Superphone

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A smartphone is a smartphone, but what is a superphone? I guess you take the smartness for granted, and build immense capabilities. I'd like my superphone to have a super battery. That would be the first thing. A battery that lasts for 24 hours even when put through non stop super use. And recharges itself in five minutes.

Time for More Superphone Talk From Larry Page — And Google Earnings, Too

its battery life, and its ability to withstand drops from great heights. .... Think about your device. Battery life is a huge issue. You shouldn’t have to worry about constantly recharging your phone. When you drop your phone, it shouldn’t go splat. Everything should be a ton faster and easier. There’s real potential to invent new and better experiences. ..... you shouldn’t need to carry a charger around with you to make it through the day. If your kid spills their drink on your tablet, the screen shouldn’t die. And when you drop your phone, it shouldn’t shatter

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Smart Ring

In the wearable computing category a smart ring could beat a smart glass or even a smart watch. A smart belt perhaps? The ring would be great for health apps, especially sleep apps, physical activity apps.

I see the smartphone still being the center of the wearable computing universe. Just like my favorite smartphone apps I can still access from my laptop.

Battery is the biggest bottle neck in the whole equation. A good battery is one you don't worry about. There is always juice.

Wearable computing can be amazing for the global traveler. For safety, for navigation.

Google Now could use all of the above. You want the smart things to constantly be soaking data, but the display can not be constant. Otherwise those smart things get in the way of life. A smart display is one that is mostly out of sight.

Intel, Mobile And The Global South

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Lowering the price is always a great innovation in my book. That is the only way to truly reach the masses.

But this is more about Intel and less about the "developing market." Intel won the PC handily, but totally lost out on mobile.

Will the Developing World’s Smartphones Have Intel Inside?

The chip is designed to power Android phones that are cheap compared to those devices sold in rich countries such as the United States. ..... Latin America, Africa, China, South East Asia ... Low-cost smartphones have already begun selling in large numbers in Africa and elsewhere .... those models have been built on processors significantly less advanced than those used in high-end smartphones. Intel believes its new processor will strike the right balance between price and performance

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Ubuntu: One Among Many

Blurring the line between the smartphone and the PC is yet another good thing. And touch can get more magical, sure.

Ubuntu to Offer Smartphone Operating Software

allows a handset to function as a PC when docked .... The new software appears to make even broader use of swipes and gestures than Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android mobile operating systems do .... dock it with a keyboard, screen, and mouse. .... a version of Ubuntu for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone will be available to download “with the next few weeks.”

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The Nexus 4 Is A Beautiful Thing

I have been playing with it for a few hours now. I feel like I am all set. Made me feel like I bought the seven inch tablet in vain. I don't need it. This phone is so much of a better experience. And the screen is so responsive. I feel good.

Nexus 4: My First Smartphone

You go about downloading all the important apps. And you just hold it in your hand.

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Apple Filing A Patent On Bendable Phones

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Google's Motoral is working on bendable phones. Samsung is working on bendable phones. Everybody is working on bendable phones. We should have bendable phones in 2013. But Apple is about to file a patent on bendable phones. How dishonest!

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