Google certainly made a splash with their launch of the newest Android phone, the Google Nexus One. Google made the phone available for sale unlocked directly from them, at google.com/phone. Google explained their different approach to selling the phone on their own blog, saying that they “want to make the overall user experience simple: a simple purchasing process, simple service plans from operators, simple and worry-free delivery and start-up.”
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The folks at Palm have kept busy over the holiday period. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), they have unveiled :
- new smartphones (Palm Pixi Plus and Palm Pre Plus)
- new apps and software features (video capture and editing, Flash 10.1)
- new carriers / mobile operators (Verizon in the US and SFR in France)
- Palm developer program now official, moving out of beta
- 3D games on webOS
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Every year, I publish my reading list on this site (or one of my other blogs). My target is one book a week, or 52 books a year. I’ve reached my target several times, but in 2009, I only managed to read 35 books.
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What a year 2009 has been. We’ve seen Google enter the mobile market in a big way with Android, we’ve seen Apple’s amazing success with the iPhone continue, and we’ve seen RIM’s Blackberry strengthening its brand with the youth.

2010 should be another interesting year in Mobility. Early next month we’ll see faster, cheaper netbooks, a new Google Phone (Nexus One) and maybe the mythical Apple Tablet (or iGuide, or iSlate). And that’s just January.

I hope you have a great New Year!