers in developing phones. Another T-Mobile device, the Shadow, was built through close coordination between Microsoft Corp., T-Mobile and HTC.

From Reuters:

The phone, which features a slide-out keypad, is being manufactured by Taiwan's HTC Corp and will be sold by Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA unit, which plans to unveil the device at an event in New York on September 23.

AT&T Inc, the only U.S. operator selling Apple Inc's iPhone, set the price of the latest version at $199 in July, setting a benchmark for smartphones that can surf the Web, manage email and other multimedia features.

The Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, said T-Mobile USA plans to release new data service plans in conjunction with the Google phone that will be "aggressively priced."

Google, HTC and T-Mobile USA declined comment on the pricing for the phone.

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), the struggling telecom equipment maker, on Tuesday named an old hand as its new chief executive. Former British Telecom (BT) chief Ben Verwaayen, who once ran Lucent's international sales operations, has been hired to replace CEO Pat Russo.

Alcatel-Lucent also announced that Philippe Camus, the former co-chief of Airbus parent EADS, will take over as chairman, replacing Serge Tchuruk who, along with Russo, announced his resignation earlier this summer.  The news comes days after news reports identified Mike Quigley, the former president of Alcatel-Lucent, as the company's top pick - a move that some analysts cheered.

Alcatel-Lucent shares fell 2% in late morning trading Tuesday as investors signaled their disappointment with the new hires.  As head of one of the world's largest networking equipment companies, Verwaayen faces a difficult task of unifying the company's disparate divisions some two years after New Jersey-based Lucent and France's Alcatel combined.

"What a missed opportunity," said Telecom Pragmatics analyst Sam Greenholtz after the announcement. Given Verwaayen's international background, Greenholtz sees his appointment as a sign that the company is focusing on its European operations at a time when, he says, the company's customer relationships in the United States are weakening.

"I am sure these guys that were chosen are worthy of the job but, it is not going to fix the poor relationships in the U.S.," said Greenholtz.

Verwaayen spent four years at Lucent, with mixed results. He ran the company's overseas sales and was a key proponent of the company's vendor-finance strategy, which makes loans to customers to finance equipment purchases. Many of the loans turned sour in the post boom industry collapse, and Lucent was left holding billions of dollars in bad debt. At the same time, after the dot.com bubble burst, Verwaayen was credited with helping the company trim its product offerings and focus on a core group of financially-healthy customers.

Verwaayen left Lucent in 2001 to make way for Pat Russo, who was serving as CEO at Eastman Kodak (EK). Verwaayen then ran BT for for six years, overseeing the phone giant's massive network upgrade known as 21st Century Network.  The expensive project has taken longer than analysts had expected, and with BT's shares hitting a five-year low in March, Verwaayen was gone by May. 

For their part, Russo and Tchuruk went on to engineer the $11 billion merger of Alcatel and Lucent in 2006. But they have struggled from the start to integrate Lucent’s products and operations, based in New Jersey, with Alcatel’s Europe-based business, headquartered in Paris. Making matters worse, Alcatel-Lucent is facing stiff competition from Ericsson (ERIC) and China's Huawei, among others. Amid the cutthroat rivalry, sluggish economies in the United States and Europe have forced phone companies to cut their networking-equipment spending.

In the nearly two years since the Alcatel-Lucent merger, sales have fallen 7.3% and the stock is down 55% as the company announced round after round of layoffs.

At the top of Verwaayen's to-do list at Alcatel-Lucent: to bring the bifurcated company together and boost earnings. In July, Alcatel-Lucent posted its sixth quarterly loss in two years, a loss that prompted Russo and Tchuruk to announce they were leaving later this year.

Elle commercialise actuellement les messages publicitaires diffusés sur plus de 5000 Telestation et MultimediaStation (téléphones publiques munis d´écrans), 85 écrans de l´aéroport de Stuttgart (que la filiale Out-of-home de Deutsche Telekom est en train d´équiper), l´installation d´affichage dynamique dans la Lanxess-Arena de Cologne ainsi que le réseau déployé sur plus de 80 salons de coiffure Unisex.

După ce a studiat cu atenţie contractul semnat de guvernul elen cu Deutsche Telekom în privinţa Cosmote, Atena a acceptat termenii germanilor, conform cărora operaţiunile companiei din Macedonia vor fi închise şi licenţa de telefonie mobilă obţinută în Muntenegru nu va fi folosită, notează “Ta Nea”.

Scopul acestor decizii este evitarea situaţiei în care interesele financiare ale Deutsche Telekom în aceste ţări ar avea de suferit, gigantul având, deja, pe aceste pieţe propriul operator de telefonie mobilă, T-Mobile.

Nur 24 Standorte bleiben von über 60 Standorten übrig.

Damit zeigt der Telekomvorstand, dass er nicht nur nicht wirtschaften kann, sondern wohl auch nicht rechnen... Damit bleibt nur fast jeder Dritte Standort erhalten. In der Region Südwest bleiben von 11 Standorten noch drei übrig... Insgesamt sind über 7.500 Beschäftigte betroffen. Mehrere Tausend fahren dann ab spätestens 2010 über 150km (einfach) zu ihrem Arbeitsplatz und wieder zurück - oder man ist gezwungen umzuziehn. Andernfalls scheint der Mitarbeiter gezwungen zu kündigen.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

Achja es hieß ein Standort wäre erst > 400 Mitarbeiter rentabel - warum schließt man dann Berlin & München? So ein Heuchlerischer Haufen.

Betroffen sind selbstverständlich auch die Auszubildenden - besonders die, die nächste Woche erst anfangen und noch drei Jahre Ausbildung vor sich haben. Dazu gehören insbesondere die Kaufleute für Dialogmarketing (KDM), deren Einsatzort laut Konzept nur in den betroffenen Konzerneinheiten vorsieht. Hier hat auch einer der neuen Auszubildenden am Standort Leer einen Azubiblog eröffnet.

Ich wünsche den Mitarbeitern, Betriebsräten und ver.di viel Erfolg, wenn es jetzt darum geht einzelne Standorte noch zu retten!

Berlin: Die Deutsche Telekom mietete rund 220 Quadratmeter Ladenfläche für die Neueröffnung eines Telekom Shops über die Retail-Berater von Atisreal.

Das Unternehmen wird die neuen Räumlichkeiten in der Alten Schönhauser Straße 31 / Ecke Weinmeisterstraße im Herzen Berlins voraussichtlich im Oktober 2008 beziehen.

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Das Unternehmen wird die neuen Räumlichkeiten in der Alten Schönhauser Straße 31 / Ecke Weinmeisterstraße im Herzen Berlins voraussichtlich im Oktober 2008 beziehen.

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