http://www.erikjacobs.com/2008/08/26/reference-designery-and-the-proliferation-of-android/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.erikjacobs.com/2008/08/26/reference-designery-and-the-proliferation-of-android/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Hank Williams Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:51:57 +0000 http://www.erikjacobs.com/?p=37#comment-57 indeed. I had one too. It does suck now, as often happens when the original visionary leader is out the door. They cant seem to do much but tinker around the edges. I left it for blackberry. indeed. I had one too. It does suck now, as often happens when the original visionary leader is out the door. They cant seem to do much but tinker around the edges. I left it for blackberry.

]]> http://www.erikjacobs.com/2008/08/26/reference-designery-and-the-proliferation-of-android/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Erik M Jacobs Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:48:05 +0000 http://www.erikjacobs.com/?p=37#comment-56 I am a big fan of the Sidekick. I have had one since the original black and white one came out, and have had almost every iteration until the Sidekick 3. Unfortunately, the Sidekick's only saving grace these days is its always-on AIM client. Everything else about it is fairly junky and I am looking forward to Android's first T-Mobile device, the HTC Dream, due shortly. I am a big fan of the Sidekick. I have had one since the original black and white one came out, and have had almost every iteration until the Sidekick 3. Unfortunately, the Sidekick's only saving grace these days is its always-on AIM client. Everything else about it is fairly junky and I am looking forward to Android's first T-Mobile device, the HTC Dream, due shortly.

]]> http://www.erikjacobs.com/2008/08/26/reference-designery-and-the-proliferation-of-android/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Hank Williams Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:33:07 +0000 http://www.erikjacobs.com/?p=37#comment-55 Good points Eric. Although at the end of the day companies are just people, and Andy Rubin, creator of the Sidekick, and creator of and head of Android could have pulled it off, and if he did, they would have been better for it I think. Good points Eric. Although at the end of the day companies are just people, and Andy Rubin, creator of the Sidekick, and creator of and head of Android could have pulled it off, and if he did, they would have been better for it I think.

]]> http://www.erikjacobs.com/2008/08/26/reference-designery-and-the-proliferation-of-android/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Hank Williams Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:51:57 +0000 http://www.erikjacobs.com/?p=37#comment-21 indeed. I had one too. It does suck now, as often happens when the original visionary leader is out the door. They cant seem to do much but tinker around the edges. I left it for blackberry. indeed. I had one too. It does suck now, as often happens when the original visionary leader is out the door. They cant seem to do much but tinker around the edges. I left it for blackberry.

]]> http://www.erikjacobs.com/2008/08/26/reference-designery-and-the-proliferation-of-android/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Erik M Jacobs Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:48:05 +0000 http://www.erikjacobs.com/?p=37#comment-20 I am a big fan of the Sidekick. I have had one since the original black and white one came out, and have had almost every iteration until the Sidekick 3. Unfortunately, the Sidekick's only saving grace these days is its always-on AIM client. Everything else about it is fairly junky and I am looking forward to Android's first T-Mobile device, the HTC Dream, due shortly. I am a big fan of the Sidekick. I have had one since the original black and white one came out, and have had almost every iteration until the Sidekick 3. Unfortunately, the Sidekick's only saving grace these days is its always-on AIM client. Everything else about it is fairly junky and I am looking forward to Android's first T-Mobile device, the HTC Dream, due shortly.

]]> http://www.erikjacobs.com/2008/08/26/reference-designery-and-the-proliferation-of-android/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Hank Williams Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:33:07 +0000 http://www.erikjacobs.com/?p=37#comment-19 Good points Eric. Although at the end of the day companies are just people, and Andy Rubin, creator of the Sidekick, and creator of and head of Android could have pulled it off, and if he did, they would have been better for it I think. Good points Eric. Although at the end of the day companies are just people, and Andy Rubin, creator of the Sidekick, and creator of and head of Android could have pulled it off, and if he did, they would have been better for it I think.

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